Why Is Waffle House So Deadly

Americans are dying because they eat there and it has nothing to do with the menu

B Kean
8 min readDec 8, 2022

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Have you ever been to a Waffle House? Chances are if you live in the Northern states of the U.S. then you haven’t. It might be good that you missed out on this iconic fast-food” experience so beloved by Southerners. Waffle House is the most dangerous restaurant chain in America.

As the late, world-famous chef Anthony Bourdain said after his first-ever meal at Waffle House:

“It is indeed marvelous — an irony-free zone where everything is beautiful and nothing hurts; where everybody regardless of race, creed, color or degree of inebriation is welcomed (Everything You Need to Know).”

Bourdain went on to say and “where customers feel safe.”

He obviously didn’t Google “Shootings at Waffle House.” There are too many shootings for me to write about here but run your Google search and you will be shocked. Here are just some of the shootings that were reported by the Chicago Tribune:

Every week, it seems like we hear reports of a crime being committed at a Waffle House. And it’s true: A Nashville-area Waffle House saw a mass shooting over the weekend, and a quick scan of Google News reveals a Lawrence, Indiana, Waffle House robbed four times…

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B Kean

The past holds the answers to today’s problems. “Be curious, not judgmental,” at least until you have all the facts. Think and stop watching cable news.