Walter G. Ehmer, longtime Waffle House president, dies at 58
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The likes of Waffle House (and In N Out Burger – another Bourdain favorite) are not supposed to be "the best diner" or "the best burger" – but there is something magical about them that many of us can't quite put our finger on (and many don't understand at all).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEpXeTDwbk8 is the Parts Unknown segment with Chef Sean Brock in Charleston, S.C.
Waffle House is typically dirty, semi-dangerous, expensive and the any dish they serve would get absolutely annihilated in quality by even a second rate mom & pop diner. The energy that clip is trying to serve up is "Diner energy" and that's just not Waffle House because the safety isn't there, and the food quality isn't there (and Diner's aren't exactly known for high level food quality, more like great for the price food quality). I suspect he wanted to do a clip about how Diners are great, which is True, and his old uncle Waffle House had a dollar or two to say to him about how that should be a Waffle House that he visits.
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