Actors, Playwrights To Visit Waffle House Museum Saturday

You can win dinner (at a Waffle House) and a tickets to a show ('The Waffle Palace') during a raffle Saturday at the Waffle House Museum in Avondale Estates.

From noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, the Waffle House Museum in Avondale Estates will host a program called The Waffle Palace Meets its Muse. The Waffle Place is the title of a play inspired by Waffle House that's now being performed at the Horizon Theatre in Atlanta. The cast and playwrights will be on hand to meet people at the museum during its monthly open house. Waffle House and the theater will also raffle dinner-and-a-show packages. Dinner, of course, will be at a Waffle House. The event is further proof of Waffle House's cultural and historical significance. The Georgia Historical Society erected a marker at the museum last September. In October, the Georgia DOT and Federal Highway Administration kicked off a study of the history and …

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Waffle House Historical Marker Part of Trend

The Georgia Historical Society is trying to make the past more relevant

The placement of a historical marker at the original Waffle House restaurant in Avondale Estates last weekend reflects a new attitude by the Georgia Historical Society. The society is trying to make the markers more inclusive and interesting, according to the Saporata Report. For instance, a marker will be placed this weekend at the site of the Second Atlanta International Pop Festival. The Saporta Report story describes the change in attitude. “We want to tell the whole story,” said Robert Brown, chairman of the Georgia Historical Society (the first African American chair in its 173-year history) who also is an architect based in Decatur. “We believe in educating Georgia through our historical marker program.” Todd Groce, president and …

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Waffle House Founders To Attend Historical Marker Ceremony

A roadside marker will be dedicated at 1 p.m. Sept. 8 outside the first Waffle House.

A historical marker will be dedicated Sept. 8 at the place in Avondale Estates where Joe Rogers Sr. and Tom Forkner started the Waffle House restaurant chain 57 years ago. Rogers and Forkner, both in their 90s, plan to attend the event, said Waffle House spokeswoman Kelly Thrasher. Rogers and Forkner opened the first Waffle House on Labor Day 1955 at 2719 E. College Ave. The chain now has 1,600 restaurants. The dedication will take place at 1 p.m. at what is now the Waffle House Museum at 2719 E. College Ave. The museum will be open for tours from noon to 3 p.m. Members of the Avondale Estates City Commission and the Georgia Historical Society, along with the brass from Waffle House, will be there. Waffle House has its headquarters in …

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Waffle House Inspires A Play

The Horizon Theatre at Little Five Points will present the story of a Southern institution.

You can always find some theatrics in a Waffle House, whether it's Kid Rock beating up somebody or a down-on-his-luck guy telling a sad story straight out of a country song. Now the no-frills chain of restaurants founded in Avondale Estates has inspired a piece of real theater. Creative Loafing reports today that the Horizon Theatre at Little Five Points will present The Waffle Palace: Smothered, Covered, and Scattered 24/7/365. Creative Loafing says, Actor/playwrights Larry Larson and Eddie Levi Lee, the driving forces behind the madcap, chainsaw-wielding Southern Theatre Conspiracy in the 1980s, reunite for a light-hearted look at a ubiquitous restaurant chain. The show will run from May 11 through June 24. If you want history, not …

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Get Out: Weekend Planner

See college soccer or get a free lunch -- either way, it's a great weekend.

  SEE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAMS PLAY THEIR HEARTS OUT Where/When: Agnes Scott College, (Robert W. Woodruff Physical Activities Building Gellerstedt Field), 141 E. College Ave., Decatur, Friday, Sept. 9, 3:30 to 8 p.m. Why go: Its one women’s college against another when Decatur’s Agnes Scott College and Atlanta’s Spelman College play it out on the soccer field in Decatur. Come see the action! Pricing: Free/costs may vary with purchases.   GET IN ON A TAILGATE IN AVONDALE ESTATES FOR THE GA GAME Where/When: James Joyce Irish Pub, 22 N. Avondale Road, Avondale Estates, Saturday, Sept. 10, 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Why go: Party with fans at this tailgating shindig for the Georgia vs. South Carolina Gamecocks, featuring Shiner Bock Beer and the folks from…

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