Waffle House and DoorDash are teaming up to provide all-night delivery for those late-night cravings, including locations in Southwest Florida.
Waffle House, famed for its ubiquitous yellow signs, diner food and ambiance, 24/7/365 service and unofficial storm status index, is rolling out delivery between 9 p.m. to 8 a.m. local time.
Customers can order through order.wafflehouse.com or the Waffle House Ordering mobile app powered by DoorDash Drive on-Demand, according to a Sept. 8 release.
This marks the first time the restaurant has offered delivery nationwide.
“At Waffle House, we’ve built our brand on consistency, hospitality, and being there for our customers, day or night,” said Patrick Marshburn, Waffle House Executive Vice President. “Partnering with DoorDash allows us to extend that same dependable experience beyond our restaurant walls, making it easier than ever for guests to enjoy the Waffle House comfort they love, from the comfort of their home.”
A select number of locations in cities such as Atlanta, Charleston, Cincinnati, Columbus, Nashville and New Orleans will offer 24-hour delivery, 7 days a week on the DoorDash app.
DoorDash, Waffle House offering $0 delivery fee for limited time
To kick off the DoorDash partnership, which also comes as the iconic Georgia-based restaurant chain is celebrating its 70th anniversary, customers can get free delivery through Sept. 14 but only on wafflehouse.com and the Waffle House Ordering app. Customers must have or create a valid Waffle House account with a valid form of payment on file.
“Waffle House is a cultural icon, and we’re thrilled to help make it more accessible to customers at all locations across the country,” said Shanna Prevé, VP of Enterprise Sales & Business Development at DoorDash.
What is Waffle House?
Waffle House, founded in 1955, combined fast food speed and table service convenience and made its wide variety of menu items — with a heavy focus on breakfast — available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
Waffle House has become famous for its inevitable presence along highways in the South and Midwest, its jukeboxes playing Waffle House music, and countless memes on social media.
What is the Waffle House Index?
In Florida especially, Waffle Houses are often used to gauge the severity of a storm in what’s known as the Waffle House Index. Since the chain prides itself on staying open every day of the year no matter what, if the local Waffle House is closed, things are really, really bad.
A journalist named Matt Dellinger noticed that you could therefore map closed Waffle House locations to see how bad a storm was, and Craig Fugate, the former administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), gave it the name and noted it was a useful indicator of how a given community is responding during or after a disaster.
Under the Index, green means the restaurant is serving a full menu and things are good. Yellow means a limited menu due to low food supplies or the restaurant is running on generator power. Red means the restaurant is closed, which means the area is unsafe due to severe flooding or damage. The chain has leaned into it and regularly posts updates on social media during extreme weather.
Where can I find a Waffle House near me in Southwest Florida?
Waffle House has more than 2,000 locations across 25 states, including more than 10 in Southwest Florida,. according to data site ScrapeHero.
You can find one near you at locations.wafflehouse.com/.
This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: Craving a midnight snack? Waffle House in SW Florida now offering late-night delivery
Reporting by Kim Luciani and C. A. Bridges, USA TODAY NETWORK – Florida / Fort Myers News-Press
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