In 2020, the unthinkable happened. A Waffle House closed. For good! It shut it's doors, never to serve another waffle to weary motorists ever again!
This Waffle House closed sometime in 2020, though thankfully it wasn't a victim of the pandemic, but a relocation (though an odd one).
The new location, listed here, is at 4005 W Eau Gallie Boulevard, an odd location to me, as while it is off I-95, there's not much there except some church organizations, a flea market on the other side of I-95, and a bunch of houses. This location was located on W New Haven (192) and in a much more active area for hotels and commerce. Maybe they're betting on future expansion.
This location was built in 1986, making it decently but not insanely old for a Waffle House. While it looks very drab here, that's only because they painted all the Waffle House Yellow panels brown when they moved out (yet didn't remove the big sign that says "WAFFLE HOUSE"?)
While the blinds are pulled down, they don't go all the way down, so we can still get a look at the stripped out interior. The tiles remind me a lot of the ones you used to see in mansard McDonalds.
I'm honestly surprised they were able to rip off this much of it. Most of these stickers are probably pretty much fused to the glass by now.
We'll round off our post with a photo of the entrance, which the Waffle House shares with a hotel that's behind it. I don't think they were ever affiliated in the past, though it's possible.
Also, to anyone wondering what the title of this is referencing- it's a level on FEMA's Waffle House Index, an actual danger level index that's based on whether or not Waffle House is open, on a limited menu, or closed! Luckily, the closure of this Waffle House was a simple relocation, and not the result of a terrible disaster that wiped Melbourne off the map.
Until next time, this was Cape Kennedy Retail.
