Sorry to be the gnat in your face AJC, but…

Scott sends in a pic of one of your blurbs this morning that REALLY gets the Waffle House museum story backwards…

As we all know, the original Waffle House along E. College Ave was turned into a museum back in September, prior to its nomination for historic status, which was approved on April 28th (thanks to Jay for this tidbit).

Pic Courtesy of Atlanta Time Machine

UPDATE: Fellow Decatur blogger Rusty Tanton alerts us that he’s got pics and a real interesting report from the Waffle Open House.  Thanks Rusty!

The AJC reports that the very first Waffle House on E. College, which has been converted into a museum by the company, will be open and free to the public tomorrow from 10a-6p.

Let me just go on record to say that this whole restoration is very cool.  A little bit of lost local history has been restored.

I wonder how many people will now pull up for a bite, only to realize its a private museum with no real waffles.

A lot of restaurants have come and gone around Decatur and Avondale Estates since the mid-1950s, but one went on to take over the entire South.

This morning the AJC has an excellent article/interview with the original owners of Waffle House, who recently revisited Waffle House #1, which sits on East College between Decatur and Avondale.  After posing as a Chinese Food restaurant for the past 20 years, the building has been restored by Waffle House into a company museum.

What a great local story.

UPDATE: More Museum photos HERE!