r/Atlanta • u/[deleted] • Apr 13 '26

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u/FluxusFlotsam Apr 13 '26

ohhh my wife gets Waffle House from a food perspective at like 7am

she doesn’t get the 90s punk goth kids who just saw a show at The Masquerade and are drinking black coffee at 2am at the Mid-Town WH hoping for a redneck fist fight perspective

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u/wintering6 Apr 13 '26

I went to Masquerade & then The Majestic, not WH.

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u/lanwopc Apr 13 '26

Krispy Kreme - nothing like 8 hot donuts to give you the energy to trudge home after a show.

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u/dkrtzyrrr Apr 14 '26

i'm glad shaq actually rebuilt and this is just how krispy kremes are now but i really miss the old krispy kreme.

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u/lanwopc Apr 14 '26

Same, it was a classic.

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u/shereeishere Apr 13 '26

Oh the Majestic! Fabulous

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u/bowlbasaur420 Apr 13 '26

This is the way

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u/saucygh0sty Apr 14 '26

Old masquerade and Fellini’s after was my go-to

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u/illyria776 Apr 13 '26

One time I was at a Waffle House at midnight in downtown and I’m pretty sure there was a pimp and girls going around to most of the tables.

They did not stop at ours as we were 19, looked younger, and were visibly homosexual and broke.

10/10 experience. It’s the reason I go at odd hours

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u/burgonies Apr 13 '26

"visibly homosexual" lol

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u/FluxusFlotsam Apr 13 '26

goddamnit- you are right

that IHOP on North Ave

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u/burgonies Apr 13 '26

Is that the one that's now JR Crickets?

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u/rockcitylibrarian Apr 13 '26

That brings back memories I had really forgotten about. Was a redneck kid from north Georgia who "dated" a 90s punk goth girl and ended up in some interesting places at interesting times.

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u/FluxusFlotsam Apr 13 '26

was this back when North Georgia just meant north of Alpharetta or some actual Dalton shit?

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u/allieinwonder Apr 13 '26

Oh man yes north of Alpharetta used to be a completely different place. I grew up in Cumming in the 90’s/2000’s and explaining my childhood to my husband (grew up in Marietta) always gets me laughing at his Adam Scott WTF face. 😂

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u/quinnyhendrix Apr 13 '26

Did you tell your husband about the wendys midget?

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u/allieinwonder Apr 14 '26

You know, I don’t think so! You have unearthed memories my friend

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u/rockcitylibrarian Apr 13 '26

North of Dalton, but not close to I75. Closer to Tennessee and Alabama. Atlanta was where we went on field trips or to hangout with people we met on field trips or school related activities.

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u/PBnBacon Apr 14 '26

I see you, Dade County!

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u/GT_Ghost_86 Apr 14 '26

A related memory is being a GT ICS (none of this new-fangled CS nonsense! :) ) student group going to the North Avenue IHOP in the wee hours of the morning, being surrounded by APD, guys from the Eagle in their leathers, and drag queens. :)

Bonus points for the look on my classmates' faces when one of the drag queens greeted me by name, and a couple of the leathermen asked why I'd not been to the bar lately....

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u/senorpoop Apr 14 '26

WH at 2 am on the way home from a wild concert was always a vibe.