IHOP Does Chicken & Waffles

Nation's Restaurant News:

IHOP on Thursday brought the Southern-inspired combination of fried chicken and waffles to its locations nationwide with a new limited-time offer.

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[filmex]

04:57 PM on 03/18/2011

One of the guys on NBC's new show, "The Next Great American Restaurant" has the novel idea of opening a chicken and waffles joint. Seriously.

Once IHOP gets around to doing it, you know it's over.

We've been enjoying Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles in L.A. since 1975. From what I heard, the guy who started Roscoes came out of Harlem. And the fact that Roscoes is open til 4AM on weekends never hurt.

[HarlemHistory]

07:53 AM on 03/15/2011

It would be really nice if IHOP paid tribute to the originator of the Chick 'n Waffle dish. It was Joseph P. Wells, the owner of Wells Restaurant in Harlem. In 1938, Mr. Wells wanted to attract customers to his Harlem restaurant at 2247 Seventh Ave. and created the dish - a combo of breakfast and dinner. When there were no takers, he decided to give it away for free. Word-of-mouth spread about the free eats and his restaurant thrived with his specialty - the Harlem Delicacy, Chicken 'n Waffles.

[sextonfan]

01:06 AM on 03/15/2011

Everyone know you have to serve the waffles with chicken that is fried on the bone. And how does white meat even make sense in this dish? I'm not even American and I know this. (Sigh).

[progressivegreg]

11:53 AM on 03/14/2011

Don't go with Samuel L. Jackson, especially in the trunk of the car!

[thewholestory]

09:38 PM on 03/13/2011

I tried this the other day. Thank goodness I had a coupon. It was not that tasty. Kelloggs frozen waffles taste better and the chicken strips were fried bland.

[freethinker-52]

09:16 PM on 03/13/2011

american health food?

[Michael Briggs]

09:53 PM on 03/12/2011

Okay, I tried this dish at the IHOP in Starke, Florida Friday morning. It's fifty percent of what it should be. The chicken tenders are pretty tasteless. Thet need to use chicken on the bone with plenty of pepper in the coating. The waffles are also tasteless, and they were served cold.

Years ago I had a similar dish at the Carter House restaurant in Waycross, Georgia. It was delicious! The balance of salty, fried chicken and sweet waffles and syrup make for a taste treat, but it has to be done correctly.

I hear that real chicken and waffles can be had in Memphis.

[jukesgrrl]

07:18 PM on 03/12/2011

I'll pass, thanks. If IHOP's waffles are anything like their pancakes, they have less taste than the paper napkin they're served with.

[pgurlatl]

10:51 AM on 03/12/2011

I don't think it will be any better than Gladys Knight & Ron Winans Chicken & Waffles. OMG, when I lived in Atlanta, GA after a late night it is the best thing!

I miss living in Atlanta. If there was a place in the world, where I could get the best of all kinds of dining choices, I would be in heaven. South Florida has great Cuban and West Indian food but Southern food or African cuisine is hard to find. And neither had great N'orleans cuisine.

[Nicole Dixson]

10:05 PM on 03/11/2011

The last couple of times I ate at IHOP, I waited an extremely long time to get a plate of piping cold food. I'll stick with Roscoe's.

[maxfax]

01:41 PM on 03/12/2011

I dined at IHOP about 6mos ago, before that maybe 15 years since, to say the least it was not clean, so unless everything else is closed, I won't be going back anytime soon.

[peegan]

09:10 PM on 03/11/2011

Having lived in the south on and off for years, I am still waiting for someone to explain this chicken and waffles thing.

[VerizonCells]

10:13 PM on 03/11/2011

your joking right? you live in the south and dont get it... get a lesson in life my friend open your eyes and your senses and look around feel it, do something.

Dam I am as white as you can be born in SF lived in NYC, never been to the south and have been a vegetarian for over 23 years and I can get it.

Sorry for sounding like an azzz, I just am...

[peegan]

10:36 PM on 03/11/2011

Not kidding, Chicken and maple syrup does nothing for me, and I love odd food combos. Try banana ice cream flambed with bourbon and bacon some time. Now that is good.

[Edward Standley]

08:47 PM on 03/11/2011

I think "chicken tenders" means battered and fried chicken paste. I like chicken with bones in it. :)

[Alice Radley]

10:27 PM on 03/11/2011

Nah, that's chicken nuggets. Chicken tenders are strips of actual chicken breast meat.

[maxfax]

01:43 PM on 03/12/2011

In this case it means the nuggets are not cut up before frying.