For the third time in as many years, America’s oldest franchisee of Waffle House is completely replacing one of its Chattanooga restaurants.
The 43-year-old Waffle House at Brainerd and Moore roads was closed earlier this month and will soon be demolished and replaced with a new and more modern eatery. Southern Legacy Waffles, the Alpharetta, Georgia-based Waffle House franchisee, plans to build a new 30-seat Waffle House that will feature a new separated walk-up window for take-out orders.
“This building has served its useful life, and it’s time to get a new one,” Steven Gower, senior vice president of Southern Legacy Waffles, said in a telephone interview. “We closed the Brainerd site on the day we opened our new Shallowford Road Waffle House.”
The demolition and replacement of the Brainerd Waffle House will be similar to what the Waffle House franchisee has done during the past couple of years at its units in Lookout Valley and on Shallowford Road. Gower said once the Brainerd unit is replaced, the local Waffle House franchisee plans to begin similar demolition and replacement of the Waffle House on 23rd Street.