AND MANY RESTAURANTS ACROSS THE DUKE CITY SHOWING UP AND SHOWING OFF THEIR CULINARY SKILLS. WAFFLE TOPIA IN NOB HILL IS KNOWN FOR THEIR SWEET AND SAVORY WAFFLES, AND THEIR UNIQUE WAY OF ADDING NEW FLAVORS INTO A VERY POPULAR BREAKFAST FOOD, ACCORDING TO THE GENERAL MANAGER IN THE CULINARY ARTS, IT DOESN’T TAKE MUCH TO FIND OUT IF FOLKS LOVE OR HATE YOUR FOOD. IN OTHER ARTS, YOU GET TO MAKE GREAT ART, AND THEN PEOPLE MIGHT COME SEE IT AND MIGHT APPRECIATE IT. BUT IN FOOD, WE GET TO MAKE OUR CRAFT AND I GET TO EXPERIENCE HOW LIKE WHETHER YOU ENJOY IT OR WHETHER YOU DON’T LIKE IT RIGHT THERE AND AND THEN YOU’RE MAKING GREAT FOOD OR YOU’RE NOT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I THAT’S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT COOKING IN GENERAL. THIS INDUSTRY JUST IT’S A LITTLE BIT OF PERFORMANCE, A LITTLE BIT OF ART ALL MIXED IN TO JUST GIVE PEOPLE GOOD EXPERIENCES. WAFFLE TOPIA IS KNOWN FOR THEIR IN-HOUSE GROUND BLUE CORN WAFFLE
Waffles get a special day, but here it’s business as usual
Besides this beloved food, their specialties include nostalgia and artistry
Sunday is always a busy day in the waffle business, so National Waffle Day is pretty much business as usual.”It just added, you know, people loving waffles, and just added more traffic today,” said Frank Willis, owner of Frank’s Famous Chicken and Waffles. “So we love it.”Willis draws his inspiration from memories of Sundays when he was growing up.”It’s about eating good food when your grandmother, your mother, used to make breakfast for you on Sunday morning,” Willis said. “It just takes you back to that. So that’s what we try to bring.”At Waffletopia, general manager Jordan Fuller takes pride in his creative variations, such as the Bombay coconut waffle, made with mango puree, mango chunks and coconut whipped cream. For his blue corn waffles, he grinds blue corn from a New Mexico farm about once a week.”In other arts, people might come to see it and might appreciate it,” Fuller said. “But in food, we get to make our craft, and I get to experience whether you enjoy it or whether you don’t like it right there. I don’t have to wait for the feedback.”Waffletopia will have some new creations in the fall, Fuller said.”But right now, we’re just essentially trying to smooth out. Make sure everyone gets a waffle, gets in, gets out, enjoys their day and time, you know what I mean?” Fuller said.You can find Frank’s Famous Chicken and Waffles at 400 Washington St. SE. When you’re looking for Waffletopia, it’s at 3710 Campus Blvd. NE.
Sunday is always a busy day in the waffle business, so National Waffle Day is pretty much business as usual.
“It just added, you know, people loving waffles, and just added more traffic today,” said Frank Willis, owner of Frank’s Famous Chicken and Waffles. “So we love it.”
Willis draws his inspiration from memories of Sundays when he was growing up.
“It’s about eating good food when your grandmother, your mother, used to make breakfast for you on Sunday morning,” Willis said. “It just takes you back to that. So that’s what we try to bring.”
At Waffletopia, general manager Jordan Fuller takes pride in his creative variations, such as the Bombay coconut waffle, made with mango puree, mango chunks and coconut whipped cream. For his blue corn waffles, he grinds blue corn from a New Mexico farm about once a week.
“In other arts, people might come to see it and might appreciate it,” Fuller said. “But in food, we get to make our craft, and I get to experience whether you enjoy it or whether you don’t like it right there. I don’t have to wait for the feedback.”
Waffletopia will have some new creations in the fall, Fuller said.
“But right now, we’re just essentially trying to smooth out. Make sure everyone gets a waffle, gets in, gets out, enjoys their day and time, you know what I mean?” Fuller said.
You can find Frank’s Famous Chicken and Waffles at 400 Washington St. SE. When you’re looking for Waffletopia, it’s at 3710 Campus Blvd. NE.