Whenever the inevitable best-chain-in-the-U.S. debate comes up, we always rattle off the usual suspects: Wendy's, Taco Bell, Arby's, what have you.

But oftentimes Waffle House gets left out. Why? I don't know. Waffle House, after all, is so delicious that people will literally stop in for a sit-down meal before robbing it:

A Texas family who sat down for a meal at a Waffle House in North Carolina Monday before robbing it has been arrested, police said. ..

Police said the suspects were part of a family of six who entered the Waffle House in Shelby, North Carolina for a meal before committing the robbery.

After a brief meal, police said, Lemon drew a handgun and demanded money from the restaurant employees before fleeing to a nearby gas station.

I mean, look, these folks should be prosecuted, they should face the consequences for their actions, no doubts there. Lock em up for a good long while.

Still...putting off your robbery to order a Two Egg Breakfast with the hash browns smothered and covered simply because you can't resist that beautiful, irresistible Waffle House food...

I mean, look, we all know it: Waffle House is fantastic. Everything about the whole experience is tailor-made to be great. The food is absolutely plentiful, it's greasy, it's delicious, it arrives at your table like eight minutes after you order it. The coffee mugs are firm, solid, ergonomic. The waffles are fluffy, glorious, oftentimes larger than the plate itself.

Waffle House is so singularly fantastic that none other than the great Anthony Bourdain himself, encountering the restaurant for the first time, described it thusly:

"An irony free zone where everything is beautiful and nothing hurts; where everybody regardless of race, creed color or degree of inebriation, is welcomed."

Waffle House: So good, even its robbers eat there.

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