The Waffle House on the Strip will give out one free waffle and one free cup of coffee for anyone dressed in Alabama gear from 7 a.m. on Thursday to 7 a.m. Friday.
“It’s going to get insane here,” Antonio Nevels, a manager at the Waffle House on the Strip, said.
A couple of weeks ago, Royal Cup Coffee Inc. and C. H. Guenther & Son, two of Waffle House’s distributors, agreed on a bet over the potential winner of the Texas A&M vs. Alabama football game.
Royal Cup Coffee Inc. is located in Birmingham, and H. Guenther & Son is located in San Antonio, Texas. Both distributors are fans of their respective state teams.
The terms of the bet stated that if Alabama won, C. H. Guenther would provide free waffles and coffee at a Tuscaloosa Waffle House, and if Texas A&M won, Royal Cup would do the same at a Waffle House in College Station, Texas.
When Alabama won 49-42 against Texas A&M on Sept. 14, the Waffle House on the Strip began to prepare for its free waffle day with at least triple the amount of waffle batter than on a regular day.
“Let’s just say there’s going to be a lot of waffles,” Destiny Herring, an employee at Waffle House of two years, said.
“You’re not going to wait long though,” John Haze, one of the managers, said.“We have fast cooks on the grill.”
The managers know the outcome for Thursday will be chaotic, so they’ve brought in extra unit managers, workers and an extra grill.
The division manager will also attend with representatives from C. H. Guenther & Son. and Royal Cup Coffee Inc.