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Houston’s beloved food truck the Waffle Bus is scheduled to roll out first brick-and-mortar location on Saturday, November 2 with carb-laden offerings like sweet-and-savory waffle sandwiches and ice cream mixed with Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
After operating food trucks since 2012, The Waffle Bus owner Phi Nguyen raised over $100,000 via crowdfunding platform NextSeed to open his first permanent location in The Heights (1835 N Shepherd Drive).
Waffle Bus’s destination waffle sandwiches involve folding a freshly-made waffle in half and filling it with a burger patty and cheese, or buttermilk fried chicken drizzled with honey butter and spicy mayo.
The menu opens with “wings and things” like waffle fries and a buttermilk fried chicken salad. New additions at its first brick-and-mortar home include a chicken fried bacon BLT, breakfast waffle sandwiches, and an expanded selection of “fryders” — aka sliders with seasoned waffle fry buns. Varieties doused with spicy mayo include buttermilk fried chicken, cheeseburger, and breakfast fryders built with chicken sausage, bacon, egg, and cheese.
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On the sugar side, there’s cereal shakes and cereal-infused ice cream with consumerist favorites like Oreos, Reeses Puffs, and Cinnamon Toast Crunch. A sweet waffle sandwiches section includes flavors like Nutella banana, strawberry Irish creme brulee, s’mores, and chocolate-covered strawberries. Drinks include a strong Vietnamese iced coffee and cane sugar sodas.
Hours are Sunday to Thursday, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from11 a.m. to 11 p.m.