Northport to get another Waffle House

Published: Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at 11:00 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at 11:38 p.m.

Northport will get a second Waffle House early next year.

The Atlanta-area restaurant chain has acquired property in front of the Lowe's store at 5703 McFarland Blvd. and expects to start construction in January 2015, said Waffle House spokesman Patrick Warner. The company hopes to open the restaurant in March 2015, he said.

Waffle House has a restaurant at 1925 McFarland Blvd., Northport, plus four restaurants in Tuscaloosa and another in Cottondale.

Northport Mayor Bobby Herndon said Waffle House's decision to add a second restaurant in his city reflects the growth that is occurring in the Northport area and said he understands that the restaurant chain could be looking for additional sites.

The site will put the new restaurant in a high-volume corridor that is expected to attract not only local customers but also those coming into the Tuscaloosa area from Pickens County and east central Mississippi.

We are just happy to have another there, Warner said. McFarland (Boulevard) is a good area. ... We look at traffic volumes and ask whether an area can support another Waffle House.

He said he had no information about any additional restaurants being planned in the Tuscaloosa area.

Waffle House last added a restaurant in the Tuscaloosa market in early 2012 when it opened a restaurant on the Strip at the corner of Gene Stallings Avenue and University Boulevard. That same year it rebuilt its current Northport restaurant.

Waffle House restaurants are sit-down diners that are open 24/7, 365 days a year. Once we open, we never close, Warner said.

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