All-Star Breakfast

A memory of receipts have been logged and kept.

Art by Zach Christy

Waffle House
Sunday, March 19th, 1989
All-star breakfast - $3.55
Coffee - $0.70
Tax - $0.25
Total = $4.50

Waffle House
Sunday, April 9th, 1989
All-star breakfast - $3.55
Coffee - $0.70
Tax - $0.25
Total - $4.50

Waffle House
Sunday, April 23rd, 1989
All-star breakfast - $3.55
Coffee - $0.70
Tax - $0.25
Total - $4.50

Waffle House
Sunday, May 14th, 1989
All-star breakfast - $3.55
2 x Coffee - $1.40
Tax - $0.30
Total - $5.25

Waffle House
Sunday, May 21st, 1989
All-star breakfast - $3.55
2 x Coffee - $1.40
Tax - $0.30
Total - $5.25

Waffle House
Sunday, June 4th, 1989
All-star breakfast - $3.55
Egg Breakfast - $1.50
2 x Coffee - $1.40
Tax - $0.38
Total - $6.84

Waffle House
Sunday, June 18th, 1989
All-star breakfast - $3.55
Egg Breakfast - $1.50
2 x Coffee - $1.40
Tax - $0.38
Total - $6.84

Waffle House
Sunday, June 21st, 1992
All-star breakfast - $3.95
Egg Breakfast - $1.65
Kids Waffle - $0.60
2 x Coffee - $1.60
Apple Juice - $0.80
Tax - $0.51
Total - $9.12

Waffle House
Sunday, August 9th, 1992
All-star breakfast - $3.95
Egg Breakfast - $1.65
Kids Waffle - $0.60
2 x Coffee - $1.60
Apple Juice - $0.80
Tax - $0.51
Total - $9.12

Waffle House
Sunday, October 1st, 1995
All-star breakfast - $4.15
Egg Breakfast - $1.75
2 x Kids Waffle - $1.30
2 x Coffee - $1.70
2 x Apple Juice - $1.70
Tax - $0.63
Total - $11.24

Waffle House
Sunday, October 15th, 1995
All-star breakfast - $4.15
Egg Breakfast - $1.75
Chocolate Chip Waffle - $2.05
Kids Waffle - $0.65
2 x Coffee - $1.70
2 x Apple Juice - $1.70
Tax - $0.72
Total - $12.72

Waffle House
Sunday, February 16th, 1997
All-star breakfast - $4.40
Chocolate Chip Waffle - $2.15
Kids Waffle - $0.65
2 x Coffee - $1.70
2 x Apple Juice - $1.70
Tax - $0.63
Total - $11.23

Waffle House
Sunday, November 5th, 2000
All-star breakfast - $4.75
Chocolate Chip Waffle - $2.30
Classic Waffle - $1.80
Coffee - $0.95
Apple Juice - $0.95
Orange Juice - $0.95
Tax - $0.70
Total - $12.40

Waffle House
Sunday, January 7th, 2001
All-star breakfast - $4.85
Chocolate Chip Waffle - $2.35
Classic Waffle - $1.85
Coffee - $0.95
Apple Juice - $0.95
Orange Juice - $0.95
Tax - $0.71
Total - $12.61

Waffle House
Sunday, March 25th, 2007
All-star breakfast - $5.65
Classic Waffle - $2.45
Coffee - $1.15
Orange Juice - $1.25
Tax - $0.73
Total - $11.23

Waffle House
Sunday, August 16th, 2009
All-star breakfast - $5.99
Coffee - $1.25
Orange Juice - $1.35
Tax - $0.60
Total - $9.19

Waffle House
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
All-star breakfast - $6.35
Coffee - $1.35
Tax - $0.53
Total - $8.24

Waffle House
Sunday, March 17th, 2013
Coffee - $1.45
Tax - $0.10
Total - $1.55

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This was my submission for SUM FLUX’s first ever competition THE WAFFLE HOUSE. The guidelines:

Theme: Waffle House
Genres: Literary fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, visual art welcome
Length: 2,000 words max

The Waffle House

I have not been involved in many community events this year and this seemed like a good opportunity to push myself and get out of my comfort zone.

I went in thinking about a specific story but after a few hundred words I ended up scraping it. That’s when I thought about doing something I’ve wanted to do for a long time.

Tell a story through the use of receipts.

Felt like this was the time to do it and I enjoyed the experiment even though it required a bit more math than I typically like. Big thanks to Emil Ottoman for being my editor at large on this one.

I hope you enjoyed this helping of waffles. There are thirty-seven more courses to get through. I’m gonna eat more than my fill. See the full menu below:

Alex Shifman | A.P. Murphy | Brandon North | Deirdre Lewis | Benjamin Bagenski Didrik | Layne Mercer | Evan Miller | Mercy-Luxed | Haly, the Moonlight Bard ✒️ | Eric W. Cowperthwaite | James Lessing | Jamie Dibs | Jay Oatway | Jeannine Lawall | Jessica Maison | Lizzy Co (she/they) | M.A. Knight | Stephen | Maryellen Brady 💗📚 | Nuno Pinto | Patrick L. Parker | Paul R. Pace | Richard Loader | Richard S. Pinner | Sam Reid | Slater Henatay | Stephanie Sweeney | Tianle Robert Zhang | Jack | Jim J Wilsky

THE WINNERS: Stephen Prime (Champion) | Garen Glazier | Trevor Cohen | Lancelot Schaubert | Ian Patterson

Congrats to these diners and their hardy feasts.

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