i love the waffle house songs. what more could i ask for?s, you're right, grits. >> reporter: if you were going to write a song, what would the name be? >> i'll be back again, or something like that. ♪ scattered smothered covered and a cup of joe ♪ >> reporter: just remember, the more syrupy the song, the better. kevin tibbles,nbc news, atlanta. >>> and that's how we have you covered on this saturday at "nbc nightly news." i'm thomas roberts. thanks for watching and goodnight. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >> right now at 6:00, toppled trees, downed power lines, car crashes. even roads closed. how the weather is keeping crews busy across the bay area tonight. good evening, thank you for joining us. i'm peggy bunker. terry mcsweeney has the night off tonight. >>> we begin in mill valley where a large oak tree fell onto power lines and a parked car. nobody was hurt but the road remains closed. and pg&e had a mess to clean up after a downed eucalyptus tree there. the weather is making for some pretty tough conditions out on the highways as

i love the waffle house songs. what more could i ask for?rits. >> reporter: if you were going to write a song, what would the name be? >> i'll be back again, or something like that. ♪ ♪ ♪ covered in a cup of joe ♪ >> reporter: just remember, the more syrupy the song, the better. kevin tibbles nbc news, atlanta. >> reminds you how good breakfast is for dinner. that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm thomas roberts reporting from new york. thank you for watching and goodnight. [ music ] >> announcer: the following program is sponsored by operation smile. every year, hundreds of thousands of children are born with cleft lip and or cleft palate. >> dr. bill magee: why should any child, anywhere on this planet, have to live a life of misery. >> kathy majette: a lot of people think that children that are born with these deformities are cursed. just imagine a life alone, that nobody wanted to be around you. >> norrie oelkers: and we had children coming in for screening with brown bags over their head. they're never allowed to leave their h

i love the waffle house songs. what more could i ask for?its. >> reporter: if you were going to write a song, what would the name be? >> i'll be back again, or something like that. ♪ ♪ ♪ covered in a cup of joe ♪ >> reporter: just remember, the more syrupy the song, the better. kevin tibbles nbc news, atlanta. >> reminds you how good breakfast is for dinner. that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturd i'm thomas roberts reporting from new york. thank you for watching and goodnight. >>> an epic idol finale. welcome to "access hollywood" im liz hernandez. after 15 seasons, thursday night marked the final episode ever of idol. former contestants winners and all the original judges returned they even wheeled out season one host, brian dunkelman. i was backstage as trent harmon was crowned last ever american idol. >> he can't beep wi with us ton. >> that was happening. >> talking out to the audience the i have a monitor. i could hear them screaming. i'm not saying anything, they're screaming and then i saw him, like i could see him. i could tell by

i love the waffle house songs. what more could i ask for? >> grits. >> grits, you're right, grits. >> reporter: if you were going to write a song, what would the name be? >> i'll be back again, or something like covered in a cup of joe >> reporter: just remember, the more syrupy the song, the better. kevin tibbles nbc news, atlanta. >> reminds you how good breakfast is for dinner. that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm thomas roberts reporting from new york. thank you for watching and goodnight. there are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. one says it's okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. my plan -- break up the big banks, their fair share. then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. will they like me? no. will they begin to play by the rules if i'm president? you better believe it. i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. hi, i'm jackie. and i'm jack. and we're here in lynbrook, new york. i'm a special ed teacher at lynbrook high school. rais

and every waffle house has a jukebox full of songs only about the waffle house.affle house ♪ >> stephen: you get the idea. well, i want to get a song on the waffle house jukebox and are we've written the song already. and to try to achieve this, country star sturgill simpson is going to try to achieve this with me. come on out here. sturgill! sturgill is out here in a my knowledge to do the song he came to do. but sturgill. what would it mean to you to have a song on the waffle house jukeboxes? >> how do you give back to the awful wafl? >>stephen: i hope the waffle folks are watching this. the band is about to kick it, we're about to do it. this is "no shirt, no shoes, no knuckleheads." two, three, four... >> ♪ want some good food when your night out ends ♪ that big yellow sign is your new best friend ♪ they got waffles and bacon and coffee too but an all-star breakfast comes ♪ with some rules >> stephen: ♪ cuz this ain't no waffle zoo, it ain't no ♪ waffle barn it's place of waffle business ♪ run with style and charm save that rowdy biz for the ♪ other waffle sh

love that waffle house, man. i need a waffle house. some kinda good chef." but that waffle house, that is a phenomenon. >> sean: man, i'm telling you, it really is. what's good with boiled peanuts is whiskey. >> anthony: oh yeah. mm-hmm, that's good. oh, that is nice. >> sean: it's so good, man. it's so good. how's the visit two to charleston? >> anthony: oh, it's been great. this is a special place. it really is. >> sean: oh it's very unique. it's been a lot of fun to watch the food scene here go from kind of what everybody else is doing and was doing to doing something very singular and very special. >> anthony: and when you got a tradition and when you have traditional recipes and a story behind food like you have here, uh, that's -- that's a really cool thing. >> sean: well, the thing is i'm still discovering stuff here. i've been here 12 years. >> anthony: that barbecue that rodney gave was sick, man. >> sean: he is a force to be reckoned with, man. like, we talk about europe, everybody travels hours to go to el bulli or travels h

what would it mean to you to have a song on the waffle house jukeboxes? >> how do you give back to the awful wafl? >>stephen: i hope the waffle folks are watching this. we're about to do it. this is "no shirt, no shoes, no knuckleheads." two, three, four... >> want some good food when your night out ends that big yellow sign is your new best friend they got waffles and bacon and coffee too but an all-star breakfast comes with some rules >> stephen: cuz this ain't no waffle zoo, it ain't no waffle barn it's place of waffle business run with style and charm save that rowdy biz for the other waffle shops follow the rules or someone's callin' the cops >> don't say no swears or write on the wall you can have your fun, son, but don't have a brawl no spitting, no yelling, no slip 'n slides and if you're gonna get sick don't sleep in the booth, save it for your bed no shirt, no shoes, no knuckleheads >> you're killin' your hangover but you're killin' my mood all these nice, upstanding families just came for some food if you're gonna cause a ruckus then i must obje

since day one and i don't even know what that means. >> you know -- i don't want waffles at the waffle house a chef is a tasting menu experience where you can sit down and really experience what this place does and you start out first thing you have, pecan waffle. >> really? ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hi, gentlemen. >> oh, the pecan waffle. ♪ ♪ >> you just crush it and you put -- just slather it. >> i want it to be swimming in syrup and homogenized vegetable oil. >> oh, that's good. >> see? you don't come here expecting the french laundry. you come here expecting something amazing. >> this is better than the french laundry, man. ♪ ♪ >> and then, second course, patty melt, split. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> oh, the patty melt! >> oh! >> come on. that's not insanely delicious? >> oh, god. >> that's insanely delicious. would you rather have thin-cut pork chops or a t-bone? >> i would like both. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> after a few bites of waffle, a burger, a hunk of generic t-bone and some hash browns one feels drawn to the center of what makes our country great. in america, a moment that cloo makes he want to recite the star-spangled banner and

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your local waffle house. thousands of them dotting american highways.tor i don't know why the producers are doing this to us. did you know that there is something else being made there these days as kevin tibbles reports for fans of the chain, it's music to their ears. >> waffle and bacon. >> reporter: the stories told over a good old cup of coffee. ♪ no doubt many have been put to music, but how many sing about their favorite restaurants? >> it's a fun thing and in this world, we need some fun stuff. ♪ >> reporter: now that tried and true american diner the waffle house is reporting some of those tunes and playing them on the jukebox in nearly 2,000 locations. >> it's kind of like mellow music that everyone will want. >> reporter: some of the songs, there are raisins in my toast. and cooking up my order. >> are you having fun. >> you have to have fun if you're singing about raisin toast and chili. >> you can download them. they used to come like this, kids. this is old fashioned. called a record. atlanta songwriter jason feltz penned about a girl who k

i love the waffle house and i got a version of their patty melt.of all, i like caramelized onions. can't go wrong with caramelized onions. you have a pull a bunch of sliced onions into a pan with olive oil and cook it up. i like mine browner than most people. you keep sauteing. while that's sauteing, you're going to make -- you, if you like a russian dressing, buy it. it's not that hard to make. >> easy to make, right? >> ketchup, mayo, relish. i kick it up a bit, so i put it in, like my pal emeril would say, sriracha. whisk it up. patty melt, one of the most important parts is the patty. i like brisket. beef brisket. now, here's what -- to save yourself money, buy a whole brisket. ask your butcher to grind it. then you put it in an oval shape. you're going to cook it on a cast iron skillet or grill. to be perfectly honest, this is the best way to cook a burger. not so much on your barbecue grill, but here. >> it dries out. >> yeah. this is how you get the sear, high heat. bring it over here. take your nice little patty. >> you're going to want to

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