BCS Coming & Going: Retail, Restaurants, Businesses, etc (2025)

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In reply to Captn_Ag05 • 1:12p, 10/22/25
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According to the Bryan mayor, Waffle House in BCS is "in the works."

He did an interview on WTAW this morning and said he used to date someone that now works at Waffle House corporate office in Virginia (I would have just said "I have a connection in their corporate office" lol). They have been in conversations about getting a Waffle House in the area. For their distribution system, there would need to be six Waffle Houses, so they are in discussions about Waffle House locations in Bryan, College Station, Navasota, and Hempstead.

https://wtaw.com/bryan-mayor-bobby-gutierrez-on-wtaw-53/



Something doesn't add up. Private label products do require 5+ units for the vendor to dedicate warehouse slots and have the required turn-over. US Foods is the Waffle House vendor AFAIK. There are 20ish WH locations in Houston, and B/CS is served by the Houston USF warehouse.

Side note: a Culver's would be nice to have. Much better than Freddy's.
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In reply to Rexter • 1:25p, 10/22/25
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For the Mayor's Sake I hope he can deliver. His comment is starting to go viral.
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In reply to Dr. Watr • 2:05p, 10/22/25
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For the Mayor's Sake I hope he can deliver. His comment is starting to go viral.


Might not be a terrible strategy to make something up to keep the topic on the minds of Waffle House. Could back fire but might not.
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In reply to EFR • 3:45p, 10/22/25
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It is interesting that he has connections at Waffle House Corporate in Virginia when they are headquartered in Georgia...


Ex GF working for corporate doesn't necessarily imply that she works at company HQ. Really just means she works for some function that is above the individual store level.

Also, his story didn't indicate she was a decision maker, only that she provided the connection so Bobby could talk to the right people.

Waffle House corporate is well aware of the desire to have one in BCS. Could simply be that corporate saw the connection to Bryan Mayor as a good way to get a local ally to work on the problem of placing 6 locations.


Curious if the distribution model is that you need a local warehouse to serve the 6 locations or if 6 locations makes a delivery route from a warehouse in Houston area. Given the Hempstead, Navasota, CS, Bryan it does seem like a truck route up 6.
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In reply to Rexter • 3:58p, 10/22/25
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Captn_Ag05 said:
According to the Bryan mayor, Waffle House in BCS is "in the works."

He did an interview on WTAW this morning and said he used to date someone that now works at Waffle House corporate office in Virginia (I would have just said "I have a connection in their corporate office" lol). They have been in conversations about getting a Waffle House in the area. For their distribution system, there would need to be six Waffle Houses, so they are in discussions about Waffle House locations in Bryan, College Station, Navasota, and Hempstead.

https://wtaw.com/bryan-mayor-bobby-gutierrez-on-wtaw-53/



Something doesn't add up. Private label products do require 5+ units for the vendor to dedicate warehouse slots and have the required turn-over. US Foods is the Waffle House vendor AFAIK. There are 20ish WH locations in Houston, and B/CS is served by the Houston USF warehouse.

Side note: a Culver's would be nice to have. Much better than Freddy's.


Kinda goes back to the original excuse from Waffle House about distribution. Seems like there are plenty of locations in Houston to justify US Foods providing the dedicated warehouse space.

Maybe the Houston locations are served by a different warehouse in Houston than the one that serves up 6 to BCS so they need 5+ locations for US Foods to dedicate space in that warehouse.

it really just seems to me that this is a truck route rather than a warehouse issue. Would US Foods have a dedicate truck for private label or mix the different private labels in the same truck for delivery to multiple different restaurants. Seems if you have a dedicated truck route, you minimize risk of a delivery mix up dropping WH product at a non-WH location.
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4:33p, 10/22/25
Just so I understand, the implication here is that it would be a resume building opportunity for a mayor to bring a Waffle House to his town?
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In reply to BiochemAg97 • 6:25p, 10/22/25
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Rexter said:
Captn_Ag05 said:
According to the Bryan mayor, Waffle House in BCS is "in the works."

He did an interview on WTAW this morning and said he used to date someone that now works at Waffle House corporate office in Virginia (I would have just said "I have a connection in their corporate office" lol). They have been in conversations about getting a Waffle House in the area. For their distribution system, there would need to be six Waffle Houses, so they are in discussions about Waffle House locations in Bryan, College Station, Navasota, and Hempstead.

https://wtaw.com/bryan-mayor-bobby-gutierrez-on-wtaw-53/



Something doesn't add up. Private label products do require 5+ units for the vendor to dedicate warehouse slots and have the required turn-over. US Foods is the Waffle House vendor AFAIK. There are 20ish WH locations in Houston, and B/CS is served by the Houston USF warehouse.

Side note: a Culver's would be nice to have. Much better than Freddy's.


Kinda goes back to the original excuse from Waffle House about distribution. Seems like there are plenty of locations in Houston to justify US Foods providing the dedicated warehouse space.

Maybe the Houston locations are served by a different warehouse in Houston than the one that serves up 6 to BCS so they need 5+ locations for US Foods to dedicate space in that warehouse.

it really just seems to me that this is a truck route rather than a warehouse issue. Would US Foods have a dedicate truck for private label or mix the different private labels in the same truck for delivery to multiple different restaurants. Seems if you have a dedicated truck route, you minimize risk of a delivery mix up dropping WH product at a non-WH location.


The USF warehouse in Houston services BCS. There are only 3 WHs in the Austin area, so either Houston or Dallas services them.
It's easier to drop one stop private label than to have a whole truck load with multiple stops. Then you only have to look for the WH items. All of the vendors use scanners now, so you know what to look for to complete the delivery with the vendor labeled stuff. I used to deliver BK with 5 stops on the truck. Every case was brown and had the BK logo on it. When I couldn't find one case, it was a pain to dig through everything.
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7:55p, 10/22/25
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In reply to JMac03 • 8:16p, 10/22/25
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No more Krispy Kreme place, so bring it.
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In reply to JMac03 • 8:18p, 10/22/25
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Yet they don't indicate where this location is.
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In reply to bushytailed • 8:32p, 10/22/25
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https://brazosguardian.com/2025/06/22/standalone-shipleys-donuts-store-planned-for-harvey-mitchell-parkway-in-bryan/
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In reply to jks08 • 8:34p, 10/22/25
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Thank you for your service.
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In reply to bushytailed • 8:54p, 10/22/25
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2818 across from wal mart
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9:53p, 10/22/25
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So I saw "Cap Rock Construction" so I immediately thought this was coming in at Fitch area. I was thinking it was near Discount Tire.
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In reply to JMac03 • 9:59p, 10/22/25
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They have one on fitch. They don't need anymore nice things.
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10:07p, 10/22/25
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A Shipley's near Jones Crossing would be nice.
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In reply to bushytailed • 10:22p, 10/22/25
Too close to sw pkwy location
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In reply to Dr. Watr • 8:10a, 10/23/25
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Honey Badger TX said:
They have one on fitch. They don't need anymore nice things.


Completely forgot about that one!
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In reply to australopithecus robustus • 9:14a, 10/23/25
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australopithecus robustus said:
Too close to sw pkwy location

The current location on Villa Maria is much closer to the one being built on 2818 than the SWP location is to Jones Crossing.
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9:41a, 10/23/25
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Not sure if I posted this before, but there is a Wendy's planned for next to the Chick-fil-A at Jones Crossing.
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In reply to bushytailed • 9:46a, 10/23/25
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I agree they are close, but they have completely different traffic patterns. The new one will catch folks going either direction on 2818 that would never turn go down to the VM location.
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In reply to bushytailed • 9:46a, 10/23/25
Perhaps they will be closing that old VM location….
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In reply to Captn_Ag05 • 12:29p, 10/23/25
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I can see it now. "I want a sunjoy and a milkshake."

Sir, this is a Wendy's
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3:23p, 10/23/25
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Apparently there was a fire at the Roadway Inn (old LQ on Texas)
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In reply to trouble • 3:38p, 10/23/25
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Thanks. Was trying to locate the source of the smoke.
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In reply to BlueMiles • 3:52p, 10/23/25
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You're welcome. Mr trouble happened to drive past there on his way home.
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4:07p, 10/23/25
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Hotel damaged by fire in College Station but firefighters stop it from burning to the ground

https://www.kbtx.com/2025/10/23/hotel-damaged-by-fire-college-station-firefighters-stop-it-burning-ground/
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Could have saved the developer a bunch of money by letting it burn to the ground
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In reply to Mr.Short-termMemory • 5:14p, 10/23/25
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It's no longer a La Quinta, is it?
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5:17p, 10/23/25
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https://www.youtube.com/live/vl45KkF-vq4?si=cQpLj-m2NTEXamcx

Live feed for the Aplin project is up on A&Ms YouTube.
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In reply to BlueMiles • 5:21p, 10/23/25
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Nope, Roadway Inn
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In reply to chickencoupe16 • 9:28p, 10/23/25
Rexter said:
Captn_Ag05 said:
According to the Bryan mayor, Waffle House in BCS is "in the works."

He did an interview on WTAW this morning and said he used to date someone that now works at Waffle House corporate office in Virginia (I would have just said "I have a connection in their corporate office" lol). They have been in conversations about getting a Waffle House in the area. For their distribution system, there would need to be six Waffle Houses, so they are in discussions about Waffle House locations in Bryan, College Station, Navasota, and Hempstead.

https://wtaw.com/bryan-mayor-bobby-gutierrez-on-wtaw-53/



Something doesn't add up. Private label products do require 5+ units for the vendor to dedicate warehouse slots and have the required turn-over. US Foods is the Waffle House vendor AFAIK. There are 20ish WH locations in Houston, and B/CS is served by the Houston USF warehouse.

Yeah. Houston and Austin both have 5+ units, it's not exactly an all-new market, and almost all of the existing chain fast food and sit-down restaurants started out with just one unit without immediate plans for more. Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and McDonald's all entered with just one location locally.

chickencoupe16 said:
Captn_Ag05 said:
chickencoupe16 said:
Hard to square it with cheap real estate but a Waffle House near Northgate seems like a gold mine.

There is a location in downtown Athens on Clayton Street, fairly close to the U of Georgia in the base of a tower that I've thought would be a great model for a Northgate location.

Not sure what the plans are for the building replacing the old gas station at Boyett and University but that would be prime time.


I'd be hard-pressed to think of a worse location for Waffle House (other than some comically out-of-the-way location) than the heart of Northgate. It would basically kill the non-student crowd (who would have better tips) while chairs get thrown around nightly as riff-raff pours in and out to cause trouble.

The City of College Station has probably thought about cultivating Northgate into some sort of "downtown" area similar to Athens (GA), Ann Arbor, or even (gasp) Austin, but there would have to be a lot more changes to Northgate before anything like that becomes a reality, and would've been a lot easier if the landlords at Northgate didn't spend the last thirty years driving off every commercial tenant that didn't serve food or alcohol.
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In reply to reineraggie09 • 10:55p, 10/23/25
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Could have saved the developer a bunch of money by letting it burn to the ground

I suspect the people who were staying there appreciate they didn't save the developer money LOL
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1:58p, 10/24/25
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Anyone here mention the wild grain opening? It's wonderful
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