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title: "Grumpy’s Restaurant Celebrates International Waffle Day with Rotating Specials"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/ccd79792-53ea-43cd-be77-980bef8736df
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20250305_grumpys_restaurant_celebrates_international_waffle_day_with_rotating_specia.html
category: "QSR"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "QSR"
published: 2025-03-05T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T17:58:13.000Z
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# Grumpy’s Restaurant Celebrates International Waffle Day with Rotating Specials

**TL;DR:** Grumpy's Restaurant, a winner of the Florida Times-Union's 2024 'Bold City Best' awards, is celebrating International Waffle Day with rotating specials throughout March. The restaurant franchise is renowned in Jacksonville for its innovative waffle creations and comfort food.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2025-03-05. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20250305_grumpys_restaurant_celebrates_international_waffle_day_with_rotating_specia.html).*

## Story

Winning The Florida Times-Union’s 2024 ‘Bold City Best’ awards for “Best All-Around Restaurant”, “Best Breakfast” (winning consecutively for the last four years), and “Best Country Cooking ,” the restaurant franchise is renowned in Jacksonville, and has received tremendous reception from the community for their innovative waffle creations. Grumpy’s Restaurant’s breakfast treats for March will include:

- King Cake Waffle: Available March 1-6

- Strawberry Cheesecake Waffle: Available March 7-9

- Red Velvet Muffin Waffle: Available March 11

- Oreo Waffle: Available March 12-13

- Lucky Charms Waffle: Available March 14-17

- Caramel Brownie Waffle: Available March 18

- Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Waffle: Available March 19-20

- Hot Apple Pie Waffle: Available March 21-23

- Cinnamon Toast Crunch Waffle: Available March 24-25

- Half Baked Waffle: Available March 26-27

- Blueberry Cheesecake Waffle: Available March 28-30

- Carrot Cake Waffle: Available March 31

“We’re thrilled to celebrate International Waffle Day with our specialty waffle creations this March,” said Daniel DeLeon, President and CEO of Grumpy’s Restaurant. “At Grumpy’s, we strive to provide more than the average dining experience, and these aren’t your average waffles – each one is packed with bold, unique flavors designed to delight our loyal guests. We love serving the Jacksonville community, and we can’t wait for them to enjoy these sweet and satisfying treats all month long.”

Grumpy’s prides itself on made-to-order and always-made-from-scratch comfort food and sweet southern hospitality all at a working-class price. Grumpy’s serves breakfast, lunch and brunch along with an array of daily and weekly chalkboard specials which include a variety of waffles, pancakes, omelets, sandwiches, homemade soups, salads, signature coffee, freshly squeezed juices, homemade hot chocolate and desserts.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- QSR (sector)
- Jacksonville, Florida (location)
- comfort food (topic)
- Grumpy's Restaurant (company)
- Daniel DeLeon (person)
- restaurant awards (topic)
- menu specials (topic)
- international waffle day (topic)
- The Florida Times-Union (company)
- breakfast treats (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20250305_grumpys_restaurant_celebrates_international_waffle_day_with_rotating_specia.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/ccd79792-53ea-43cd-be77-980bef8736df).