All Waffle Houses are owned by the same entity - East Coast Waffles and there are no franchises.
They do not enforce the old No Guns rule/policy on customers.
I read the post you referenced. Did you read the article from my link at WLEX, or watch the video? Unless the National Guard soldier and the young woman who was also in the Nicholasville Waffle House are lying, then apparently at least the Nicholasville Waffle House DOES enforce a no gun policy. They asked a soldier in uniform to leave for carrying a pistol.
Really do not want such signs - they perpetuate the wrong message.
I'm not advocating for Waffle House to post gun free zone signs. What I'd like them to do is respect the right to keep and bear arms, as clearly described in the second amendment in our United States Constitution (aka The Bill of Rights) and as clearly described in section one of our Kentucky Constitution. Barring that, I'd like for them to respect local customs and community sensibilities as many national and regional restaurant chains do. The worst possibility is what they're doing in Nicholasville where they have a no gun policy and enforce it but do not let people know of their gun free zone disarmament policy until after they are caught violating their policy.
I guess it could be worse. They could do as the Hamburg Pavilion Barnes & Noble did when they had an unposted gun free zone policy and rather than asking a man who was openly carrying a pistol while eating in their cafe to leave, they called the Lexington police, so the guy looks up to see six police officers responding to a Man With A Gun call, and then he's forced to identify himself, he's treated as a criminal, and the next time he's pulled over for anything there is probably a note that pops up telling the police officer that he was carrying a loaded gun in the Lexington Barnes & Noble.
If you haven't watched the video for the Nicholasville Waffle House incident, please do. Considering it's a TV news report, it does a good job of conveying the sentiments of those involved and I think it's a fair representation of the disappointment of the community, and particularly the disappointment of typical Waffle House customers. I'm sure a lot of people carry concealed weapons in the central Kentucky Waffle House restaurants. I know I sure do. If their policy is to eject people for openly carrying a pistol, then even without a Gun Free Zone sign, I'll respect their super secret disarmament policy and I'll take my money to a Huddle House, IHOP, Shoney's, Frisches, Bob Evans, etc.