Denny's Embraces 13-Year-Old Viral Music Moment With New Menu Item

Denny’s is better known for their Grand Slam breakfast than slam dancing, yet the diner is diving headlong into the mosh pit with a new collaboration with Texas hardcore band Live Without.

Now through June 2, Denny’s is serving up the Mozz Pit Burger—a cheeseburger with mozzarella sticks slammed into the bun topped with marinara sauce–at select locations in Houston, Los Angeles and Miami. This unique collaboration commemorates an event that took place at a Houston area Denny’s in 2013.

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That year, the fledging band discovered a local Denny’s in the Houston area was closing soon, so they talked the restaurant’s management into renting out the diner for a hardcore show. It was all captured on video, including the immortal words of singer Kris asking, “What the f–k is up, Denny’s?”

Denny’s is embracing the viral moment with the Mozz Pit Burger. In a recent post announcing the limited-edition burger, the diner played up the connection to the profane viral moment with a series of posts on their official Instagram account.

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“mozzarella sticks on a burger? yeah. we went there. the limited edition MOZZ PIT BURGER is now available at select locations in houston, los angeles, and miami through tuesday, june 2nd and will absolutely have you saying “WTFIUD?” it posted, along with a photo of the new burger offering.

Not only has the moment inspired the new burger, it brought Live Without back to a Denny’s for an encore performance captured in a online spot for the collab. And the band may come back for more.

“after 13 long years, @dennysdiner x @livewithouttx reunite.
oh and if this music video gets 500k likes my boss said we can do a live show 👀.
#wtfiud,” reads the post.

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Fans approved of the post in the comments.

“No one has any idea how much this means to me,” wrote one.

“IHOP has been quiet ever since this dropped,” added another.

“Getting this past legal must have taken years I’m obsessed with this,” yet another fan wrote.

As of this writing, the post had more than 259k likes, so the Live Without/Denny’s fans are going have to rally the troops to get the band back for another live show.

Until then, they can enjoy a Mozz Pit Burger.