In 1979, three brothers expanded this building adding on to Bud’s Hillcrest Drive-In Café. They opened Ferrell’s Belgian Waffle Inn in December, 1979. Jeff Wilhelmsen started as a cook in early 1980 with the hopes of someday owning it. And his dream became reality on July 1, 1980, when he purchases it and changed the name to The Belgian Waffle & Omelet Inn.