Critic's Review

As breakfast places go, The Original Pancake House is a good option for breakfast in the area. They have a large menu with a wide range of choices that is sure to satisfy your cravings. The interior is very diner-like, as is the service; the place completes the aura with 50s music. The big difference is that they close at 2pm during the week and 4pm on weekends, so you can’t come here to chow down after a night of partying, unless you’re out very, very late.

The biggest problem with this place is that its so darn popular. There’s always a crowd here until about an hour before closing. Lunchtime during the week the place is packed with the blue-haired crowd.

They have many signature dishes and the quality of food is far superior to Denny’s or IHOP. Homemade corned beef hash and sugar-glazed ham are just some of the signature items that make this place unique.

I was excited to see that they have a Spanish Omelet on the menu, as its one of my all-time favorites and I make it for myself frequently. Their version is a big, fluffy mushroom-stuffed omelet with a chunky “spicy” tomato sauce. While it was OK, I can’t recommend it. Its just not spicy enough; in fact its rather bland. I make mine with Spanish Chorizo or hot Italian sausage with a bit of added cayenne pepper. The kick is the entire point, so it fails to make the grade.

They claim to have “homemade sausage”, but the links we received weren’t homemade. They were more like Jones links. I liked them and they give you 6 links; but I doubt they were homemade.

No matter what you order the portions will be plenty. If you order fried eggs you just get 2 large eggs, but the omelets are huge and the french toast is 3 enormous slices. The only thing that a bit off is the rye bread; its unseeded and doesn’t really taste like rye.