The Original Pancake House
The Original Pancake House is a chain of pancake houses across the United States. It follows traditional recipes[1] and ingredients for their pancakes, but they have other breakfast items on their menu as well.
History
The first Original Pancake House opened in 1953 in Portland, Oregon by Les Highet and Erma Hueneke,[2] who collected recipes for their restaurant from around the world.[1] They soon franchised the name and recipes[3] into locations spanning over more than half of the U.S. states.[4] They are known for their breakfast foods; their signature dishes are the Apple Pancake, Dutch Baby and omelets. They have over 100 franchised locations throughout the United States,[4] and are popular from Seattle[5] to Fort Lee,[3] from Wilmette,[6][7] to Williamsville,[8] from Honolulu[9] to its headquarters in Portland.[10][11]
Chef and food critic James Beard, who grew up in Portland, named The Original Pancake House as one of the top ten "best" in America. In 1999, the Original Pancake House in Portland received a James Beard Foundation Award as an American Classic.[12]
See also
References
- ^ a b "What are Pancakes?". Original Pancake House. http://www.originalpancakehouse.com/ph_pancakes.html. Retrieved 2011-05-09. "Les Highet and Erma Hueneke, founders of the Original Pancake House in Portland, Oregon, collected recipes around the world."
- ^ "About Us: Cincinnati's Finest Breakfast". Cincinnati, Ohio: The Original Pancake House Montgomery. http://www.ophmontgomery.com/about.html. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
- ^ a b "A Chain Restaurant Unbound". The New York Times. September 25, 2005. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A03E4D91730F936A1575AC0A9639C8B63. Retrieved 2011-05-09. "Chain restaurants in northern New Jersey are a dime a couple of dozen.... Very rarely you may find individual establishments that do an exceptional job. One such place is the recently opened Original Pancake House, in Fort Lee, where Peter Rentzis and his family have created a magnet for breakfast lovers. They use only fresh ingredients, cooked from scratch, and the only links they have to the 90-store parent chain are a book of recipes and the right to use its trademarks. Two other Original Pancake Houses owned by the Rentzises, in Whippany and West Orange, have had a devoted following for 15 years."
- ^ a b "Locations". Original Pancake House. http://www.originalpancakehouse.com/locations.html. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
- ^ "Readers share their pancake hotspots". Seattle Times. May 5, 2011. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/restaurants/2014974571_leson06.html. Retrieved 2011-05-09. "As a longtime proponent of the Original Pancake House, this food-snob agrees with the Eater who insists, "I haven't met a pancake I didn't like there." My family favors the Parkplace location in Kirkland, where we always order the mile-high, cinnamon-scented apple pancake before lighting into everything from the Swedish pancakes (lingonberries? Ya, sure!) to the trademarked 49'er Flap Jacks."
- ^ "At the Nation's Table". The New York Times. February 21, 1990. http://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/21/garden/at-the-nation-s-table-939290.html. Retrieved 2011-05-09. "The apple pancake is the signature offering of Walker Brothers Original Pancake House, the breakfast restaurant that, after church, is probably the most popular Sunday destination for families in this Chicago suburb and its environs. Now celebrating its 30th year, Walker Brothers is as prosperous as ever, with the line on weekend mornings extending down the block."
- ^ "Original Pancake House". Vegetarian Times (Active Interest Media) (47). July-August 1981. ISSN 0164-8497. http://books.google.com/books?id=gAcAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA49. Retrieved 2011-05-09. "Chicagoland's best place for breakfast."
- ^ "Roman S. Jewula, founded Original Pancake House". The Buffalo News. April 2, 2011. http://www.buffalonews.com/city/communities/amherst/article382806.ece. Retrieved 2011-05-09. "In 1977, Mr. Jewula opened the Original Pancake House restaurant at 5479 Main St., Williamsville, which he oversaw until his death. He received numerous awards for Best Breakfast in Western New York."
- ^ "Original Pancake House - Breakfast Indulgence". Hawaii Diner. September 2004. http://www.hawaiidiner.com/reviews/review.php?review=28. Retrieved 2011-05-09. "By this time all of us were quite full so we mentally prepared ourselves for the advent of the Apple Pancake. The entire restaurant watched and smelled the waves of cinnamon-scented air as it made it's [sic] progress across the room to our table. The egg batter base was mounded with sliced apples bathed in a shiny coat of Korintji cinnamon glaze.... It was huge and beautiful and very hot. We literally sat and stared at it for a few minutes waiting for it to cool down a bit."
- ^ "Best Restaurants: Southwest & Beaverton". The Oregonian. http://www.oregonlive.com/northwest-life/index.ssf/portland-restaurants/best-restaurants-southwest-beaverton.html. Retrieved 2011-05-09. "The framed James Beard award hanging on the back wall is your first clue that this isn't just any breakfast joint. This Portland institution, founded in 1953, serves batter-based breakfasts worthy of lifelong adoration."
- ^ "The Original Pancake House". Cheap Eats. Willamette Week. 2001. http://wweek.com/___ALL_OLD_HTML/ce2001b.html#origin. Retrieved 2011-05-09. "Tucked in with shiny wood furnishings and decorative plates on the walls, this Tigard-area haven is like the expanded living room of the Nordic grandmother you never had. The mom, pop, son, daughter, uncle, aunt and college crowd get along just swell--everyone's in high spirits from this unbeatable breakfasting!"
- ^ "JBF America’s Classics". James Beard Foundation Award. 1999. http://www.jamesbeard.org/index.php?q=james_beard_awards_americas_classics. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
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