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Holidays aside, we're not much for religious pilgrimages.* Sure, you've got your anticipation at Christmas, your bunny hunting at Easter and the unforgettable costumes of Halloween, but there's one day too often forgotten from the calendar, and that's Pancake Day. And there's no better way to celebrate it than with a free short-stack of those golden flappy jackies from IHOP.
So before I get too far in to the story, let me break the breaking news. Pancake Day is coming up on February 24th, and it's being honored, once again, by IHOP with a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes for every guest coming in between 7:00am and 10:00pm. It's not a holiday taken lightly, so there's a limit of one stack per guest, and it's only for the dine-in guest, but when it comes to free pancakes, what more could you want?
Pancake Day has a rich and storied history dating back hundreds of years. It's that day preceding lent when you shrove all your leftover milk and eggs together to make pancakes instead of shoving them in the trash… not a great joke, I'll admit, but there's only so much funny I can make on short notice.
If you want to learn more about the history of Pancake Day, or at least our history with Pancake Day, you can read our 2008 coverage or Pancake day, our 2007 Pancake Day Coverage, or heck, why not our 2006 Pancake Day Coverage. What can I say, we're big fans of Pancake Day.
It's not just that we're big fans of pancakes, though we're definitely that. What's special about IHOP's Pancake Day celebration is that it's a massive effort to raise funds for the Children's Miracle Network.
Children's Miracle Network is a non-profit organization dedicated to saving and improving the lives of children by raising funds for children’s hospitals across North America. If you want to know more about them, read their FAQ page.
If you just heard about this amazing event, you know, the one where you can actually get free pancakes just for considering dropping a buck or bunch to kids in need, and you're wondering if it's still a real event: yes it is. Read about it on IHOP's own site or just drop in to any location and ask them. It's very real, and it's for a very good cause.
Find an IHOP location near you.
Our favorite restraunt is the Seatac location in Washington State. We've been to plenty of good ones, but this one is convenient, it's sprawling, new and the staff is almost as great as the cakes. It seems like everytime we go in, the manager Jerry is there, and he goes out of his way to make everybody feel welcome. Here's what a great guy Jerry is: When we were done, we told him we wanted three balloons, you know, to contribute to Children's Miracle Network. He thought we wanted three helium balloons, so he got those for us.
You know, kids like balloons, and technically we're still kids, so that was really awesome… oh, and by the way, we took the balloons. We still donated to put our three balloons on the wall though. You can find them down near the west end. They're easy to spot because we all wrote our own names on them, and they're really illegible.
And if you were to press me, ok, I guess I can tell you our favorite server. Her name is Amanda. She's always been friendly, keeps our drinks fresh and full, and even suggests new things on the menu we might like (she said we should try the stuffed French toast next time). She's the kind of server we really appreciate, and not just because she's so nice to us and always pre-anticipates our needs, but because she seems pretty much that friendly and helpful to everybody.
ABOVE: This is easily the best explanation, and it's not even my work, it's just a table tent with my baby brother pointing to it. Pretty much sums it up though don't you think?
* Then again, if not for a holiday, what would be the point of a pilgrimage? Aren't the two ideas kind of inexorably intertwined anywho?
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