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Baby, you look fabulous, even after partying all night
on the Sunset Strip.
The best way to blast that hangover for good so you can do it all over again tonight, though, is to go out for breakfast. Not eat breakfast, for how do you expect to shimmy your svelte little self into that strappy, form-fitting thing? Go out for breakfast. Pull back your hair and put on your Prada sunglasses. We're getting pancakes in LA.
Now, for the LA-uninitiated, the above scenario might well seem the standard, taking place right in front of The Standard. I mean LA couldn't possibly know how to make a mile-high stack of thick, fluffy, hot pancakes glistening with butter and dripping with maple syrup; and even if it could, no one would actually eat them, right?
Ha. Uninitiated.
There are lots of places to get pancakes in LA, and not all of them serve paper-thin, fruits, nuts, and flakes tenuously held together with non-fat soy milk and garnished with low-fat air. LA joints know how to make not only plain Jane buttermilk pancakes, but pancakes that are all dressed with everywhere to go: laced with Kahlua and Bailey's, filled with Oreos, or covered with caramel. And the breakfast/brunch set certainly knows how to dive fork-first into a stack. With their Prada sunglasses on, of course.
- Fresh strawberry pancakes at Bread & Porridge, 2315 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA (310) 453-4941 www.breadandporridge.com
- Pecan butterscotch pancakes with banana at Doughboys, 8136 West 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90048 (323) 651-4203 www.doughboys.net
- Old-fashioned buttermilk hotcakes at Du-par's, 12036 Ventura Blvd Studio City, CA 91604-2608 (818) 766-4437, www.dupars.com
- Hunka Hunka Burnin' Love (chocolate chips, peanut butter and banana with caramel sauce) at Fred 62, 1850 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027-4215 (323) 667-0062 www.fred62.com
- Black Magic Pancakes (with Oreo cookies) at The Griddle Cafe, 7916 W Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90046, (323) 874-0377, www.thegriddlecafe.com
- Spiced pumpkin pancakes at Hugo's, 8401 Santa Monica Blvd West Hollywood, CA 90069-4209 (323) 654-3993 www.hugosrestaurant.com
- Spanked with a little powdered sugar at Lazy Daisy Cafe, 11913 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90025, (310) 477-8580
- Macadamia nut pancakes at Marston's, 151 E Walnut Street, Pasadena, CA 91103 (626) 796-2459 www.marstonsrestaurant.com
- Anything you want at Uncle Bill's Pancake House, 1305 Highland Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266, (310) 545-5177
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4-14-2006 @10:11AM Pam Feally said... A family favorite is banana pancakes, we slice bananas into the pancake recipe before cooking.
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4-14-2006 @12:25PM Beverley said... Did you only go to Southern California to test pancakes? It would appear that way.
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4-14-2006 @1:30PM Roni Love said... There's a wonderful pancake place in Los Alamitos. It's called, The Gourmet Cafe on Katella Blvd., just west of Walker. My favorite is blueberry, but they have all kinds, especially boysenberry and sour cream. They are luscious!
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4-14-2006 @1:38PM Ralph Strivelli said... Dupars in studio city should be the clear winner
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4-14-2006 @1:40PM Tia said... Southern CAlifornia, he skipped right over San Diego and surrounding area's...
Maybe the tester got full and couldnt stand to test another pancake house.. lol
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4-14-2006 @3:17PM Mel Rose said... We have an Uncle Bill's Pancake House in my area, and I must agree, they have AWESOME pancakes.
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4-15-2006 @1:54AM jumper said... To poster #2, the title of the post is "Pancakes in L.A. "ie: Los Angeles CA, which happens to only be in Southern California..
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4-17-2006 @5:54PM She said... I love IHOP's pancakes! They are so rich and buttermilky and I always get them with boysenberries!!! They're so delicious!
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4-25-2006 @12:18PM Danette said... If your down in the San Diego County area, stop by The Beach Break Cafe in Oceanside for the best pancakes ever. Order a short stack as one pancake is about an inch thick and takes up the whole plate. My favorite is chocolate chip with pecans and some strawberry jam on top.
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4-29-2006 @5:42PM Timothy Moeller said... Has anyone tried McDonald's Hotcakes and Sausage? THEY'RE GREAT!!!
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5-29-2006 @8:02AM Aaron said... Mamas in San Fransisco had the best pancakes ever. I was there in 2000 so I don't know if its still there.
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6-20-2006 @12:11PM ken said... Another spot that certainly deserves a place on your list is John O'Groats in West Los Angeles. The pancakes there are deliciously sinful...
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6-22-2006 @12:10PM Melissa said... How can you go to Southern California and miss Disneyland??? I mean seriously, who hasn't had one of their famous two hour wait Mickey Mouse pancakes! And by the way, not everyone in Southern Ca. gets drunk and owns Prada. it's unlikely those people would be woofing down very many pancakes.
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6-22-2006 @2:09PM Phil said... The only place that I've ever had pancakes at is at the International House of Pancakes (IHOP) in the Los Angeles areas and they taste pretty good to me. Reading all of your comments sound like I'm really missing out on some good eat'n. How does IHOP pancakes compare with yours? Phil
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