Do you like the idea of 60 different meals of pancakes, waffles, omelettes, crepes and specialties to choose from? Plus lots of side dishes and beverages to create your own meal? Then you need to go to The Original Pancake House. There are three of them in the Greater DC area. The one we went to is located at one end of a brick-faced strip mall. It has a large green and cream striped awning. It looks kinda “Plain Jane”, but go on in the food is great.
Inside we were seated with a view of some very nice art prints or through the wall of windows to the tree shaded parking lot. We visited here twice. The first time we caught the after-church crowd. The second time we had the suit and tie going to work crowd. In other words, as tourists we were the most casually dressed people in the restaurant. That didn’t seem to matter. The waitress brought me little extras (two poached eggs instead of one) and was concerned when I didn’t clear my plate.
The menu was a delight of choices. I tried the whole wheat waffle with cinnamon apple bits. It was very good. The next day I had poached egg, applesauce and hash brown potatoes with onions. They looked more like what I call American fried potatoes, but they were delicious. Bill had The Senior which is buttermilk pancakes, egg and bacon. The next day he had a normal size breakfast of English Muffin, egg and bacon. If we had extended our stay another day I was going to go with an item called Dutch Baby, touted as “A big surprise that’s fun and delicious to see and eat.” Breakfast for two with one coffee and tip was $12.50 - $17.00.
From journal Greater DC Weekend