INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF PANCAKES - Life in America

[@daviddemarco2820]

When I was young my Grandmother would take me to a local IHOP near her home every Saturday morning for about 5 years , between the ages 11 and about 16. I'd always get the largest stack of those delicious butter milk pancakes 🥞 and pour a ton of syrup on them. Such beautiful memories.

[@Angellady11]

My grandmother did the same thing until she went back to Morocco

[@illuminatedperspectives2894]

WATCHING THIS MADE ME HUNGRY

[@bobsebring3377]

On my birthday, back in the 60s when I was little, my family and I would always go to the IHOP (my request) before buying our Christmas tree. My favorite was a stack of buttermilk pancakes with a ton of butter and Boysenberry syrup. Such wonderful memories, thanks.

[@lmutch427]

Boysenberry my all time favorite too !!!!

[@friendofdorothy9376]

You had me at “ton of butter”. To this day, and I’m 59, I get extra butter and SLATHER it all on every pancake. They become sort of soggy in all that butter and I’m in hog heaven.

[@kallen868]

@@friendofdorothy9376Pancakes, Waffles, Bread, Popcorn, Baked Potato...all just a gateway to BUTTER! 😏😋

[@billolsen4360]

Boysenberry was the best!

[@billolsen4360]

@@friendofdorothy9376 They MUST have IHOPs in Heaven

[@MyRanger12]

That was Johnny Crawford (Mark) from The Rifleman tv series in the intro pic.

[@snowcub7139]

Yes, I saw! That was little Johnny!

[@banjomandan7199]

I was in a rock and pop cover band in the SF Bay Area in the mid-'70's, and have many fond memories of us all converging on the International House of Pancakes (pre-IHOP) in Hayward, California, at 2 or 3 AM after our gigs. I'd load up on their delicious corn pancakes, or "Pigs in a Blanket," floated in 3 or 4 flavors of syrup, then go home to bed on a very full stomach! Sure couldn't carbo-load like that today!

[@JackBlue31]

As a mid 80s morning paper boy I can remember my dad and I going after the Sunday morning delivery. I loved the big selection of syrups on the table. It was an old school ihop and I fondly remember it.

[@poetink]

I remember going to IHOP many times over the years with my family as a kid. what was nice was it was the only place where you could get boysenberry syrup. I remember my late Father having fun when we went there by ordering the rooty-tooty fresh and fruity meal. One of them recently opened a few years ago in the mall in my downtown area. Nice to see they're still going strong. Great memories of this place.

[@lohphat]

I believe that first shot of the tall stack is with then child actor Johnny Crawford. We was in The Rifleman and just passed away a year ago at age 75.

[@snowcub7139]

Yes, that's Johnny Crawford.

[@snowcub7139]

Yes it's Johnny Crawford.

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

Absolutely is. I just got done watching the whole series on KZbin. Still great viewing. He and Conners had great chemistry: you believed he was his Pa

[@snowcub7139]

@@nicholasschroeder3678 On FilmRise Television?

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

@@snowcub7139 Yeah, I watched all 168 on them--a couple month's binge watch. I hadn't watched them as a kid, but I really loved them.

[@johnwood551]

I love your opening scene of Johnny Crawford and a huge stack of cakes.

[@snowcub7139]

I like it too. Great that they put that picture in.

[@Holly1960-]

I remember back in the early 70's IHOP opened in Jackson Mississippi. My friends and I were all excited to eat there as young kids. We were fascinated by all the syrups on the table !

[@MisterMikeTexas]

Another COVID casualty! 😞 I hope they'll bring em back. Those teeny tiny caps of microwaved "maple" are stingy and quickly get sopped up before you dig into the stack. The franchise owners must have got spoiled by all the money savings as a result of the "pandemic" restrictions.

[@ss109guy]

Same in Tulsa, OK. Loved it as a kid.

[@sonyafox3271]

I love all the different syrups, I usually use a few of them together at one time. Especially, Strawberry, Blackberry and Maple. I take my Syrup and Melt down my preserves a lot of times and pour over my French toast and pancakes, not as good as I- Hop but, in a pinch it works.

[@sonyafox3271]

I-Hop is my Favorite Place to eat breakfast, if there was one much closer to me, I would be there quite a bit, I could eat I-Hop 24/ 7. When, I was in Florida on a vacation quite some yrs ago, there was one across from the hotel we were staying at, for about a little over a week and, we ate breakfast there everyday, I thought, I’d died and gone to heaven. I have so many good memories of this place from so, many vacations.

[@rosealee8459]

Wenn we travelled to the States from Europe, we were so early out of bed next day due to time lag, we saw across the street from our Motel an Ihop Restaurant. I never ate so early in the morning fresh eggs, bacon and pancakes. Unforgetable experience 😃

[@dawng.8836]

We used to eat there for dinner in the 70's, as I grew up I begged my mom to let me order regular food. Her response was always" You don't go to a pancake place & not eat the pancakes" Miss you mom & our time at IHOP

[@diamondtiara84]

My sister took my nephew there when he was around 2 or 3, and she ordered silver dollar pancakes for him. It was a whole dish of miniature pancakes, so many she had to help him eat them!

[@ibenpishtoff]

Great video! The first IHOP I ever had the pleasure of eating breakfast at was on The Ohio State campus area. They recently built a new one in my home town. It was not there long before it folded. Covid may have contributed to it’s failure. BTW, did anybody else notice the boy in the opening picture is Johnny Crawford, who played Mark in “The Rifleman”?

[@snowcub7139]

Yes. It's him.

[@jezzp2]

I go every Sunday Morning with the family.

[@patriciadickson2968]

The first time I ate at an IHOP was when I was on a business trip to St. Louis in 1998. I instantly feel in love and have been eating there every since.

[@MichaelAllen-td1uu]

In sixty’s my parents moved from the east to west coast. On the trip west we stopped at an Ihop. My father said order anything you want but no meat. Five kids and all you could eat pancakes at the time that was as good as it gets when your a kid.

[@cindyp5703]

Memories! Back in the 60's my parents would take me and my brother to IHOP on occasional Sunday mornings after church. I always got the chocolate pancakes with a dusting of powdered sugar on top. I used a little bit of each of the fruit flavored syrups for variety! Thanks for this 'blast from the past'.

[@curtw8827]

Every Friday morning us 5 business partners meet early for a business breakfast. Each takes turn picking up the tab. Employees know we won't be in the office until 8:30. It' s been a tradition for years at the local Ihop.

[@williammoseley17]

Great memories in the early to mid 70s eating there after Sunday Mass with my grandparents. The A-frame building was it's signature.

[@circlepfarm9729]

I used to be a busboy/dishwasher at International House of Pancakes, 1968-1969 in the North Miami area while in High School. At closing time we had to scrub several grates from under the kitchen cooking grills. Not fun at $1.60 per hour. I have fond memories of this restaurant and the people I worked for!

[@clintcountryman4849]

They should change the look back to the way it originally did. It's awesome

[@douglasmclean2802]

What about the brief promotion where they went by IHOB For International House of Burgers? I think it was limited to only a few locations in the US and was a big marketing ploy to remind people they have more than pancakes.

[@leesashriber5097]

I remember that. I think it was kind of silly. 😊

[@rhuephus]

It was just a publicity stunt .

[@highnoon9333]

I don't think it was limited to only a few locations... unless all of the Atlanta-area locations were included in that. Because I saw "IHOB" all over the place.

[@shaylahawkfan3870]

I remember in the 70's going there and being in absolute AWE over the different syrups on the table. But I always got the chocolate pancake that they made a smiley face with whip cream and cherries. Good times.

[@vincentperratore4395]

I went to an IHOP for the first time when I was stationed in San Diego, while in the Navy. Been hooked ever since!

[@suzanne8264]

When I was a child in the 1979’s my family would eat at International House of Pancakes as a treat. I loved the silver Dollar Pancakes!

[@DawnWilliamsNdyria9]

This is an awesome video, it brought back memories of when me and my mom would go to Ihop for breakfast on the weekends, I remember the rooty tooty fresh and fruity I loved the strawberry and my mom would always order the peach. Ihop has come a long way. TFS🥰

[@jimdevilbiss9125]

When we would go to visit my uncle in Baltimore we will always stop first at the international House of pancakes, before IHOP, and have a breakfast. We now have one in town where I live. Good food and lots of fun memories.

[@johnwright7782]

Going tomorrow morning on our way down to Mass.

[@jons.6216]

Always loved the funny references to this on Mary Hartman Mary Hartman with her suggestion "Let's awl go out to the International House of Pancakes!" in a tense moment to try to calm things down! Haha!

[@manlymcstud8588]

i loved it as a kid. now, these places are like fast food in the sense that it's great on that remote chance the stars have aligned and it's done right.

[@miabetz7463]

Loved eating here as a kid in the late 70’s- 80’s. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner were delicious. I remember the A frame, the inside decor, and old sign. We saw Rod Stewart at one in Phoenix in the 80’s. Don’t think they are the same anymore and haven’t eaten at an IHOP since 2008 but this was a great memory!

[@clwatts]

The acquisition of Applebee's by iHop was the result of iHop's new female CEO had worked at Applebee's and was passed over for promotion at Applebee's. She left Applebee's, went to iHop as CEO. A short time later, iHop was able to buy Applebee's. I found that amusing.

[@GuyPipili]

I always thought IHOP's pancakes were much better than Dennys. And yes, I do remember the corny commercials.

[@friendofdorothy9376]

For sure. I like Denny’s just fine, but IHOP is just better and more delicious.

[@mamiebobb4173]

IHOP's are definitely better.

[@brucegordon4992]

I used to like the "pigs in blankets." I would have loved to try the Tahitian orange pineapple pancakes. It seems to me there used to be five different kinds of syrup - the last time I was in one there were only four.

[@shibolinemress8913]

I have loved "The Pancake House", as my family used to call it before it became IHOP, since childhood in the 1960's. My best friend and I celebrated many a birthday there. We were born on the same day 1 year apart, which was quite fun!

[@kbunky69]

It was a big treat for my family to go out to eat breakfast there after church

[@Kevin-yh9yt]

The first time I heard of, or tasted, boysenberry was in an IHOP in the 60s. It felt so exotic to put that on my pancakes.

[@davidkastin4240]

Ah love IHOP. I used to mix all the different flavor syrups on my pancakes ☺

[@jamesslick4790]

LOL, I thought I was the ONLY one to do that!

[@summerrose4286]

No apparently there are several of you. Did they make a gray mess?😂

[@MisterMikeTexas]

I was just there the other night at the IHOP on Airport Freeway by Westparkway in Euless, Texas near me. I had their chicken fajita omelette and their new protein pancakes. They strongly rival their buttermilk pancakes. As for the Rooty Tooty, do they still have that? I haven't noticed it in years.

[@anthonyhawkins3576]

In 1973 I moved from small town to Kansas City. My parents came to visit and I took them and my little brother (12) there for their 1st time. This was the 1st time my little brother ever saw a round scoop of butter on top of his pancakes. He thought it was ice cream and popped it in his mouth. Not relevant here but a good laugh.

[@SilverGorilla1776]

We go to the Texas state fair every year. We always stop at ihop on the way and get pumpkin pancakes. 😋 Been doing it for 25 years now I guess.

[@corvetcoyote443]

I think the old buildings and signs of any chain restaurants were much more unique and cool looking compared to today's acronym sign/ box buildings, everything back then from restaurants to automobiles had style and character.

[@friendofdorothy9376]

Absolutely!! I really miss the old large unique, colorful, neon blinking Holiday Inn signs. Always beckoning to the weary traveler and promised comfortable beds and a swimming pool for us kids.

[@jedidrummerjake]

Miss those days back in the 60's. IHOP is too expensive now.

[@straywolf77]

I remember as a kid going to IHOP after church service every Sunday morning. Good memories.

[@williambowers9555]

When I would stay in Rhode Island in my youth, during the late 60’s-early 70’s, IHOP was one of the few restaurants open after nightclub hours. For this reason it was a haunt for many a teen on date nights, (Wednesdays and Saturdays). Needless to say, many pots of coffee arrived at tables so as to “sober up” before returning home. (The purchase of alcohol was permitted for those 18 years and older at that time. For those too young, there were a myriad of invalid id’s exchanged...to pass getting “carded” by bouncers a club doors.)

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

When I was a little kid, a new one opened in the neighborhood. I nagged my parents, who were kind of hard, until they grudgingly finally took me. I ordered a big waffle, and I was dazzled by all those colored syrups. My parents warned me to choose only one, but I wanted them all. I started pouring a different one into each of the quadrants against their warnings. Well, the syrups flowed into each other because it was a bad idea to begin with, and I'd put on too much as well. The dyes mixed, and it turned into a soggy, gray, inedible mass. My parents got angry and told me to eat it anyway. The trip to the pancake house had turned into a disaster. I sat there under their glare and quietly the tears flowed. The waitress came over and asked what was wrong and saw the mess. She offered to bring some pancakes. Dad angrily said he wasn't buying anyless else and to leave the waffle. The waitress gave me a pat and left. A little while later she came with a plate of pancakes, removed the dead, grey waffle, looked at my dad and said, "It's on the house," and mussed my hair. Yeah, I only used one syrup.🥺🤤😁

[@friendofdorothy9376]

Great story!!

[@yfa6244]

@@friendofdorothy9376 great waitress!

[@snowcub7139]

Yeah, I'd guess if I did that too, my parents would make me do the same.

[@kevinsmith5288]

Is it just me, or is that boy grinning at that stack of pancakes in the beginning of the video Johnny Crawford of Rifleman fame? At any rate, another great video! Have to say though that for my taste buds, Perkins has better pancakes. I know that they are only in certain areas, but here in NE Pennsylvania there are several locations.

[@snowcub7139]

Yes it's Johnny Crawford.

[@douglas_drew]

And of The Mickey Mouse Club! RIP Johnny.

[@snowcub7139]

@@douglas_drew Yes, he was one of the original Mouseketeers in 1955. He would have been there for the original opening of Disneyland that time.

[@skylilly1]

I like Perkins pancakes better, too. The ihop pancakes are nowhere near the same as they were in the 70's. We used to eat at one around Columbus OH. They were delecious back then, terrible now. We go to Perkins or Cracker Barrel for pancakes.

[@pizzaearthpancakesandother2549]

Nah, just you

[@loveisall5520]

When I was a child in the fifties and sixties we looked for Toddle House restaurants on vacation, not IHOP. 'My' local IHOP today is a septic tank, poorly run and nasty. But I loved eating there in Houston in the seventies when they still had the high roofed buildings and those Thermo-Serve coffee pitchers.

[@2007bowman]

I cooked at IHOP. The menu was very tough to master. Blessings

[@jamesallen327]

Love it. So many good things. Hope it does not leave.

[@jamesschemmel6117]

I went to the IHOP to enjoy the boysenberry syrup. It was one of my all time favorites!! However, It seems the boysenberry syrup has been canceled. I haven’t been back since. I would travel across the country just to enjoy it one more time!!

[@toddbehrends1373]

My wife and I go to our local IHOP once a month after church. I never leave hungry and the staff are the best!!!

[@jessemask2562]

I used to work for a company that sold coffee,tea and was a distributor for the syrups, flours salsa and spaghetti sauces. I never went into a clean kitchen they were all filthy. The franchisees were most often pakistanis who were rude, mistreated their employees and these peiople did not like to pay their bills, we would constantly have to get oks the charge orders for them on a routine basis . I slipped once in a kitchen and pulled a groin muscle and another time in the same restaurant fell in the same place due to the floor constantly being wet which was common among all of them as was the practice of piling the trash generated at breakfast time and lunjch time into a huge pile against the back door. Beware of these places.

[@miltoncallan1471]

I live in Los Angeles and haven't eaten at IHOP for years. Last weekend we went to Dublin, GA for a wedding and at 2 am, the only place open was IHOP. The food was mediocre, but the service was amazing. Never had that attentive, smiling service in LA. Thank you Dublin IHOP.

[@maryl5567]

Yes I still eat at IHOP!! The chicken and waffles are great!! Thank you so much for this video!

[@jasonwomack4064]

I generally like IHOP, the food is always at least decent. However, it just feels like another faceless corporate restaurant the last 15-20 years. I think the focus to modernize and chase trends has been so consuming, they (and some others) have lost their unique character.

[@mrwaterschoot5617]

i can appreciate international house of pancakes. i did not know understand how important it is to my friend chet lau.(chester) his dad a chinese owner of a restaurant in china town in new york city. it is not the american chinese food many of us so called american think of but true chinese delicacies like chicken feet chicken with the head still on duck with the head still on. i will i did not under it then. but it was a celebration banquet that chets parents had to rejoice that their son married a lady from china and invited good friends of chester from connecticut to they celebration in honor of the married couple. back to the ihop story before it was ihop. chester went to ihop for breakfast on saturday mornings with his dad religiously. i am not certain if it was a bonding of two cultures the american born son and the chinese born father. a way to blend cultures so no one culture dominated. but i know that chet went with his mother to find a bride of chinese birth and/or friends of the family in the proverbial old country. i am not sure chet might have been the youngest son. he has an older sister brenda who suggested that my eventual life partner and eventually my wife should get together similar to chet and his life partner ping. maybe a prearranged marriage. since i believe in god i will think of as divine intervention with humans guiding the way. chet settled down in west hartford. with his ping and thier three sons a couple blocks from an old ihops looking building my dear wife's autistic but functional to normal standards whatever normal is. clayton loved celebrating his birthday at the newer ihops. and i can be a glutton and eat for an hour on eating all you can eat pancakes and wash them down with a gallon of coffee. and the stand joke where did it go. i pointed to my legs saying that my stomach was full and i was filling my hollow legs. at least it was for a good laugh. until later my friend.

[@corvetcoyote443]

I agree, I myself like the old classy wood framed signs with the restaurants full name far better than today's smiley acronym that looks drab and cheap.

[@xr6lad]

It is a corporate. Unless the place has a single or maybe two or three outlets, it is a corporate so not sure what your expecting. As long as it serves decent food at a price you like…..otherwise if your after character you need to go elsewhere.

[@frankjoyce76]

Great explanation

[@ravensbrood3544]

IHOP Has more than Pancakes and Breakfast Fare, they also have some pretty good Dinner and Supper dishes.

[@brettany_renee_blatchley]

As a kid: _Silver Dollar Pancakes_ 🥞 wherein we tried every syrup flavor!! (Boisenberry was my all time favorite!) 👩‍🦳

[@kendavid891]

I still go to all the old companies and support the restaurants I grew up with, Wonderful memories,Friendly's, IHOP,etc

[@yuvgotubekidding]

As a youngster our oldest son experienced boysenberry syrup at IHOP. So naturally it had become my quest to track some down for home use. It took some doing but I found it at a small A&P.

[@davidgold5961]

It’s definitely gone way downhill since the 1960s. It used to be fun when my dad took me there, but now my experience has included so-so service, dirty bathrooms and almost no hint of the international pancake offerings like before. All they have now are different flavored syrups!

[@robertryan8029]

In the 1960's and 1970's, International House of Pancakes had wonderful food, great service, and reasonable prices. Today, the food is mediocre at best, portions are small, service is less than stellar, and the prices are exorbitant. My wife and I have many fond memories from their early days, but prefer to spend our restaurant money elsewhere. What a shame!

[@daveerhardt1879]

I agree. I went with my friend to an IHOP last year and the food and service was good. So I went there with my friend about 6 months later to the same location. The service was slow, the food had small portions and not very tasty, and a loud conversation was going on right next to us. I'll never go back.

[@wayfarer4578]

Holy crap that was a lot of food for $2 !

[@Stoccado]

$2 wouldn't pay for the place mat now.

[@haircole]

Always an enjoyable experience!

[@emkkahn]

I haven't eaten at an IHOP for decades. But now I have a hankering for some pancakes!

[@itinerantpatriot1196]

I've always liked IHOP. There is one just a couple miles down the road but I haven't been there in a few years. I used to go to this mom and pop place instead because I like supporting small business but COVID shut them down (just one of a million heartbreaking stories there). Anyway, when I think of IHOP I always think of Father Edwards. He was a priest at the parish I was part of as a kid and I used to do Saturday morning Mass with him when I was an altar boy. He was always kind to us and would take the altar boys who worked Saturday's to IHOP after Mass. He was a good and decent man and I miss him and the wisdom he imparted on all us parishioners way back when. RIP Father. I trust God had a few cigars ready for you and a little something for that flask you kept near your vestments. God Bless and I'll be along directly.

[@summerrose4286]

Oh dear Lord, this brought tears to my eyes.

[@kesmarn]

Good to hear recollections about a Catholic priest who was kind to the kids he had contact with. There were many of them, but unfortunately we hear too much about the ones who weren't so kind, and that causes the good guys to be overlooked all too often. Thanks for your comment.

[@getoffmydarnlawn]

IHOP and Sambo's were our go-to restaurants when we went on our summer trips to family in the south in the 70s. Tasty food, whole family, decent price. I loved the boysenberry syrup, this was before you could get absolutely anything at the grocery store so it was a summer vacation thing for me and I really soaked my pancakes with the stuff. I also remember their waffle irons being broken all the time.

[@randallmarsh1187]

LOL, the waffle irons weren't broken, they're The International House of PANCAKES..........not waffles.

[@kevinlong9254]

That was a great video which brought back excellent memories. International House of Pancakes is still a good place to eat. Good food and good service.

[@pattyheitzman8635]

I first went to IHOP in the 70s in Palm Beach 'Florida with my parents. The food was good. I go to the one in St. Lucie West'Florida sometimes.

[@jadenova]

In the Charleston, SC area there was one of those original style restaurants. I only ate there once and man the space in the booths were tiny.

[@melissabibby7310]

Great Video!👍❤️

[@DB77777]

This is dope. Im having a breakfast sampler delivered now. I never knew they originated from cali.

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

That's Johnny Crawford of The Rifleman ogling that big pancake stack.

[@snowcub7139]

That's him!

[@MelywoodMedia]

Thank goodness they were open at 2am in the 80’s! 🤣

[@dianehaskins8640]

I am 68 years old, I have been going to the IHOP most of my life. Still do!

[@matrox]

15 sec in. Thats Johnny Crawford from the Rifleman. He died last year.

[@snowcub7139]

From Alzheimer's.

[@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736]

On the Southeast side of Houston, Texas there's three IHOP's. Two in Pasadena and one in Webster. An Applebee's is in Pasadena. Applebee's is packed until 2am every night.

[@jeffreystpierre6898]

I do so enjoy your videos 💜

[@heathers4961]

For some reason, the coffee pots have been very iconic for me.

[@paulwicklund5044]

Back in the 1970's, IHOP gave away small plastic NFL football helmets with team colors and logo.

[@douglaslowe5]

i remember my parents taking me to one of the very first Ihops in Glendale Calif. every weekend in early 60s. I was addicted to their hamburger club sandwich and would douse it with ridiculous amounts of mustard.

[@Corgis175]

Ate at the IHOP on Rt. 9 just outside Freehold, NJ numerous times and also love Applebee's.

[@muzerhythm2242]

MANY good memories of IHOP from childhood to today and hope they NEVER go out of business!😁Memories as a child when me and my parents ate there after going to outdoor events (dirt track races, music festivals ,ect) and talk with the waitstaff about what we saw (loved the inviting diner feel). High school cruising out late with my friends and after midnight wanted something to eat (back then Taco Bell, ect all closed at 10), and all of us chipping in for the appetizers. When me and my friends Finally got our 21st birthdays and hit the clubs....and after that was starving, ate and people watch the 2am crowd. College...late night studying and me and my friends getting the pot of coffee at our table and snacking. To just a few years ago going to drum circles, made new friends there then afterwards went to IHOP talk about the night. 😁

[@mamiebobb4173]

While going through chemo treatments, I would always stop at the IHOP afterwards for a "gift" to myself! I loved their waffles, with a side of sausages. I just heard on another KZbin vlog that IHOP is leading the list of familiar family chain restaurants that are going bankrupt due to Covid. It breaks my heart.

[@xr6lad]

Yes treats often lift one out of a the doldrums (for what ever reason) and reflecting on the event brings a smile to the face. Good on you.

[@urbanurchin5930]

I worked at two different IHOPs in two different cities. The first one was in Wood River, Illinois when I was in high school. The second one was in Lakewood, Colorado - after I was discharged from the Air Force. Both experiences had good and bad times. The first location, when I was a Sophomore in high school, started as a busboy and dishwasher and eventually became a cook. The franchisee was kind of a mean man but I managed to survive due to an endless stream of cute waitresses that worked there. The second stint was as a cook and overnight manager (open 24 hours). I was there for a couple of years but that ended when we were robbed at gunpoint - too scary after that ! About the steeply pitched blue roof - it served a purpose ! It was the second story that housed all of the dry goods and employee break room. It was a pain when ever we would get a food delivery because it was back breaking work to carry all that stuff up the stairs. Finally, the upstairs storage room served as the location of a s*xual encounter with the managers daughter on New Years Eve when there were no customers. Those 50 pound bags of pancake mix served as just the right "platform" for our escapade. Nice memory indeed !!!

[@leesashriber5097]

I love me some IHOP!! This was very interesting and informative. Thank you! 😊

[@EthanLong]

Have you heard of Alice's Wonderful Kitchen? It seems like it was trademarked by Restaurant Association and I've found advertisements for it with the same roof, but purple. I think they tried to convert or have double restaurants but failed. There's almost no info about this other than old advertisements in newspapers

[@watershed44]

@Ethan Long I do vaguely remember that name and that they bought out some IHOP stores, but that was a long time ago, maybe in the early 1990s?

[@peterfett253]

In the 70's IHOP was the Mother's day breakfast stop every year. 80's & 90's hit it with friends.

[@dotsheffers6577]

Aww...I miss IHOP in my town. They closed it a few years ago. Me and family would have Sunday breakfast once a month to catch up with happenings of life.

[@matrox]

The last time I went to IHOP was about 15 years ago. I got up to go to the restroom made a wrong turn and ended up almost in the kitchen. That kitchen was absolutely filthy. A kitchen that filthy meant filthy food. It turned my stomach. I left and have never been back since. Not saying they are all like that, but just that one was enough to turn me off....forever.

[@stuvo1977]

I've heard other people say the same thing. I won't eat there.

[@missesreyes09]

Growing up I remember them having “all you can eat pancakes” right around my birthday. We would always go there for breakfast on my birthday. I loved how they had different flavored syrups on the table. I haven’t ate at IHOP in years tho. Last I remember it was overpriced and portions were not big. We like Black Bear Diner now for breakfast.

[@patrickmcgrath5411]

JASON... AS A 10-YEAR-OLD GROWING UP IN LOS ANGELES I WENT TO "IHOP" FOR THE CHOCOLATE CHIP PANCAKES... I REALLY DIDN'T CARE ABOUT ITS "CORPORATE STATUS"... ALL I CAN SAY IS "YUMMMY"🥰

[@Sakja]

I used to love IHOP. Used to go there for lunch all the time.

[@joshuasteele4498]

There was one of the classic A-frame stores just a few blocks from our home growing up. Passed it all the time, but very rarely went there. Dad preferred Denny’s, just another block away, so that’s where we went. They could be the same business. Don’t think there’s enough to distinguish them from one another

[@stephenspilker9334]

as a kid in the 60's we ate at ihop a lot. the food was really good.

[@annmarie1569]

I've been to IHOP several times and love it 💕💕💕

[@r.o7897]

Good content!

[@roderick.t]

Pigs in a blanket - a favorite for me and the wifey! 😊

[@johnrudy9404]

Our two primary locations were East Brunswick and Menlo Park , NJ. The building was rustic and service always friendly. The modern IHOP, as another commenter said, is just another corporate kiosk. Food still good, but....a sign of the times.

[@dannydurden8360]

I worked there for five years I loved there food

[@PenelopePeppers]

Never been there !! But I was at a Bob Evans once :) :)