Enjoy a free butter-toppled short stack of pancakes from participating IHOP locations on National Pancake Day Tuesday, March 4.
Most Victor Valley IHOPs are joining in the jam-packed giveaway including locations on La Paz Drive in Victorville, Main Street in Hesperia, and East Main Street and Lenwood Road in Barstow.
Guests will receive one dine-in-only free short stack per person from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Victorville and Hesperia IHOPS, and until 8 p.m. in Barstow.
Waitress Marissa Walker at the Barstow IHOP encourages families to come to the East Main location for their free pancake fix.
“We’ll have pancakes all day,” she told the Daily Press. No need to wake up early for a chance to snag the breakfast goods, she continued, the Barstow IHOP will have them hot and ready all day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
IHOP also announced its intention to break the Guinness World Record title for the most pancakes served in an eight-hour period in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of National Pancake Day.
A projected 20,000 pancakes will be served from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 1 at the Santa Monica Pier to beat out Calgary Stampede‘s current record of serving more than 17,000 pancakes in eight hours.
“National Pancake Day is a holiday our fans have come to know and love, which is why we wanted to make the celebration even bigger for our 20th anniversary with 20K for Pancake Day,” said Lenna Yamamichi, Vice President and Brand Creative at IHOP.
Yamamichi and the rest of the IHOP executive team are excited to “officially crown IHOP as the champion of pancakes by breaking the Guinness World Record title for the most pancakes served in a single day.”
For every pancake served by IHOP Chef Art Carl and his team at the record-breaking attempt, IHOP promised to donate $1 to Feeding America in a press release. The nonprofit organization directly supports the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and its mission to end hunger in Los Angeles County.
IHOP also aims to put a “purpose behind its pancakes” by continuing the partnership with Feeding America throughout March, offering customers the option to round up their checks to help provide meals for people facing hunger.
National Pancake Day was established by IHOP in 2005 as an initiative to celebrate the ancient breakfast food. The Smithsonian uncovered that the charred remains of the world’s first “proto pancake” were discovered 70,000 years ago at the Shanidar Cave complex in Iraq.
The ancient flat cake has since been perfected by IHOP and other breakfast diners and molded into the modern-day American flapjack- fluffy, buttery, and oh so gooey.
The first International House of Pancakes opened in Toluca Lake, Burbank, California in 1958.
The distinctive A-frame breakfast restaurant would soon lose its defining architectural feature, abbreviate its name to IHOP, and contradict breakfast restaurant norms by adding lunch and dinner to the menu in the 1980s.
Unchanged recipes of pancakes, waffles, French toast, and omelets remain some of the most popular menu items at IHOP restaurants despite the menu’s modernization throughout the last 65 years.
As of September 2024, there are 1,809 IHOP restaurants around the world that have been leading the breakfast industry in signature breakfast options. IHOP locations are in all 50 U.S. states, two U.S. territories, and 13 international countries.
McKenna is a reporter for the Daily Press. She can be reached at mmobley@gannett.com.
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