In 1953, Les Highet and Irma Hueneke founded the Original Pancake House in Portland, Oregon. Since then, their restaurant has won world wide acclaim.

In Paris, the Original Pancake House was selected by James Beard as one of the ten best restaurants in the world. In 1956, the Original Pancake House also won the McCall Citation for excellence in the Preparation and Presentation of Food.

Our Standards

These are a few of the standards of quality maintained in our original house:

• We serve freshly squeezed orange juice
• Only butter (93 score) used for cooking
• Pure whipping cream (36%) used in our batters and coffee
• We blend our own coffee to give you full-bodied, winey true coffee flavor
• We use only farm-fresh extra-large white Grade AA eggs
• Old fashioned dry-cured hams and bacons used
• No prepared batter mixes of any kind used
• We use unbleached, hard wheat flour
• Oven Baked Pancakes and Omeletes
• Made from scratch pancake baters
• Open 7 Days A Week!