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5900 S. University Blvd. Greenwood Village, CO 80121

303-795-0573

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BEST BREAKFAST
Award Winner 2006

Cuisine(s): American, Breakfast, Brunch

Hours: Daily 6am-2pm

Price: $

Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, American Express, cash, ATM/Debit
Attire: Casual

Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly, Vegetarian Friendly, Business Dining

Serving: Breakfast, Breakfast all day, Lunch

Alcohol: None
Reservations: Accepted, Recommended for Large Parties, Not Necessary

Parking: Lot Available

Description

The Original Pancake House isn't your average chain restaurant: It's been family-owned (with that family now into its third generation) since 1953. In that time, it's won a James Beard award for outstanding regional restaurant, and racked up minor kudos and baubles everywhere it goes. Every kitchen makes its own batters and its own sauces, working off recipes that demand better-quality ingredients than you'd find in some Michelin galleys. Although the line of people waiting for tables can be long, this breakfast is always worth the wait.

2006 | BEST BREAKFAST

Strong coffee, excellent corned beef hash, unrivaled cherry crepes and fresh-squeezed orange juice like neon rocket fuel: At seven o'clock in the morning, it doesn't get better than this. The Original Pancake House uses nothing but the best ingredients and the best products, and employs line cooks who know how to work fast and clean and how to execute a complicated and worldly menu with just the right notes of comfort and consolation. The space isn't much to look at, and service is brisk, to... More »
2005 | Best Breakfast

Breakfast is a very subjective thing. There are those who like to speed through the day's first meal, wolfing down something from the drive-thru on their way to the office, others who prefer to linger over well-brewed tea and fine pastries. Cold pizza makes a good breakfast, as do a pound of hash browns, six eggs and a steak served up by some greasy-spoon hash-slinger. And for some people, there's nothing finer than that rock-and-roll breakfast of champions: black coffee and cigarettes. But... More »

Original Pancake House

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, June 14, 2007

Everyone has annual traditions. There are the big ones, like Thanksgiving dinner with the family, opening presents on Christmas morning, falling asleep during the Super Bowl and getting smashed on New Year's Eve. And then there are the smaller, mo... More »

Main Menu

Specialties Of The House

Apple Pancake
oven baked with fresh granny smith apples and pure sinkiang cinnamon glaze.

Dutch Baby
oven baked. served with whipped butter, lemon and powdered sugar.

Fresh Vegetarian Omelette
our fluffy omelette filled with fresh broccoli, fresh tomatoes, fresh mushrooms and aged cheddar cheese.

Corned Beef Hash
our homemade hash, a blend of kosher corned beef, potatoes, onions and cream.

The Tahitian Maiden's Dream
a tender crepe filled with golden ripe bananas sliced in sour cream and tempered with triple sec, sherry and brandy. topped with diced bananas in our apricot sauce.

Danish Kijafa Cherry Crepes
a danish favorite! three delicate crepes filled and topped with montmorency cherries simmered in our kijafa sauce and lightly dusted with powdered sugar.

Strawberry Waffle
our golden brown waffle lightly dusted with powdered sugar then topped with strawberries and fresh whipped cream. a gourmet's nightmare!

Pancakes
These Items Contain Peanut Oil

Buttermilk Pancakes
served with butter and hot syrup.

Buckwheat Pancakes
served with whipped butter and hot syrup.

Potato Pancakes
served with sour cream or cinnamon applesauce.

Sourdough Flap Jacks
this recipe was the favorite of the klondike gold rush. served with whipped butter and hot syrup.

49'er Flap Jacks
from the mother lode country. plate sized, chewy, and tender. served with whipped butter and hot syrup

Swedish Pancakes
authentic lacy swedish pancakes are always a treat. served with lingonberries from sweden and whipped butter

Blueberry Pancakes
buttermilk pancakes filled with plump blueberries and lightly dusted with powdered sugar. served with whipped butter and hot blueberry compote.

Bacon Pancakes
buttermilk pancakes filled with real bits of bacon. served with whipped butter and hot syrup

Banana Pancakes
buttermilk pancakes filled with diced bananas and lightly dusted with powdered sugar. served with whipped butter and hot tropical syrup.

Hawaiian Pancakes
our fresh buttermilk pancakes filled with crushed pineapple and lightly dusted with powdered sugar. served with whipped butter and hot tropical syrup

Georgia Pecan Pancakes
filled and topped with hot toasted pecans. lightly dusted with powdered sugar. served with whipped butter and hot tropical syrup

Coconut Pancakes
filled and topped with hot toasted coconut. lightly dusted with powdered sugar. served with whipped butter and hot tropical syrup.

Dollar Pancakes
ten delicious silver dollar pancakes served with whipped butter and hot syrup.

The Two By Four
2 eggs, any style, and 4 buttermilk pancakes. served with whipped butter and hot syrup.

Three Little Pigs In Blankets
our special links wrapped in light buttermilk pancakes and lightly dusted with powdered sugar. served with whipped butter and hot tropical syrup.

Junior Plate
for children under 12 - three buttermilk pancakes with a choice of link or patty sausage or one egg any style. served with whipped butter and syrup

Sourdough French Toast
golden brown, light and fluffy. lightly dusted with powdered sugar. served with whipped butter and preserves.

Wheat Germ Pancakes
served with whipped butter and hot syrup

Waffles - These Items Contain Peanut Oil

Plain Waffle
a golden brown waffle. served with whipped butter and hot syrup

Bacon Waffle
our golden brown waffle baked with real bits of bacon. served with whipped butter and hot syrup.

Strawberry Waffle
our golden brown waffle lightly dusted with powdered sugar, then toped with strawberries and fresh whipped cream

Coconut Waffle
our golden brown waffle filled and topped with toasted coconut and lightly dusted with powdered sugar. served with whipped butter and hot tropical syrup.

Apple Waffle
our golden brown waffle baked with fresh granny smith apples and lightly topped with pure sinkiang cinnamon sugar. served with whipped butter and hot homemade apple syrup.

Blueberry Waffle
our golden brown waffle baked with delicious, plump blueberries and lightly dusted with powdered sugar. served with whipped butter and hot blueberry compote.

Pecan Waffle
our golden brown waffle filled and topped with toasted pecans and lightly dusted with powdered sugar. served with whipped butter and hot tropical syrup

Crepes
Strawberry, Apple Or Tropical Syrup Served On Request. Solid Butter Served On Request.

French Crepes
three delicate crepes filled with strawberry preserves, topped with hot tropical syrup and lightly dusted with powdered sugar.

Cherry Kijafa Crepes
a danish favorite? three delicate crepes filled and topped with montmorency cherries simmered in our kijafa sauce and lightly dusted with powdered sugar.

Tahitian Maiden 's Dream
a tender crepe filled with golden ripe bananas sliced in sour cream and tempered with triple sec, sherry and brandy. topped with diced bananas in our apricot sauce.

Continental Crepes
three delicate crepes rolled with sour cream tempered with triple sec and lightly dusted with powdered sugar. served with hot tropical syrup

Mandarin Crepes
the crepe suzette of the orient - three delicate crepes rolled and topped with mandarin orange segments tempered with triple sec. topped with hot tropical syrup and lightly dusted with powdered sugar.

Fresh Fruit Crepe
our tender crepe filled and topped with luscious fresh fruit in season and lightly dusted with powdered sugar. topped with fresh whipped cream.

Meats

Sugar Cured Hickory Smoked Ham

Thick Sliced Bacon

Our Special Recipe Link Sausage

Sugar Cured Hickory Smoked Canadian Bacon

Our Special Recipe Patty Sausage

Our Special Recipe Corned Beef Hash

Egg Specialties
All Served with Three Buttermilk Pancakes.

Ham & Eggs
a thick slice of sugar cured hickory smoked ham and two large fresh eggs, served any style.

Canadian Bacon And Eggs
four slices of sugar cured hickory smoked canadian bacon and two large fresh eggs, served any style.

Corned Beef Hash
our homemade hash, a blend of kosher corned beef, potatoes, onions and cream. served with two eggs any style and five potato pancakes.

Minced Ham And Scrambled Eggs
three eggs lightly scrambled with diced sugar cured hickory smoked ham.

Sausage And Eggs
our special recipe patty sausage and two large fresh eggs, served any style.

Bacon And Eggs
thick sliced bacon and two large fresh eggs served any style

Links And Eggs
our special recipe link sausage and two large fresh eggs, served any style.

Omelettes
All Served with Three Buttermilk Pancakes.

Mushroom Omelette
our fluffy omelette filled with fresh mushrooms and topped with a rich mushroom sherry sauce.

Ham And Cheese Omelette
our fluffy omelette filled with diced sugar cured hickory smoked ham and aged cheddar cheese

Cheese Omelette
our fluffy omelette filled with aged cheddar cheese.

Ham Omelette
our fluffy omelette filled with diced sugar cured hickory smoked ham

Fresh Vegetarian Omelette
our fluffy omelette filled with fresh broccoli, fresh tomatoes, fresh mushrooms and aged cheddar cheese

Spanish Omelette
direct from barcelona. omelette espanole. our fluffy omelette filled with fresh mushrooms and smothered with a spicy, peppery, tangy sauce.

Plain Omelette
our fluffy omelette. simply light and delicious

Side Dishes

One Egg, Any Style

Lingonberries

Preserves

Fresh Whipping Cream

Two Eggs, Any Style

Cinnamon Applesauce

Blueberry Compote

Toast With Preserves

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The Original Pancake House

5900 S. University Blvd. Greenwood Village, CO 80121

303-795-0573

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2006 | BEST BREAKFAST

2005 | Best Breakfast

Original Pancake House

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