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Fearless Critic restaurant review
Portland
Food
Feel
Price
7.4
6.0
$15
American
Casual restaurant

Hours
Wed–Sun 7:00am–3:00pm

Bar None
Credit cards Visa, MC, AmEx
Reservations Not accepted

Website

Southwest Portland
8601 SW 24th Ave.
Portland, OR
(503) 246-9007
The Original Pancake House
Two words: bacon waffle

Start with “IHOP.” Remove “I” and the hokiness. Add in “independently owned and operated.” Finally, anagramize. Now you’ve got the Original Pancake House. OPH is renowned for its gargantuan selection of breakfasts, especially in the griddle-cake area. In fact, some say that OPH wrote the recipe book for IHOP, who…

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