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Pancake Cafe

Pancake Cafe

3805 North Broadway, Chicago I-60613, United States

Cafe • Coffee • Burgers • American


"On a cold and dreary rainy day, this place was like a ray of sunshine through the thick overcast sky. I ordered the main omelet, the Western, which was incredibly filling and full of juicy peppers and ham.I did learn upon arriving that all the prices on the menu were about $2-3 more expensive than what was advertised on their website, and the omelets are now made with 4 eggs and not the 5 eggs advertised on their site. I told the waitress and she was nice and apologized about that and later told me she let the owner know. I visited a couple weeks ago and I recently checked the site and it's still out of date falsely advertising old prices. (Unfortunately, this is the case for nearly every restaurant now. They use old ads on google and their website with cheaper prices than what they really are in the restaurant, making the excuse about inflation, but just feels like Foot In the Door, and bait and switch tactics.)HOWEVER. What management fails on in accurate online price advertisements, all the workers were incredibly friendly. The omelet was incredibly hardy and delicious, the egg cooked all the way through as they bake it for a minute or so after the traditional frying on the pan, with TONS of vegetable and ham pieces mixed in. I went in STARVING and could barely finish it! For $14.50, it still beats the price of most other breakfast/brunch options, but more importantly, the satisfaction of the meal was beyond that what you'd get from a $20 breakfast somewhere else. I've had omelets from all sorts of other breakfast places, and regularly cook my own, and they absolutely do everything right with theirs! Even though they are the pancake house, their omelets are better than any other spot I've visited."