Slog - Comments on The Seattle Pancake Renaissance Continues

Comment by Little Red

Little Red — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:19:26 -0800

For some reason I always think of poor people when I smell pancakes.

Comment by Levislade

Levislade — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:21:28 -0800

I make such good pancakes that I very rarely go out for them. I think the last I had in Seattle were at the Globe a long time ago. They were giant and wonderful.

Comment by IHOP, you hop, we all hop for IHOP.

IHOP, you hop, we all hop for IHOP. — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:23:48 -0800

For some reason, I always think of pancakes when I smell poor people.

Comment by Cato the Younger Younger

Cato the Younger Younger — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:35:03 -0800

For some reason, I always think of a black woman dressed as a slave when I smell pancakes. (You know which brand I am talking about)

Comment by D. in Seattle

D. in Seattle — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:37:38 -0800

When I was 5, my air force dad was stationed in Anchorage while the rest of us lived in Sacramento. We would go to visit him via Seattle and one thing we always did was go to the 5 point cafe for pancakes. 20 years later, I moved to Seattle and the first thing I did was go to 5 point.

It's certainly changed a lot over the years. Most notably the vibe, but those pancakes haven't changed. They're still the best.

Comment by Shaniqua Jackson

Shaniqua Jackson — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:47:06 -0800

Hey y'all. Cato's post is the best so far. I am going to go watch my bootleg Green Hornet DVDs as a tribute to Cato, OK?

Comment by heywhatsit

heywhatsit — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:58:55 -0800

No reasonable individual would order pancakes over french toast. Fuck.

Comment by Katelyn

Katelyn — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:01:50 -0800

Maybe I'll make pancakes for lunch today.

Comment by GW

GW — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:09:14 -0800

The Five Point and Mecca are owned by the same person. They have the exact same menu. Sometimes you will see someone who normally works at Mecca picking up a shift at the Five Point (and vice versa). No wonder both places have great pancakes!

Huge fan of both places. Fantastic food.

Comment by Matt from Denver

Matt from Denver — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:10:25 -0800

@ 7, given that almost no one except for myself and a Denver greasy spoon called Pete' Kitchen knows how to make french toast, only a fool would order them over pancakes. Unless they explicitly state that they're using brioche or maybe challah.

Comment by Katelyn

Katelyn — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:24:43 -0800

@10 try Portage Bay's french toast, it's delicious.

Comment by Kat

Kat — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:14:03 -0800

@11
Atlas down in the U village used to do some mouth watering Challah french toast.
I used to love Minnie's blueberry pancakes years ago- fat juicy berries cooked into the batter, as big as the plate, dusted with powdered sugar and thinly sliced lemon. They have lost their intiative since then. Now they throw canned blueberries on top.

Comment by matthew fisher wilder

matthew fisher wilder — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:54:00 -0800

I love everything about the Five Point, but the one time I had pancakes there, I got food poisoning.

What the fuck. PANCAKE POISONING! How the fuck do you make pancakes poisonous by innocent neglect?

Maybe I played too much Devo in the jukebox and not enough Queensryche.

Comment by Cato the Younger Younger

Cato the Younger Younger — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:15:42 -0800

@ Up above: WRONG Cato whose name I took (go back about 2000 years and go to the Roman Senate)

Food Poisoning from Pancakes??? Were they green? But I got food poisoning from Dicks on Broadway a month ago.

Comment by COMTE

COMTE — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:40:01 -0800

I had a "Deck Hand Special" at the 5 Point this morning, which includes pancakes, and I'm still feeling just fine.

BTW, even though The Mecca & The 5 Point are owned by the same people, apparently the management styles practiced at each location are vastly different, as evinced by Sam (you'd know her if you were a Mecca regular: blonde, tan, Aussie), who now works at The 5 Point, and urged me to "never go back there (The Mecca) again".

Comment by Dougsf

Dougsf — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:04:02 -0800

COMTE: Baring public servants, describing folks at their jobs is a big no-no, me thinks... 'specially since you could get her in a little hot water for this one.

Comment by maxsolomon

maxsolomon — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:13:50 -0800

i like pancakes, but they always make me feel sick.

french toast is way better on the tummy.

also waffles.

Comment by Katelyn

Katelyn — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:55:23 -0800

I did, in fact, make pancakes for lunch today, and they were delicious.

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