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

Posted by Little Red | September 13, 2007 11:19 AM
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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.

Posted by Levislade | September 13, 2007 11:21 AM
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For some reason, I always think of pancakes when I smell poor people.

Posted by IHOP, you hop, we all hop for IHOP. | September 13, 2007 11:23 AM
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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)

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger | September 13, 2007 11:35 AM
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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.

Posted by D. in Seattle | September 13, 2007 11:37 AM
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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?

Posted by Shaniqua Jackson | September 13, 2007 11:47 AM
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No reasonable individual would order pancakes over french toast. Fuck.

Posted by heywhatsit | September 13, 2007 11:58 AM
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Maybe I'll make pancakes for lunch today.

Posted by Katelyn | September 13, 2007 12:01 PM
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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.

Posted by GW | September 13, 2007 12:09 PM
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@ 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.

Posted by Matt from Denver | September 13, 2007 12:10 PM
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@10 try Portage Bay's french toast, it's delicious.

Posted by Katelyn | September 13, 2007 12:24 PM
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@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.

Posted by Kat | September 13, 2007 1:14 PM
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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.

Posted by matthew fisher wilder | September 13, 2007 1:54 PM
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@ 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.

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger | September 13, 2007 2:15 PM
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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".

Posted by COMTE | September 13, 2007 2:40 PM
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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.

Posted by Dougsf | September 13, 2007 4:04 PM
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i like pancakes, but they always make me feel sick.

french toast is way better on the tummy.

also waffles.

Posted by maxsolomon | September 13, 2007 4:13 PM
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I did, in fact, make pancakes for lunch today, and they were delicious.

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