Celebrate National Potato Month with Home Fries
Digging Up Goodness with Potatoes
Did you know that September is National Potato Month? Potatoes may be one of the most unassuming veggies, but they pack nutritional punch! In fact, one potato can contain nearly half of the daily recommendation for potassium, vitamin C, and vitamin B6. Not to mention, potatoes are also a good source of folate, fiber, magnesium, and other nutrients. At the Original Pancake House in Denver, we’ve always included potatoes on our breakfast plates, but with the knowledge that they contain so many health benefits, we’re happy to celebrate them as an unsung breakfast hero!
When we go out for breakfast in Denver, we always make sure to order a dish that comes with our delicious home fries. We can’t tell you our secret recipe, but here is a similar recipe to try at home! The home fries recipe below is so quick and simple that you can make it any day of the week.
Homemade Home Fries Recipe
Ingredients:
- 3 medium russet potatoes
- 3 tablespoons butter
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Directions:
Rinse potato cubes with cold water, and drain well. Melt butter or margarine in a large skillet over medium heat. Place potatoes in the skillet, and stir to coat with butter. Season with salt and pepper. Cover with a lid, and cook for 10 minutes. Remove the lid, and cook for another 10 minutes, turning frequently until brown and crisp on all sides.
Be sure to order a dish with our home fries the next time you visit us in Cherry Hills or the Denver Tech Center! Or for a special potato treat, try our potato pancakes. We use ground russet potatoes with just enough flour, egg and cream to hold them together. They are then grilled in clarified butter until brown and edges are lacy and crisp and served with cinnamon applesauce or sour cream. YUM! From all your friends at the Original Pancake House in Denver, Happy National Potato Month!
Happy Labor Day!
For most of us, Labor Day means a day off and a time to celebrate the unofficial end of summer. But what is Labor Day, actually? Labor Day is a day set aside to pay tribute to working men and women and has been celebrated as a national holiday in the United States since 1894. This year, grab Labor Day brunch in Denver at The Original Pancake House.
At the Original Pancake House in Denver, we recognize that we would not be able to serve our community without the hard-working men and women who help cook, serve, and clean at our two Denver restaurant locations. We are so fortunate to have an amazing team of folks who work hard seven days a week to help create a wonderful dining experience for our customers. We want to take the opportunity this Labor Day to thank our wonderful employees for their hard work! Start your Labor Day off with breakfast or brunch in Denver.
To our chefs, line cooks, and prep cooks: You are the magic behind the scenes making sure each and every dish that leaves our kitchen is a work of art. Your delicious creations keep our customers coming back for more!
To our hosts, servers, and expeditors: You are the faces our customers look forward to seeing each and every morning. Your smiles, kindness, and prompt service make the Original Pancake House feel like a family.
To our dish teams: We would be lost without you! Your hard work behind the scenes keeps us running each and every day! We are so grateful for your help in keeping us clean and ready to serve our customers.
From the bottom of our hearts, we thank every member of our team for their hard work and dedication to the Original Pancake House in Denver. We are so appreciative of you all. Happy Labor Day to all the hard-working men and women in Denver!
If you are looking for a restaurant in Denver for Labor Day brunch, visit The Original Pancake House our Cherry Hills or Denver Tech Center location this year.
Breakfast for Lunch
Breakfast is a family favorite, and The Original Pancake House Denver is a favorite breakfast and lunch restaurant, where many Denver families go to enjoy a hearty meal. Mom and dad can indulge in a fantastically filling plate of Eggs Benedict while the kids dig into strawberry waffles, banana pancakes or pigs in a blanket. As breakfast restaurants go, The Original Pancake House offers a wide variety of amazingly versatile breakfast recipes, and not just for the first meal of the day; lunch time is a great time to enjoy breakfast foods, too!
The health benefits of breakfast foods can be enjoyed any time of day, and if you’re like a lot of busy people you often don’t have time for a family breakfast every day. What better way to get the vitamins, nutrients, and good taste than to have breakfast for lunch? Enjoying a well-balanced meal of proteins, carbohydrates, and healthy fats will provide the fuel you need to maintain your energy levels throughout those busy days at the office, in the classroom, or running errands around town.
The Original Pancake House serves up a delicious variety of family breakfast and brunch favorites including pancakes of all kinds, crepes, French toast, fluffy omelets, Belgian waffles, benedicts and other hearty egg plates that have what it takes to keep you going strong all day long. A big benefit of having a healthy breakfast meal for lunch is that having good, healthy food in your system will curb afternoon cravings and help you turn away from sugary snacks later in the day that could sabotage your healthy eating efforts.
At The Original Pancake House Denver, all our breakfast and lunch recipes are made with the highest quality ingredients, keeping your health in mind. We offer gluten free and light alternatives for those with special dietary concerns, and it is our constant objective to serve you the finest breakfast available using only fresh, wholesome ingredients. We promise to provide you with a clean, friendly, family atmosphere with superb food and consistently great service. Our customers tell us they love the family atmosphere where everyone is welcome, and any time is the right time for a hearty, healthy breakfast. Whether you’re a local resident or a visitor passing through, be sure to stop by our Cherry Hills or Denver Tech Center breakfast and lunch restaurants today for your next family meal, and experience the pure “down home” goodness of a hearty breakfast at America’s finest pancake house, where breakfast or brunch can be enjoyed any time of day from 6:00 am to 2:00 pm, every day of the week.
Back to School Breakfasts
It is hard to believe it is back to school time again! We know how hard it can be to get back onto a school schedule so we’ve compiled a few of our favorite fast and easy breakfast recipes to help get you out the door on time. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, hopefully these ideas will also make it the easiest meal so that everyone gets to school with a full tummy!
Freeze and Go Breakfast Burrito
We love these burritos because you can pack your freezer full of them and have them ready to pop in the microwave on any morning you are running late! Simply cook large quantities of your breakfast favorites such as scrambled eggs, sausage or bacon, and potatoes. Combine all cooked ingredients plus green chile if you have adventurous kiddos, and cheese in flour tortillas, roll them up, wrap in foil and plastic baggies, and freeze. In the morning you can toast or microwave these burritos and be ready to go in less than two minutes!
Mason Jar Breakfast Parfait
These are so easy to prepare ahead and will last a whole week in the fridge. Use a large mason jar and fill in alternating layers with your favorite yogurt, fruit medley, and granola. Screw the tops on the jars to keep the parfait fresh and store in the fridge. They’ll be ready to grab and go in the morning!
Banana Bread in a Jar
This breakfast is oh-so-yummy and comforting in the morning. We recommend preparing the mixture and filling the jars the night before. Then in the morning you microwave each jar for 2 ½ minutes and you have individual servings of delicious, warm banana bread for breakfast!
Ingredients:
- 1/4 c. Coconut Milk (Unsweetened)
- 1/4 c. Almond butter (You can use cashew butter as well)
- 1/4 tsp. Baking powder
- 2 tbsp Nutiva Coconut Flour
- 2 tbsp Brown Sugar
- 1/2 Ripe Banana (Mashed)
- 1/5 c. Dark Chocolate Chips
- Sprinkle of shredded pecans
- Pinch of shredded coconut
Combine dry ingredients and wet ingredients in separate bowls. Add wet ingredients to dry and mix thoroughly. Pour into individual mason jars and top each with chocolate chips, pecans and coconut. Store in fridge and microwave for 2 ½ minutes when you are ready to eat!
Traditional Breakfast Dishes
America enjoys eating breakfast at almost any time of day, and there are some enduring traditional American breakfasts that many know and love. Eggs Benedict is one such famous breakfast dish enjoyed for over 100 years. Its origins are debated, but there’s no debating the popularity of this breakfast classic. The basic recipe involves a toasted English muffin cut in half with a piece of ham and a poached egg on each side, all smothered in the real stuff—an authentically creamy and delicious, homemade Hollandaise sauce. At The Original Pancake House, we love Eggs Benedict so much we serve four delicious variations! Come on by and sample our Traditional Eggs Benedict, Mary’s Eggs Benedict, Pork Green Chile Eggs Benedict, or Veggie Eggs Benedict. No matter which version you try, you won’t be disappointed.
Another traditional and favorite food on America’s breakfast table is French toast. The history of this famous breakfast dish dates all the way back to the 4th or 5th century. Talk about an enduring dish! Like most of the world, we love this golden eggy bread for breakfast. At The Original Pancake House, you can have your classic French toast made with sourdough bread dusted with powdered sugar and served with whipped butter, served encrusted with sliced almonds, sprinkled with cinnamon sugar, topped with fresh strawberries, homemade fresh whipped cream, dusted with powdered sugar, and served with homemade warm strawberry syrup, or loaded with sliced bananas, toasted pecans, warm praline sauce and homemade fresh whipped cream. Any way you slice it, our French toast is a hit.
Did you know that the egg omelette is a modern version of a favorite dish during the French Revolutionary Wars. It was made popular by Napoleon Bonaparte while his army made their way through southern France. Today, our traditional American breakfast includes an omelette that is made from whole beaten eggs or simply egg whites that are mixed with a small amount of milk, cream, or water and fried with butter or oil in a frying pan (without stirring as in scrambled eggs). Omelettes are normally folded around a filling such as cheese, chives, vegetables, mushrooms, meat, or a combination of ingredients. We’ve got eight different kinds of palate pleasing omelettes here at The Original Pancake House, chock full of enough goodness to satisfy the hungriest cowboy.
Belgian waffles were made famous thanks in part to a Belgian named Walter Cleyman, who brought these delicious waffles to the Century 21 Exposition in Seattle in 1962 and served them to the crowd with whipped cream and strawberries. They became a traditional American bre
akfast favorite when these waffles made an encore appearance during the 1964 New York World's Fair at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, New York City, thanks to another Belgian named Maurice Vermersch. We carry on the tradition of serving irresistible Belgian waffles at The Original Pancake House with our golden brown beauties, topped with fresh strawberries and homemade fresh whipped cream, dusted with a touch of powdered sugar and served with warm homemade strawberry syrup.
Believe it or not, eggs and bacon hasn’t always been the staple of a traditional American breakfast. When the first Europeans colonized America, their breakfasts often consisted of porridge and beer unless the family was well off, then they enjoyed a much wider variety of food choices including fresh game and steak and eggs. Today, bacon and eggs is considered a typical American breakfast, and is labeled as such on many European restaurant menus. At The Original Pancake House, our meat and egg plate choices include not only thick sliced honey cured bacon but also hickory smoked ham, link or patty sausage, hardwood smoked Canadian bacon, turkey sausage patties, and even fresh corned beef hash. You’ve got plenty of hearty choices when meat and eggs is what you yearn for. We use only the best quality ingredients in all our famous breakfasts dishes and take the time to deliver “made from scratch” amazing breakfast food our customers crave.
When you visit The Original Pancake House, you’ll find a family friendly place with great food and helpful, smiling staff who will welcome you warmly and take good care of you. The Original Pancake House still holds true to our founding principles of quality, service, and friendliness. That’s how we’ve earned a solid reputation for quality food and consistently superior service that keeps people returning to our restaurant year after year. Our customers love the family atmosphere where everyone is welcome, and any time is the right time for a hearty, healthy breakfast. Come by to enjoy a traditional American breakfast today and experience America’s finest pancake house, where breakfast or brunch can be enjoyed from 6:00 am to 2:00 pm.
Best Breakfasts from Around the World
Summer is the season to travel and we love hearing about the adventures our customers experience as they travel the globe over the holiday months. Our customers’ stories have us wondering, what are the best breakfasts to experience around the world? We decided to create a breakfast travel wishlist in case we are ever able to book that ‘round the world’ plane ticket! If your travels take you to any of these destinations, snap a photo and show us the yummy best breakfasts you tried from around the world!
Mexico: When visiting our southern neighbor, be sure to order the Chilaquiles for breakfast. You’ll enjoy a tortilla topped with eggs, red or green chile sauce, cheese, beans, and sometimes shredded bacon or chicken.
England: One must order a full English breakfast when visiting the U.K. You’ll get a hearty plate with eggs, baked beans, grilled mushrooms and tomatoes, sausage or bacon, and toast. Sounds good to us!
Australia: When in the land down under, one must order toast with vegemite for breakfast. Vegemite is a thick, black Australian food spread made from leftover brewers' yeast extract with various vegetable and spice additives. Some people love it, others not so much, let us know what you think!
Japan: Traditional Japanese breakfasts usually include miso soup, steamed rice, and boiled fish. Now that sounds like a breakfast our doctor would approve of…
Turkey: In turkey, as with other Mediterranean countries, you can expect lots of fresh produce including feta cheese, tomato, cucumber, olives, toast, cherry jam, spicy Turkish sausage, and of course Turkish tea.
Venezuela: In Venezuela, breakfast arepas are like a grilled pancake or tortilla or sorts filled with assorted meats and sausage, cheese, and are served with avocado salad, eggs and beans. Now that sounds like a breakfast that will get you through the day!
Of course, we think a classic American breakfast with pancakes, eggs, sausage, and home fries really can’t be beat! When you return from your world travels, be sure to stop in and say hi at the Original Pancake House in Denver, we’ll cook you up a breakfast that tastes like home!
Blueberry Spectacular!
Blueberries are truly a remarkable little berry! They are a good source of vitamin K1, vitamin C, manganese and several other beneficial plant compounds like anthocyanins. Consuming blueberries on a regular basis may help prevent heart disease, improve brain health and help moderate blood sugar levels. Not to mention they taste divine and work well for just about any meal of the day, we certainly like to have them for breakfast in Denver this time of year when they are in season and at the peak of their flavor. Here are a few ways to incorporate blueberries into every meal of the day!
Breakfast: Well that’s an easy one! At the Original Pancake House in Denver we love to have buttermilk blueberry pancakes dusted with powdered sugar and served with homemade blueberry compote or our homemade Belgian waffles with plump ripe blueberries. Breakfast doesn’t get much better than that!
Lunch: For lunch, try this recipe for Blueberry and Feta salad with mint dressing. You’ll get your greens, healthy protein, and of course delicious berries. This salad can be made ahead and will keep for a couple of days, so it is a great lunch to bring to work or even to serve at a summer picnic.
Dinner: The blueberry dipping sauce really stands out on these Lemon Herb Chicken Skewers. Kids and adults alike will love this summer grilled entree.
Dessert: Don’t forget dessert! With just three ingredients, you can make these blueberry ice pops in a jiffy. They’ll be a delightful and healthy frozen treat on a hot day!
Enjoy fresh blueberry season, Denver! And join us next time you are craving these delectable little berries for breakfast, we know you’ll love our blueberry pancakes and waffles!
4th of July Feast! How to eat like our Founding Fathers
Every year on the 4th of July we honor our nation’s independence by donning red, white and blue, spending time with friends and family, and firing up the grill. But while we like to eat hamburgers and ribs, our Founding Fathers shared a very different spread back in 1776. Here are a few of our Founding Fathers’ favorite foods, and how you can incorporate them into your modern day 4th of July!
Cornmeal Hoecakes: A staple food of the early colonial days, cornmeal hoecakes, similar to a pancake, were found on almost every table. Also, did you know that George Washington wore dentures and thus preferred soft foods? Cornmeal hoecakes were one of his favorites! At the Original Pancake House in Denver, we have a whole assortment of pancakes that would surely please our first President!
Cherries: We’ve all heard the myth about George Washington and the cherry tree. Did you know that both Thomas Jefferson and George Washington had cherry orchards on their farms? If you want to incorporate cherries into your 4th of July, be sure to try our Cherry Kijafa Crepes!
Oysters: Since many of our Founding Fathers lived near the coast, seafood was almost always part of their daily menu. Oysters were a particular favorite food and Martha Washington included several recipes for oysters in her First Lady’s cookbook.
Apples: A staple part of the colonial harvest, apples appear in many early American recipes. Abigail Adams, John Adams wife, tended their farm and crops while he was busy creating a new nation. She often made apple pandowdy, a sort of cobbler, with their fresh apple harvest. If you are in the mood to eat like President Adams, you won’t want to miss our oven baked Apple Pancake!
Whatever you eat this 4th of July, we hope you enjoy the holiday with family and friends! And from everyone at the Original Pancake House in Denver, we wish you a happy birthday, America!
Healthy Summer Breakfasts
At The Original Pancake House in Denver, we often associate summer with relaxed mornings and leisurely summer breakfasts. In reality, some summer days are quite rushed, scooting the kids off to camp, or getting up early to hit the trails before it gets too hot. For those days, we have collected a few of our favorite make-at-home, easy-breezy summer breakfast recipes.
Here they are!
No-Bake Chocolate Energy Bites: We love these because they make a delicious and easy breakfast, or snack on the go! Freeze them and save them for a day when you are short on time!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup no stir almond butter or creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp honey
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- Up to 4 tsp warm water , as needed
- 1 cup old fashioned oats (raw)
- 3/4 cup toasted or raw coconut
- 1/2 cup flaxseed meal
- 6 Tbsp semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions:
- In a mixing bowl, stir together almond butter, honey, vanilla and cocoa powder. If mixture seems too thick stir in 2 tsp warm water to thin. Add oats, coconut, flaxseed meal and chocolate chips and stir until evenly coated. At this point if mixture still doesn't stick well, stir in up to 2 tsp water as needed. Transfer mixture to refrigerator or freezer and chill until nearly set and easier to handle.
- Remove from refrigerator and shape into 1-inch balls. Store in refrigerator in an airtight container.
Strawberry Watermelon Smoothie - this recipe wins points for being super easy (all you need is a blender!), and for using up the inevitable watermelon leftovers you’ll have after buying a whole melon.
Simply combine the following ingredients in a blender and mix until smooth:
- 1 1/2 cups fresh watermelon, cubed (black seeds removed)
- 1 cup frozen strawberries
- 1/2 ripe banana previously peeled, chopped and frozen
- 1/2 - 3/4 cup unsweetened plain almond milk
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1 Tbsp chia or hemp seeds (optional)
Overnight Blueberry Cobbler Oatmeal: Make this one the night before and it’s ready to eat for a morning on the run!
Ingredients:
- 1/2 plus cup plus 2 tablespoons quick-cooking oats
- 1/2 cup milk, I used almond but any milk will do
- 3 tablespoons light brown sugar (I use 2 if I drizzle on extra honey)
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup fresh blueberries
- pecans, optional
- honey, optional
Instructions:
- In a medium bowl, stir together oats, milk, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Fold in blueberries.
- Divide evenly between 2 small bowls and cover to refrigerate. Leave in the fridge for at least 5 hours or overnight. Enjoy with a drizzle of honey and your favorite nuts, if desired.
And for those days that you do have time for a leisurely summer breakfast, come in and join us at The Original Pancake House for breakfast in Denver! We’ll take good care of you and your belly! Happy Summer!
Berries are Back!
At the Original Pancake House in Denver, we love the beginning of summer. Long summer days, leisurely morning breakfasts, and the return of fresh berries make us smile this time of year. There is nothing quite so delectable as perfectly ripe and sweet fresh seasonal berries topping your favorite pancakes, waffles, french toast and crepes! Here are a few of our favorite dishes which showcase the best, most delicious, fresh berries:
Fresh Seasonal Berry French Toast
Our golden brown French toast topped with fresh seasonal berries and our fresh whipped cream. Served with our warm strawberry syrup.
Blueberry Pancakes
Buttermilk pancakes filled with plump blueberries and lightly dusted with powdered sugar. Served with whipped butter and warm blueberry compote syrup.
Strawberry Belgian Waffle
Our golden brown Belgian waffle lightly dusted with powdered sugar, then topped with fresh strawberries and our fresh whipped cream. Served with our warm strawberry syrup.
Seasonal Berry Crepes
Three delicate crepes rolled and topped with fresh seasonal berries, our fresh whipped cream and dusted with powdered sugar. Served with our warm strawberry syrup.
The next time you are out for breakfast in Denver, be sure to stop in and try one of our seasonal berry breakfasts, they are berry delicious!
Congratulations to the Class of 2018!
To all the graduating high school seniors in Denver, we say, congratulations and well-done! You’ve worked hard over the past four years to reach this momentous occasion and now you are off to great things! Graduation is such a special time, enjoy the celebrations and summer ahead. Hopefully you’ll have time for a few leisurely breakfasts in Denver with your friends before moving on to work and college in the fall.
This year, we send out a special congratulations to one of our staff members at The Original Pancake House, Tianna Morris. Tianna is a host at our Cherry Hills location and will graduate from Vista High School this May. After graduation, Tianna is planning to join the U.S. Navy! From all of us at The Original Pancake House, we say congratulations Tianna! We are so proud of you and wish you all the best in your Navy career. We will miss you!
And to the Class of 2018, your journey is just beginning. The world is waiting for you to bestow great things upon it. Congratulations on your graduation, may your knowledge carry you far. And our biggest piece of advice on your graduation is to make sure you start every day with a good breakfast
A Topping for Every Pancake
If you want pancakes for breakfast in Denver, look no further than the Original Pancake House! We are proud to say that we make the most perfect, golden brown pancakes you’ll ever have. If you are a purist, we will always have our classic buttermilk pancakes topped with whipped butter and served with our warm maple syrup, but for those who are feeling adventurous, we have a topping for every taste!
For those who love our classic, American buttermilk pancakes, try one of these favorites inspired by the American heartland:
49'er Flap Jacks - From the mother lode country. Plate-sized, chewy, and tender. Served with whipped butter and warm 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 warm syrup.
Georgia Pecan Pancakes - Buttermilk pancakes filled and topped with warm toasted pecans. Lightly dusted with powdered sugar. Served with whipped butter and warm tropical syrup.
For those that are feeling like something a little exotic, you have to try one of these delightful takes on classic 
pancakes:
Swedish Pancakes - Authentic lacy Swedish pancakes are always a treat. Served with lingonberry sauce from Sweden and whipped butter.
Coconut Pancakes - Buttermilk pancakes filled and topped with warm toasted coconut. Lightly dusted with powdered sugar. Served with whipped butter and tropical syrup.
Hawaiian Pancakes - Buttermilk pancakes filled with crushed pineapple and lightly dusted with powdered sugar. Served with whipped butter and warm tropical syrup.
For the young, and the young at heart, we always recommend folks try our Bacon Pancakes, Blueberry Pancakes, Banana Pancakes or our Chocolate Chip Pancakes. All are served with whipped butter and warm syrup of course!
And last, but certainly not least, if you are feeling fancy you must try our signature Dutch Baby Pancake which is oven baked and served with whipped butter, lemon and powdered sugar, or our signature Apple Pancake which is oven baked with fresh Granny Smith apples and pure Sinkiang cinnamon glaze. We promise you won’t go home hungry after one of these breakfast works of art!