The oatmeal pancakes served at L'Artusi during weekend brunch might not look like anything fancy or special, but they're surely worth a detour. The pancakes come three to an order, each a large flat round with a supremely crispy surface. Oatmeal, when soaked overnight in liquid to make the batter base, keeps the pancake soft and tender while imparting cozy, nutty notes. More
Despite the inclusion of oats and apples, they're not dense or heavy, and the oats given them a sweet, earthy flavor. More
You'd expect sea-inspired eats to be the standouts on The Mermaid Inn's brunch menu, and indeed, it's hard to go wrong with their fish tacos or shrimp po'boy. What's surprising is that their pancakes and French toast--seemingly boring same olds that certainly don't mesh with fish--are executed with just as much flair. Personally, I'm biased towards the former, made with a loose cornmeal batter that yields ultra-thin cakes ($12). More
[Photo: Kathy YL Chan] Mitchel London recently introduced Gluten-Free Pancakes ($9) to the Fairway Cafe menu, made from a recipe originally created for his sister who needed to eat gluten-free. He won't disclose the exact ingredients, so those, I... More
[Photo: Nikki Goldstein] Back Forty's brunch menu is one of my personal favorites. Instead of all the usual offerings and a few interesting twists, it's 95% twists with a few kicked-up staples—all fantastically delicious. Even the servers are surprised... More
[Photo: Carey Jones] Later in the day, your thoughts may tend toward Mardi Gras. But this morning, it's all about Pancake Tuesday. How to celebrate? There's always Clinton Street Baking Co.: if blueberry doesn't do it for you, today's... More
[Photos: Nikki Goldstein] There aren't too many people with enough cojones to run a pancake special and not serve it during brunch—but that's exactly what Clinton Street Baking Co. is doing with their month-long flapjack celebration. (Frankly, with the... More
[Photo: Nikki Goldstein] If you hadn't heard of last week's brunch treat, Resto's Dutch Baby, here's another global pancake that may be new to you: the kaiserschmarrn. It shares the Dutch Baby's Germanic roots (hailing from Austria), but the... More
[Photos: Nikki Goldstein] Until last weekend's visit to Resto, my only encounter with the Dutch Baby was at the Original Pancake House, where you wait 45 minutes for a gigantic apple-studded bowl of crisped dough easily the size of... More
[Photo: Carey Jones] I haven't been able to stop thinking about these pumpkin pancakes ($14) at The Breslin, so strong is my ambivalence toward them. Wherefore the internal conflict?... More
