Free pancakes today at IHOP

It's IHOP's National Pancake Day, and participating restaurants will be serving up a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes to anyone who asks from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. today -- and all you need to do is make a voluntary donation to support Shriners Hospitals for Children. There are...

By Patricia Calhoun

February 28, 2012

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It's IHOP's National Pancake Day, and participating restaurants will be serving up a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes to anyone who asks from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. today -- and all you need to do is make a voluntary donation to support Shriners Hospitals for Children.

There are a dozen IHOPs in the metro area, including stores at 1595 South Colorado Boulevard and 3730 Quebec Street. Find a complete list of locations here.

IHOP served four million free pancakes on National Pancake Day 2011 -- enough to create a stack of pancakes nearly sixteen feet high -- and customers donated more than $2.5 million to children's charities, exceeding the fundraising goal of $2.3 million. This year's goal is $2.7 million, which would push the pancake donations to over $10 million since the start of National Pancake Day in 2006.

To get another taste of what's on this week's culinary calendar, click here.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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