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My next Downtown desire? Pancakes.
 
By Jeff Sherman RSS Feed
OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer

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Tags: oph, original pancake house, pancakes, downtown dining, breakfast, development

The Original Pancake House, 2621 N. Downer Ave., opened for business on May 29, 2006. Located in the space known by many Milwaukeeans as "the old Coffee Trader," it's been a huge hit, drawing large weekend crowds and maintaining consistent weekday business. It's a huge gathering spot that's helping bring Downer back.

The Original Pancake House was founded in Portland, Ore. in 1953 by Les Highet and Erma Hueneke. The Downer location, owned by Joe DeRosa and Jeff Winter, was the 150th franchise to open in the United States.

I say, though, that it's now time for a second location in Milwaukee. And that location should be Downtown.

Laugh as you will at my constant harping for more food, entertainment and service options in our city center. But, with more than 80,000 workers, countless tourists and an ever-growing residential population Downtown is ripe for more dining destinations, specifically breakfast options.

My recent post calling for a Downtown Kopp's hasn't yet spurred a response or talkback from Karl Kopp, but it did yield many e-mails and talkbacks supporting the idea. Not sure that gets us a Downtown Kopp's, but it can't hurt.

Now, let's turn our thoughts to pancakes. Mr. DeRosa are you reading? Who else is with me?



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Original Pancake House
2621 N. Downer Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53211
(414) 431-5055

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JDWrangler In reference to Kopps....Cornby's on Water seems to have very comparable burgers ...
DowntownRed A decent breakfast/brunch/lunch place downtown is needed. But I would not want ...
piscesgirl_2 Mykonos, on Van Buren, serves pancakes for a much more reasonable price!
Nuclear_Art When I was a kid I could eat tons of pancakes but pancakes now, as an adult? ...
FunkyBrewster Well it certainly couldn't be any worse than the Guiness Waffle I had across ...


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