From classic diners to trendy cafés, neighborhood breakfast spots, and even restaurants making unlikely comebacks, pancakes endure. And it’s not always easy to understand how drastically different a pancake can be from place to place until diving into an exploration of the L.A. restaurants that tout them.
At nearly every restaurant we went to, there was someone else sitting alone with a pancake, more than happy to yap with a stranger about their favorite local diners or why this one had become their loyal breakfast spot.
Pancakes are a luxury in the smallest sense of the word. They're a little treat, a source of comfort, and a reminder of the mornings when your mom made breakfast before school or on special occasions.