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Pancake Day (aka Shrove Tuesday) hits this year on 13 February 2024. Here are some of the best specials on the days as well as our guide to places where you can pick up a pancake any time of the year.
Restaurants with pancakes all year round
Where the Pancakes Are
Fitzrovia, London Bridge, Battersea
The best place to start would be a restaurant where pancakes are literally in the name. The folks behind this originally started as a pop-up and now have three restaurants across town. Here you'll find sweet or savoury pancakes (including an English breakfast pancake) as well as Dutch babies and you can choose your batter with vegan and wheat-free options available.
Stack & Still
17-18 Irving St, London WC2H 7AU
Stack & Still hail from Scotland and have a huge restaurant just off Leicester Square. Options include the Big Breakfast Stack (that's a buttermilk stack with bacon, black pudding, sausage, baked beans and fried egg) and the Bueno Stack, (with Nutella, mascarpone, Kinder Bueno, chocolate chip, caramel sauce and white chocolate sauce). Alternatively, you can create your own from five different pancakes (including gluten-free) and a pretty huge array of sweet and savoury toppings.
The Breakfast Club
Various locations
Just as it's known for serving breakfast and brunch all day every day, The Breakfast Club always has pancakes on the menu. The main event is the All-American which comes with bacon, sausage, homestyle potatoes, fried eggs & maple syrup. Or you could try the Big Stack with crispy bacon, hash browns, sausage patty, cheese, caramelised onions & a fried egg. There are new Breakfast Clubs opening up all the time, so you should find one near you.
The Polo Bar
City of London - 176 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4NQ
Yes, it's another all-day breakfast spot so that means even more pancakes. You'll find all the pancakes on the dessert menu here - even the ones with bacon. Options include Cookies and Cream (made with Oreo cookies, vanilla cream and chocolate sauce), lotus banoffee pancakes and Royale, with forest berries vanilla cream and fruit coulis. As it's a 24-hour restaurant, you can fill that pancake craving at any time of the day.
Sarava Creperie & Cafe
Brixton - 41-42 Brixton Village Market, Coldharbour Ln, London SW9 8PS
Previously known as Senzala, this Brixton restaurant specialises in French crepes alongside Brazilian tapas. Options include the Brixton Jerk (cheese jerk chicken, red onion, red pepper, biquinho pepper, parsley, spring onion, dash of tabasco and spinach) or the Full Morning Glory (cheese, fresh tomatoes, crispy bacon, mushroom and organic fried egg).
Granger and Co
Various locations
You may not find as many pancakes on the menu here, but there's one that happens to be the late Bill Granger's signature dish. These are the ricotta hotcakes, served with banana and honeycomb butter. Yes, they're not called pancakes, but trust us on this one, it's a dish you have to try at least once.
Sunday in Brooklyn
Notting Hill
This American import is well known for their brunches and they've become particularly famous for their pancakes. The Sunday Pancakes are drowned in hazelnut maple praline and topped with brown butter. They really do live up to their reputation and are a must-order. They're huge individually but you can stack them up if you're feeling particularly hungry.
My Old Dutch
Holborn, Chelsea
A true classic, My Old Dutch first opened in London way back in 1958, so if you're after an old-school pancake house this is the place to go. There are a lot of options on the menu here, including a meat-feast pancake which features pepperoni and chicken goujons. If it's sweet pancakes you're after then it's the stack of five butterscotch pancakes for you - although you can add bacon and egg to these too.
Crêpeaffaire
Across London
If you prefer your pancakes thin and crispy, then any of the Crêpeaffaire stores around town will sort you out. They do a range of sweet and savoury crêpes. Sweet options include toppings like lotus, Nutella and Oreos while the savoury flavours include an all-day breakfast or smoked salmon and cream cheese. They'll also deliver pancake kits to your door.
Pancake Day specials
The Breakfast Club's Tony’s Chocolonely bacon pancake. It's not exactly a diet option...
The Breakfast Club (Various locations, 13-29 February) - They've teamed up with Tony’s Chocolonely to create three special pancakes for the season, including The Chocolate & Bacon Bananaganza, topped with caramelised banana, candied bacon, vanilla cream, a salted caramel Tony’s chocolate sauce & topped with crumbled Tony’s salted caramel chocolate chunks.
Snackbar (Dalston, 13 February) - They're having a Pancake Night Extravaganza featuring a special pancake menu, including a kimchi pancake with pork belly and pickled jalapeño as well as a yuzu mille crepe cake.
Galvin Bistro and Bar (Spitalfields, 13 February) - It's something of a spin on a pancake for the bistro as they have a one-day special of a Croque Madame made with Mornay sauce, Comte cheese and jambon de Paris ham, topped with a fried free-range Clarence Court egg (and you can add truffle too).
Sam's Waterside (Brentford, 13 February) head chef Jacob Keen Downs is putting a Pancake Day special of Blood Orange Crêpes Suzette with Cointreau and Cognac
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