The scent of bacon that has been driving neighbors of the East Village IHOP to distraction may not be long for this world. The Times got Ed Scannapieco, that IHOP's owner, to slip out of an IHOP conference in D.C. to talk about the un-Kosher smell and he says he's got big, expensive plans to fix it! more ›

Have you been laying awake at night wondering if the smell of bacon was still torturing the East Village residents living by IHOP's newish 14th Street location? Might want to try some Ambien, cause folks over there are still sizzling like a thick slab of pork over a hot grill regarding the "stench." more ›

Hard as it is to believe, apparently not everyone digs the smell of bacon! At least not when it permanently permeates their homes. Neighbors of the new bouncer-boasting IHOP on 14th Street are sick of the smell of "rancid bacon" constantly pouring into their apartments. Also? They don't like the restaurant's ventilation system. more ›

A few days ago, Queens resident and Emory Law student Ilan Grapel was released from Egypt, after Egyptian authorities claimed he was actually an Israeli spy and arrested him in June. While his friends and family have denied the spying allegations, Israel agreed to release 25 Egyptian prisoners in exchange for the 27-year-old. Today, Grapel landed back home in New York and had one thing on his mind: "What I have not had are chocolate chip pancakes from IHOP." more ›

As if the new documentary didn't make it clear enough, the glory days of the old Limelight are long gone. We now live in the glory days of IHOP. Hot on the heels of successfully opening an outpost on 14th Street with one in Bushwick coming fast, The Real Deal is reporting that the local Tri-state IHOP franchisee (Trihop, natch) has gone and signed a deal to open an outpost in the Limelight Marketplace. more ›

When plans for the East Village IHOP were announced earlier this summer, we prophesied that it would be the number #1 hottest hang for the hordes of drunken kiddos looking to get a little Rooty Tooty Fresh 'n Fruity. But the chain appears to be taking certain...preventative measures to ensure that won't happen, by hiring a bouncer to patrol the pancakes in the wee hours. Seriously. more ›

Pancake lovers: do not, we repeat, do not attempt to dine and ditch at that gold standard of global breakfast cuisine, IHOP. Because you will get busted, as these two ladies learned the hard way at the Downtown Brooklyn flapjack emporium this weekend. more ›

Some prophesies are bogus, but not ones emanating from the almighty flapjack oracle IHOP, who last December promised to open 24 stores in New York City in addition to their soul-food slinging location in Harlem. And lookee here: an EVGrieve reader spotted this budding IHOP on 235 E. 14th Street in the East Village. The only rub (besides their Country Fried Steak that's rubbed in that warm country gravy!) is that their website soliciting future employees (IHOPNYC.com) doesn't seem to be working. Their servers must be crashed from the glut of applicants! more ›

Chef Carl Redding, who made a name for himself in Harlem with his soul food restaurant Amy Ruth’s, is so disgusted that the International House of Pancakes is serving Chicken and Waffles that he's planning a protest outside an IHOP in New Jersey. One unforeseen side-effect of Redding's activism? Free publicity! Today the Daily News profiles Redding and his IHOPposition—he calls the chain's Chicken and Waffles dish "soul food without the soul. It's nothing like the way we know it in our community. If you're going to appropriate a dish we treasure, at least get it right." Daaamn, the International House of PAIN is in effect! more ›

Everyone knows IHOP (there are plenty in the boroughs) for their pancakes, but what about for their prayer? Yeah, not so much, and they will never be known for their prayer if IHOP has anything to do with it. The pancake house is serving up a hot plate of lawsuit to the International House of Prayer for trademark dilution and infringement. The restaurant has been around since 1973, while the Kansas City church has only been around since 1999... though we're pretty sure Jesus came before the Rooty Tooty Fresh 'N Fruity. more ›

While the West Coast based In-N-Out Burger isn’t likely to be coming to the city anytime soon, another out of state burger chain has set its sights on Manhattan. The 4-year-old, Northern Virginia-based Elevation Burger has signed a “multi-unit franchising deal” with local business partners Fabian Rosario and John Harris. The franchise is frequently compared to Five Guys, so it might be speculated that the business will grow just as fast here: two years ago—almost to the day—there was only one Five Guys in New York; there are currently eight in the five boroughs and about a gazillion more scattered in the suburbs like chargrilled fallout. more ›

Out of all the International Houses of Pancakes in the nation, only one gives diners the option of sweetening their cakes with authentic maple syrup, for an additional charge of 99 cents. That House is in Vermont, and guess who's jealous? Our own Senator Chuck Schumer, who has become something of a crusader for New York's maple syrup industry. Last month he co-sponsored a bill to help small American producers get access to maple trees on private land. Now he's taken a special interest in IHOP, firing off a letter to CEO Julia Stewart encouraging her to let the 40 franchisees across the state add New York State maple syrup to the menu. Unfortunately, Stewart has yet to respond, so it may take some more sweet-talking from Schumer before we'll be able to drown our Harvest Grain ‘N Nut Pancakes in fancy-boy natural syrup—for now, at least, it's strictly BYOS at New York's IHOP locations around the city. more ›

Today happens to be Fat Tuesday, or Shrove Tuesday, traditionally the Christian calendar day preceding Lent. The secret forces of starch have essentially rendered this religious holiday into something called Pancake Day, however, which has since snowballed into Pancake Month: a thirty day flapjack frenzy created by a deeply sinister two man consortium of sinister maple tree tappers (one is a ventriloquist). Don’t believe Metromix when they tell you Aunt Jemima had nothing to do with this, too. more ›