Fluffy, buttery and smothered in syrup, there’s no breakfast finer than a pancake breakfast. This city is big on breakfast and brunch, so a stack of flapjacks can typically be had relatively close to your house. These restaurants serve some of the best.
OEB has an extensive menu featuring just one pancake dish. Self-proclaimed servers of the “perfect buttermilk griddle cakes,” you can only improve on perfection with the optional addition of chocolate chips.
Diner Deluxe serves three whole-wheat buttermilk pancakes with maple squash butter and maple syrup. You can add muesli, blueberries, banana, chocolate chips or strawberry topping to make them your own.
Located in a tiny strip mall in southwest Calgary, Pfanntastic is a very popular brunch destination serving traditional Dutch pancakes. Try the bacon, cheese, potato and onion pannenkoek with stroop (syrup) and sour cream on the side.
Red’s buckwheat pancakes come off the griddle piping hot and are served with whipped butter and maple syrup. Feeling like a bit of fruit? Opt for the blueberry buckwheat pancakes.
A busy contemporary diner in Bridgeland, Blue Star fills its whole-wheat pancakes with bananas and blueberries to make a filling and delicious breakfast. Make sure to ask for a side of local, naturally cured bacon.