chace's pancake corral

incredible breakfast and very affordable. i woke up late in the afternoon with breakfast on the mind. unplugging my iphone from its charger, i pressed urbanspoon. i expected, ihop, denny's, but no, chace's pancake corral scrolls to a stop. the name alone requires any sensible human to conjure up images of gunslinger's and stacks of pancakes. the restaurant's location is not apparent frombellevueway. the building wears it's 51 years with a sense of establishment; the "corral" is staggered as a ghost town from western films. you enter the building to witness the pancake slingers hard at work. the atmosphere is reminiscent of a 70's diner, decked out with wood panneling and family pictures. the food is simply delicious. the 'cakes are light, thick and come in all varieties. portions are generous and you leave feeling content. the service is fast and friendly. friends have asked me, "do you want to go to ihop?", i kindly reply, "no, only the corral can satisfy my breakfast needs." viva la chace's!

does it get any better? this is abellevuetradition! even saw jack z of the mariners eating breakfast there today, really great guy, pretty cool!


-----02 feb, 2009-----

traditionally delicious!. chaces is a gem and even more valuble now than ever due to the decline of breakfast resturaunts in bellevue.
breakfast is still the most important meal of the day at chaces old fashioned pancake corral!
the food here is spectacular!

no substitues??. so being inbellevueyou would think that this place would cater to the non-pork eating crowd. it didnt, in fact they flat out refused to modify any item on the menu. just about every item had bacon, ham, sausage and other forms of pork. they were completely unwilling to compromise even if it meant i would be paying more to add something like pancakes over bacon!

food fit for a millionaire. you'd never know by looking at the clientele, but this is where the elite ofbellevueeat breakfast...and most of these folks became millionaires when that meant something. what, you don't have a million? no sweat, the prices are just what you'd like. lots of good solid breakfast choices served by an efficient and friendly waitstaff (well, you might sometimes need to make just a little effort to get them started on the right foot). be prepared to wait in line--but it's worth it.

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