Where To Celebrate National Pancake Day

Forget your breakfast blueberry muffin for breakfast, lunch sandwich or even supper slice, today it’s all about pancakes.  Because it’s National Pancake Day and hear are some of the city’s best options.  

If you’re a fruit in your pancakes kind of guy/girl, head for Clinton Street Baking Company.  They serve up a stack with your choice of wild Maine blueberries or bananas and walnuts.  Just don’t skip the maple butter topping.

You can get anything imaginable in your pancakes at Shopsin’s in Essex Market.  We’re fans of the slutty cakes – six pancakes to an order, all made with peanut butter, pumpkin puree, and topped with a blend of cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and nutmeg.

If you have more refined taste in pancakes, visit lemon ricotta pancakes at Sarabeth’s Upper East Side location are the way to go.  Get them with fresh berries to offset the lemon flavor – you definitely won’t need any syrup on these.

If savory is more your style, try the eggs benedict at Norma’s.  Served on two buttermilk pancakes, these eggs are layered with Canadian bacon and grilled asparagus and drizzled with Hollandaise.  

For something really out of the ordinary, visit Prune.  They’ve got a Dutch pancake on the menu – it’s a one enormous pancake, baked in the oven with pears and topped with maple syrup.

Clinton Street Baking Company
4 Clinton St., btwn. Houston St. & Stanton St.
(646) 602-6263
www.clintonstbaking.com

Shopsin’s
Stall no. 16, Essex Street Market, 160 Essex St.
www.shopsins.com

Sarabeth’s
1295 Madison Ave., btwn. E. 92nd St. & E. 93rd St.
(212) 410-7335
www.sarabethseast.com

Norma’s
Le Parker Meridien Hotel, 119 W. 56th St.
(212) 245-5000
www.normasnyc.com

Prune
54 E. First St., btwn. First Ave. & Second Ave.
(212) 677-6221
www.prunerestaurant.com