My dad thinks IHOP is the bomb!

[jmattbassplaya]

I like IHOP, but our local one sucks. They're always grossly understaffed, and it can take 10 minutes just to get your drink orders in. I'm a pretty patient guy, but they service time is just too long for me.

[hover]

Originally Posted by bobba66

Back in the early 80's a cook at the local IHOP was fired for urinating in the batter. I think I'll head to Waffle House for a little snack..

Yeah man, let's let a singular incident from 30 years ago guide our decision making.

Your quote could be applied to ANY SINGLE restaurant in the world containing a disgruntled / sadist short order cook at the helm.

[Pilgrim]

Appreciate each place for what it is. IHOP does a pretty darn good job of breakfast and lunch. By choice, I would go elsewhere for dinner, but what the heck. When traveling late I've often been happy to see the lit sign of a Denny's or IHOP.

[two fingers]

Originally Posted by Musiclogic

Just out of curiosity, is your mind and will so effected by the habits of others that you will become them?

So your personal pretense precludes you from spending time with them at a common diner type place once in a while.
Your father found something he likes, offers a selection he appreciates, and is convenient for them. Where in lies the problem.

Your preference and condescension toward your fathers preference borders on trendy pretense.

Be yourself, and let the old guy enjoy his life instead of being a crepe hanger.

When you're his age, you'll probably do things that the more hip and trendy younger crowd find repulsive.

We all grow up sometime

Geeeez. Take a breath. Read ALL of the posts before you jump. He already said he loves his dad and sees him often.

Somebody got up on the wrong side of the cave this morning.

Lecture much?

[tastybasslines]

Originally Posted by hover

Yeah man, let's let a singular incident from 30 years ago guide our decision making.

Your quote could be applied to ANY SINGLE restaurant in the world containing a disgruntled / sadist short order cook at the helm.

Jesse Jackson admitted to spitting in white peoples food when he was working in a diner and look how far he got!

[hover]

Originally Posted by tastybasslines

Jesse Jackson admitted to spitting in white peoples food when he was working in a diner and look how far he got!

Tangy!

[LiquidMidnight]

Who'd thunk that a discussion about IHOP would have a Jesse Jackson reference in it.

[Bloodhammer]

I blacked out at an IHOP one time.

[Stinsok]

People, please! I am not somehow subjecting my dad to nursing home abuse or anything like that! It's just funny that he has an all purpose eating joint. He drives 20 miles into town for that, he could drive another block and broaden his horizons! He used to be this passionate about Shoney's before they closed.

[basscooker]

Originally Posted by tastybasslines

Jesse Jackson admitted to spitting in white peoples food when he was working in a diner and look how far he got!

"moot"

[Bass_Trax]

I like eating pancakes at midnight.

[oniman7]

IHOP food is the bomb dot com. I'm one of the "teenage" crowd. We always get the same waitress who we can't stand (made snide remarks the whole time, made fun of us about our "toys" when we were on our phones waiting on her slow service, made faces/argued when we complained about my mom's hashbrowns etc.) and the other ones we get frequently appear to be on substance.

But the food is awesome and in my opinion has always been worth putting up with. I'm also a big eater of Cracker Barrel, Waffle House, and Village Inn. Definitely not Denny's. That place is nasty

[MatticusMania]

Originally Posted by Lonesomedave

well....i'm 57 and personally don't much care for IHOP...BUT...i suggest you go with him sometimes...

he won't be around forever, and if he goes before you (i mean...none of us is guaranteed anything in this life...just sayin'), you'll regret not going and think "man, if i just had him back, i'd love to go to IHOP with him"..

This.

IHOP isnt even a blip on my dining radar, but that wouldnt stop me from going if someone else suggested it.
My parents have taken to going to Bobs Big Boy for dinner after whatever events pass on Mothers Day.
I cant stand Bobs Big Boy, but I dont bitch about it, I just go spend some time with my family.
Thankfully, I think theyre starting to come around and realize that it isnt much good, foodwise.

Originally Posted by Ziltoid

I just watched a southpark episode that made fun of country kitchen.

How about some Chipotle for you?

Years ago I went to an IHOP with some friends and their big fat cousin.
We went while they had an "All You Can Eat Pancakes" special.
Fat Jason, as we called him, called ahead to various IHOPs asking what the pancake record was.
We went to the most local location that had the highest number of pancakes eaten, somewhere around 28 or so.
Fat Jason beat the record, eating 32 pancakes. The rest of us tapped out around 5.
That was $4 well spent.

[DwaynieAD]

I'm gonna +1 perkins mentioned on page one. far superior

[tastybasslines]

Originally Posted by MatticusMania

Years ago I went to an IHOP with some friends and their big fat cousin.
We went while they had an "All You Can Eat Pancakes" special.
Fat Jason, as we called him, called ahead to various IHOPs asking what the pancake record was.
We went to the most local location that had the highest number of pancakes eaten, somewhere around 28 or so.
Fat Jason beat the record, eating 32 pancakes. The rest of us tapped out around 5.
That was $4 well spent.

WOW. All the eating challenges I see have at least some protein in them. That is just pure bread. Must have eaten about 7000 calories in one sitting without butter or syrup.

[bassinplace]

I went to IHOP a couple months back for breakfast and must say I was less than impressed. I ordered biscuits and gravy and they were a bit on the nasty side of the culinary spectrum.

[hover]

One thing the CrackerBarrel by me excells at is sawmill gravy and biscuits...dunno if that's damning with faint praise, but that is flat out delicious.

No wonder I have gravy for blood.

[MatticusMania]

Originally Posted by tastybasslines

WOW. All the eating challenges I see have at least some protein in them. That is just pure bread. Must have eaten about 7000 calories in one sitting without butter or syrup.

Well, we didnt call him Fat Jason for nothing!

One time, at 7am, I saw him put an entire cold chicken leg in his mouth, and pull out just a bone, like something from a cartoon.

Another time, we couldnt find him for a while. When we did, he was alone in his cousins bedroom by himself, in the dark. One would have thought by the way he pulled the covers up that he was, uh, choking a chicken, but in actuality he was just trying to hide the Xtra large pizza that he bought and didnt want to share.

Originally Posted by bassinplace

I went to IHOP a couple months back for breakfast and must say I was less than impressed. I ordered biscuits and gravy and they were a bit on the nasty side of the culinary spectrum.

I will concur, that IHOPs biscuits and gravy are not up to scratch.
I do like their omelettes, though.

[TolerancEJ]

Originally Posted by MJ5150

I like IHOP.

-Mike

I like IHOP too.

[zfunkman]

Well . . . mine's a Republican who relies on SS and medicare.