There’s nothing like a server delivering a heaping stack of fluffy, pillowy, thin, or slightly crispy pancakes to a table, evoking nostalgia on a plate. Thankfully, Los Angeles is full of outstanding varieties. If classic buttermilk stacks are on the
radar, plenty of old-school diners can fit the bill. For pancakes with crispy, lacey edges, there are multiple spots to satisfy that hankering as well. This map includes options to fulfill any pancake meal, whether breakfast, brunch, or dinner. Yes, dinner.
In this update are the following additions: West Adams longtime pancake specialist Honey Bees House of Breakfast, chef Ray Garcia’s Broken Spanish Comedor, Redbird, Chinatown’s Majordomo, Café Telegrama in Melrose Hill, and one of Los Angeles’s last remaining Googie architectural-style diners, Pann’s. Removals are Jon & Vinny’s, Kitchen Mouse, and Olympic Cafe, along with the shuttered Tesse, Atrium, the Original Pantry Cafe, and chef Christine Moore’s restaurant, Lincoln. Moore died in 2026.
