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Pearl #27: Gluten-free at The Original Pancake House, Ladue

October 13, 2013 by Kate 4 Comments

Before a hot, grueling and awesome day at LouFest in August, a big group of us went to The Original Pancake House in Ladue for brunch. I’d been dying to check it out, as the St. Louis locations of Original Pancake House serve gluten-free pancakes made from Andrea’s gluten-free pancake mix.

If you love pancakes, this is your jam. (Hence, the name.) The gluten-free pancake options were marked as such on the menu with a little “no wheat” symbol. Many of Original Pancake House’s pancakes are gluten-free, so prepare to eat your heart out. You’ll have to ask your server about everything else (omelets, eggs, meats, etc), as those were not marked as GF. I ordered gluten-free blueberry pancakes, scrambled eggs, turkey sausage and hash browns – all confirmed by our server to be gluten-free. Carb-loading, am I right?

Original Pancake House_gluten-free breakfast

To avoid any confusion, the gluten-free pancakes come out on a bright red plate. The blueberry pancakes were fluffy and soft though slightly dense, sprinkled with powdered sugar and packed with juicy blueberries. I’m talking really juicy – I cut into a pancake and had a tragic-near miss, as a blueberry shot out and exploded all over my napkin-covered lap. No clothing casualties, luckily. The best part about these pancakes may be the blueberry syrup – packed with tiny blueberries and not overly sweet. But sorry, folks – there’s no mixing and matching of different pancake flavors. They come in stacks of three, so you’re going to have to pick a pancake horse and ride it.

Next time, I’ll try something a bit more exciting than scrambled eggs and turkey sausage – but I was feeling classic. They had some great looking omelets, though. Ken got the spinach omelet (also gluten-free), filled with spinach, feta cheese, mushrooms and tomatoes.

Since Ken was there, I made him split some hash browns with me. It’s a little bit more acceptable to get pancakes plus hash browns if I don’t feel compelled to dominate them on my own. They were the perfect hash browns – just crispy enough on the outside, yet still soft enough on the inside, and perfectly salted.

Original Pancake House_gluten-free hashbrowns

Coincidentally, I had just visited an Original Pancake House for the first time when I was in Minneapolis for vacation just a few weeks prior. They use regular Pamela’s gluten-free pancake mix, which was equally as delicious as the St. Louis location Andrea’s mix. I also got the ham and egg scramble – which was awesome. See below. I highly recommend getting your gluten-free self to an Original Pancake House soon!

Original Pancake House Minnesota_ gluten-free pancakes

Filed Under: American, Casual Dining, Restaurant Reviews Tagged With: gluten free original pancake house, gluten free original pancake house st louis, gluten free restaurants st louis, gluten free st. louis

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  1. Kendal

    March 4, 2015 at 12:38 pm

    This is so awesome! I am so happy I stumbled across your site! I have been making the GF transition for the last year but I moved to STL and have been searching for places that are safe! I work for a company called fit-flavors. It is a local business started by Jillian Tedesco, she was a personal trainer turned chef back in 2009. You should check us out at fit-flavors.com. We are about 90% GF and have a few locations! I am so excited I found this page and cannot wait to start finding new places to eat at! Thank you!!

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    • Kate

      March 11, 2015 at 8:30 pm

      Hi Kendal – Thanks for the note! So glad it’s been helpful for you. I’ll definitely check out Fit-Flavors, thanks for the heads-up! Cheers, Kate

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  2. Joan D

    April 19, 2014 at 10:07 pm

    Love when I can get gf pancakes that I don’t have to cook them!

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    • Kate

      April 21, 2014 at 10:19 am

      Totally agree! It’s the best.

      Reply

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