IHOP Restaurant Trivia

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The International House of Pancakes (IHOP) has a few secrets you may not know about besides their historic pancakes. Did You Know: -The oldest IHOP was across the street from the oldest Big Boy. Yes true. IHOP opened in Los Angeles, CA in 1958. Big Boy in 1949. Now that's one corner surrounded by some special Americana. -There was an organization using the IHOP acronym. Yep, seems a religious group was calling itself International House of Prayer (IHOP). So what did IHOP pancakes do? They sued IHOP prayer. Although the lawsuit was dropped months later in hopes of settling out of court, no resolution has been reached. The church is using the acronym IHOPKC to separate itself from the restaurant. -IHOP created National Pancake Day. Celebrated on May 7th each year, the day was organized by the chain to raise money for worthy charities. Starting in 2006, a donation could be made instead of paying the standard price for a short short stack of pancakes. In 2017, according to CNBC, IHOP raised 3.5 million for charity by serving customers more than 5 million pancakes. -The iconic design of the IHOP restaurant featuring a "blue roof" was an idea (ripped off) inspired from the instantly recognizable Howard Johnson's orange roof design. The building with it's cottage style shape was done on purpose to provide an appearance of a cozy welcoming place. So now that you know a little more about IHOP restaurants when is the last time you've eaten there and did you order pancakes? And what's up with the International name anyway? Source- Photo-marketingland.com