If you read the descriptions of these pancakes, my job is largely done. On the East Side, lou serves a single perfect pancake with an earthy buckwheat backbone, roasted banana for moisture and a crisp exterior that lets in some — but not all! — of the rich syrup it sits on. It is finished, as all good things are, with an ice-cream-scoop-sized ball of butter. On the West Side, Roze Pony employs the soufflé treatment. Their pair of pancakes takes 20 minutes to bake before being finished with a totally restrained golf-ball-sized scoop o’ butter and a drench of blueberry syrup. Why tie? Because this is the one 2021 argument where no one is wrong.
Best Pancakes
