So, I ate breakfast at the Original Pancake House on Downer Avenue, in the old Coffee Trader space. It is awesome to see how many more people the place brings to the area -- we literally had to wait outside for our table because the waiting area was too packed.

The food was really good. Not good for you -- everything was so rich and buttery -- but really tasty and well prepared. (I had the spinach crepes.) An acquaintance mentioned on the way out that she readily "Hoover-ed" her entire meal.

My beef, however, is with the coffee. They serve Superior Coffee -- which tastes watery and average. I know OPH is a franchise, but it seems like a place that is clearly trying to be IHOP's hipper, more sophisticated cousin wouldn't stoop to old school restaurant coffee. Especially in a town with incredible roasters like Alterra and Anodyne.

It's actually ironic to me considering that the Original Pancake House is inside the old Coffee Trader space. Seems almost sacreligious to serve such so-so coffee there.