Tom’s Pancake House

• Tom’s website (CitySearch)
• Area: Beaverton
• Cost to fill up two people: $12

Tom’s is a rickety old restaurant on Canyon Road, Beaverton’s big retail lane, one I’d driven by for years, wondering if it was still open or what. I finally had a craving for breakfast one night after a shopping trip, and stopped in.

No surprises here: This place looks like an old-fashioned version of Bob’s Big Boy or Sambo’s or any old chain diner, possibly a little shabbier. They serve sandwiches, steaks, that kinda stuff, but I wanted a pancake and maybe some eggs, so that’s what I got.

I can’t say it knocked me overboard or anything, but it was a good, solid breakfast. I’ve heard the service is nearly non-existent, but perhaps because I was one of the last people there I found the wait staff very attentive.

Perhaps too attentive; as I was finishing my meal the waitress came up with a tray of cinnamon rolls. “This is the last of the rolls we made today. If you’d like to have some we’ll give them to you for half price.”

Which is why I walked out of there with a half-dozen gi-normous, fluffy cinnamon rolls roofed with a quarter-inch of white icing. Fortunately, I needed to be in the office next day, so I had no trouble disposing of extras.

Anyway, it’s a nice little breakfast place if you’re in the area.

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