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Pancakes are an American breakfast staple. Whether you prefer plain old buttermilk, blueberry, or chocolate chip, these spots offer the fluffiest stacks in San Francisco.
Breakfast Spot · Potrero Hill · 385 tips and reviews
Jessica @trufflefrites: Lemon ricotta pancakes are soo light, fluffy, and zesty! Get coffee..yummy Equator coffee, easily have about 5 refills. Come on a weekday for better chances @ a table.
American Restaurant · Outer Sunset · 259 tips and reviews
The Tastes that Make the City: The dutch pancakes are the best pancakes in SF, making our list of "The Tastes That Make the City: SF Edition." Read more.
Sam Brown: Come for the pancakes, get at least two, and drown them in the delicious maple syrup... I mean, when they give you that much maple syrup in a little milk jug, you just need to over indulge!
1701 Stockton St (at Filbert St), San Francisco, CA
Breakfast Spot · North Beach · 313 tips and reviews
Karsten: They open at 8 - arrive at 7:30 to be in the first seating! While the Monte Cristo is good, the blueberry pancakes are incredible and are a MUST
Lisa Kotowski: The soufflé pancakes! I have never eaten a Pancake that I didn't think I couldn't recreate, these were the first pancakes that I was stumped by. They are light as air and delicious!
American Restaurant · Mission Dolores · 199 tips and reviews
Joanna Flamm: Huevos Rancheros were delish, service was great, but the pancake we got on the side was out of this world. DO NOT LEAVE HERE WITHOUT EATING A PANCAKE!