The Original Pancake House on South Rancho Santa Fe Road in Encinitas's Olivenhain corridor has served scratch-made American breakfast in this location since 1995, operating as one of five San Diego County franchises of the national chain founded in Portland in 1953. The batter program uses USDA Grade AA butter, pure 36-percent whipping cream, fresh Grade AA eggs, hard wheat unbleached flour, and a proprietary sourdough starter -- ingredient specifications stricter than most breakfast restaurants in the Encinitas area including Gordy's Bakery and Coffeehouse. Signature items include the oven-baked Apple Pancake with a caramelized Granny Smith glaze, the Dutch Baby German pancake, Swedish pancakes with imported lingonberries, and the manhole-cover-sized buttermilk pancake that overhangs the plate. A thick-sliced proprietary bacon -- ten slices per pound -- is cut to a weight specification unavailable at retail, and the house coffee blend is roasted to franchise-exclusive specifications, giving the breakfast program two items sourced outside standard restaurant supply channels unlike most counter-service breakfast spots on the Rancho Santa Fe Road corridor including Champagne Bakery. The most technically involved build is the Apple Pancake, requiring a separate oven-bake step that caramelizes a sliced Granny Smith apple topping under a cinnamon-sugar glaze while the batter sets to a souffled consistency distinct from griddle-cooked pancakes.