San Diego, CA - Richard Walker's Pancake House; This was the first place we hit up when we arrived in SD. It wasn't first because we absolutely had to try it, it was conveniently close to the hotel and our walk to work. Even slightly later in the morning, we were surprised and happy to see how busy they were. We didn't have a wait, but almost each table was occupied.

On my first visit, I tried their Banana Crepe that has bananas, sour cream and a touch of Triple Sec gently stuffed into crepes. It is topped with a special apricot sauce and powdered sugar. It would have been nice to see the bananas caramelized instead of just sliced on top. It was a fresh and nicely ripe banana, but it could have been improved. You do taste the Triple Sec, but you can still drive afterwards. The crepe is nice and light, thinly prepared and is a light meal. If you are hungry, add something on the side to eat wih it.

On the second visit, apparently I was still had a craving for carbs. I tried their 1/2 Order of Chocolate Pancakes. Chocolate is melted into the pancakes and topped with chocolate morsels, and powdered sugar. This curbed my appetite for both carbs and sugar, probably two days worth. I can't imagine having a full order, when I could barely finish this. The morsels on the top look like they are hard and just dropped on top. Even though they have their original shape, they were so soft. The heat from the cakes made them so nice and soft to where you can easily spread them all over the pancakes as if it were butter. I did have to use a little syrup, otherwise they would have been too dry.

The only weird setup in the restaurant is the location of the bathroom. The door opens and closes directly in the dining area. When you exit the restroom, you are basically announcing, "Hey everyone, do you know what I just did?". It's a bad location for the restroom.