Tuesday is National Pancake Day!!!

According to IHOP’s website , National Pancake Day dates back several centuries, to when the English prepped for fasting during Lent. Strict rules prohibited the eating of all dairy products during Lent, so pancakes were made to use up the supply of eggs, milk and butter – hence the name Pancake Tuesday!

Local IHOPs are celebrating National Pancake Day by offering everyone a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes on Tuesday, March 1. In return, they’re asking anyone who eats a stack of fluffy buttermilk goodness to make a donation to the Children’s Miracle Network. All the monies raised here stay here, and benefit our local Providence Hospitals, including Holy Family and Sacred Heart, and St. Luke’s, Kootenai Medical Center and Inland Northwest Health Services.

Last year pancake lovers donated more than $2.1 million to children’s charities. This year IHOP hopes to raise $2.3 million … let’s help them out by visiting our favorite IHOP tomorrow between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.

There are three locations in Spokane:

4209 N. Division

5403 E. Sprague

14706 E. Indiana

Eat. Donate. Pat yourself on the back.