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Hi all -
While on a trip to Washington DC, we stayed in Vienna, VA (a DC  
suburb) for a week and found a restaurant nearby that has excellent  
gluten free pancakes.  As far as I can tell, it isn't listed in any  
of the lists of restaurants that are gluten free that I could find  
for support groups in the area, so I thought I would let you know  
about it.

It is called The Original Pancake House.  The one we went to was at  
370 West Broad Road, Falls Church, VA.  They also have restaurants in  
Bethesda and Rockville, Maryland.   (I can provide you with the  
addresses and phone numbers if you want them.)  They serve their GF  
pancakes on special plates so you know right away that they are GF  
(and they can keep the GF orders separated from the non GF orders),  
make them in several different ways (with chocolate chips or various  
fruit) and substitute them at no extra charge for other combination  
plates on the menu that call for regular pancakes.  I really  
appreciated the no extra charge for substitution.

And they were delicious -- not at all cake-like or crumbly -- just  
like real pancakes!!  They were the best I have had since going GF in  
2003.

We stumbled across the restaurant while looking for somewhere to have  
breakfast, and noticed a sign in their window that said, "Ask about  
our gluten free pancakes."  They were listed on the printed menu --  
not a special or temporary menu item-- so I think they are committed  
to having them available.  However in the three times we ate there,  
we were the only persons in the restaurant eating them (on the  
special plates).

If you are very sensitive to gluten, ask about their practices and  
verify flour content.  My husband and I are asymptomatic and so would  
not react if the pancakes contained gluten contamination.

Jackie in AZ
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