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Flapjacks Pancake Cabin, 2851 US-17 Business, Murrells Inlet: 30 November2024 1 comment
When I mentioned that Old Chicago in this plaza had closed, I neglected to say that the across-the-parking-lot neighbor, Flapjacks Pancake Cabin had also closed. You will remember that this location was a former Western Steer which then became a strip-club. At the time there was speculation that the (then) new Wal-Mart was pressuring the city to de-zone the club to make the area a bit more family friendly, and it appears that Flapjacks didn't exactly leave under their own steam either. This Facebook is all rumors, but it appears that the plaza owners have non-restaurant plans for that wing of the property.
In the event, Flapjacks was there for about ten years. Here is the Sun News on the place moving in. (Notice that the original plan for the Old Chicago spot was a Quaker Steak & Lube, which never happened).
The chain still exists, and now appears to be restricted to Tennesse. For now, you can still see their Garden City page here.
That does beg the question on the location. Google & the street address say this is Murrells Inlet, but to me it is pretty clearly Garden City.
UPDATE 7 October 2025: Found a picture of the lighted sign and added it up top.
Waffle House, 1036 South Lake Drive: Early 2022 (Open Again) 2 comments
I've never been to this Waffle House at I-20 & South Lake Drive, but I assume it was, you know, a Waffle House, reliable for what it does. It appears that this one is getting the same gut & refit treatment that the one by Texas Roadhouse on Two Notch is getting.
(Hat tip to commenter Payne)
UPDATE 29 February 2024 -- Open again:
International House Of Pancakes, 5571 Sunset Boulevard: March 2020 1 comment
According to ColaDaily, corporate is reluctant to declare this location gone for good, but everybody else agrees that it is another permanent casualty of the COVID-19 crisis.
I believe I have only eaten at this IHOP once. As I mentioned in my closing for the Assembly Street location, I started having constant issues at the downtown store after the rebuild, so one late night I drove out to Lexington instead. I found it a much more pleasant experience, but the distance involved meant I did not do it again.
(Hat tip to commenter Heath)
UPDATE 7 June 2021 -- As mentioned, this place is somewhat unexpectedly open again under new ownership:
International House Of Pancakes, 1031 Assembly Street: March 2020 (Open Again) 5 comments
Well, here's another casualty of COVID-19.
ColaDaily reports that both the Assembly Street and Lexington IHOPs will not be reopening after closing for the crisis.
This site last featured here when the old classic-look store was torn down and rebuilt in 2013. I confess that I had given up on this location well before the closure in March. I have always appreciated IHOP as a good late-night place for comfort food, and I really like the Harvest Grain & Nut Pancakes. However, it seemed to me that every time I went here after the rebuild, I had some kind of issue. Either I couldn't get seated, or couldn't get waited on, or couldn't get anyone to take my money on the way out. Then there was the time the restaurant was full and apparently only one one kitchen staffer had shown up. I have had much better luck on Two Notch, but they are not open late, so my midnight runs seem to end up at Applebee's these days (well, "these days" before the current unpleasantness).
(Hat tip to commenter Heath)
UPDATE 4 March 2021 -- Both this IHOP and the one in Lexington unexpectedly found a new owner, and are open again. Unfortunately there were still multiple issues during my only visit so far:
Waffle House, 4505 Broad River Road: June 2013 9 comments
Are there any driving directions less useful than: "Take the exit with the Waffle House"?
Anyway, you don't see Waffle Houses closing too often, though I do have the one from Bush River Road here. On the one hand, I would have thought the closeness of this Waffle House to SLED would have guaranteed it a steady late-night business. On the other hand, the site is not like their usual Interstate exit locations.
Personally I like the fact that Waffle House never went to "Belgian" waffles, which seem to be the rage elsewhere now. I like a lot of litle holes for syrup rather than a smaller number of larger holes. And yes, that is the kind of thing you think about in a Waffle House booth at 3am.
(Hat tip to commenter Johnathan)
UPDATE 5 January 2022: Adding map icon and updating tags.
UPDATE 10 February 2025 -- Now King Smoke & Vape:
