I am a very anti-chain person. I even have an "eat local" bumper sticker. HOWEVER, Original Pancake House is so amazing I just pretend it's independently owned so that I can permit myself to eat there. So good, great service, big open pretty and well-lit room without the cold sterile feeling of a chain. Affordable, great go-to, but there's often a line.
The bacon, you guys. The bacon.