A hotcake is basically a pancake with slightly crispy edges. Between the three of us, we tried the strawberry hotcake, the banana walnut hotcake, and a plain hotcake. They were decent but not fantastic -a tad too much of that fried feeling. Of the three, the strawberry was the best because the tartness of the strawberry and sweetness of the brown sugar blended well. The banana hotcake and the plain one were sort of bland (pancake syrup did the trick, though).
The "morning after" breakfast special is a hotcake with eggs and meat (bacon, sausage, or ham) for $6.95 (+$2 to upgrade to the strawberry or banana one). I asked for my eggs over medium and they were definitely over easy. Again, the food was still decent - but I could tell that Pamela's was not famous for their sausage and eggs.
I guess Cleveland wins over Pittsburgh in brunch.