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| - You know, I used to have this out of town romance that left a sweetness in my mouth. The only way I could get a fix was if I left Pittsburgh behind me and headed for warmer climates. Not so much anymore, you made me happy IHOP with finally opening your doors a few years back here in the region.
As for the most recent visit to your lovely location outside of Greenfield/Squirrel Hill, there were many ups, and a few downs.
I was going to do the ups first and then do the downs, but they kind of mix together so I'm just gonna go through it all at once.
Congrats on finally being open 24 hours! Not so big congrats to advertise it. I didn't notice it on the sign if you were open 24 hours, and the parking lot looks shady when you pull up and see no cars in the lot and you have to do a parking lot circle to make sure. The lettering you use on the door is quite small too. Even with my glasses, I was still squinting to see if you were open. As soon as I saw '24' on the door, the car went into park and I was heading for the door.
As late as it was at night, my friend and I were the only two people besides the workers in the building. Big plus for us, no wait. Service was super fast if you couldn't have guessed.
Here's something I learned as well, the menu changes at 10 p.m. Not a big deal for me as I was getting pancakes, as it is the International House of Pancakes. As for my friend, she was really hoping to get the garden crepes. So when the server came our way to take the order she went back to ask the cook if she wouldn't mind making it for her and the answer was something along the lines of 'Sure, I'll make it.' Big props for making these two customers feel happy about that. One thing, my sausage did end up looking like bacon...but I ate it anyway.
OK, so this has to be categorized as a down, there's no way to put a happy spin on it. The bathrooms...what in the world went on in the bathroom? It looks as if somebody was having a battle royale in the one. Maybe somebody was fighting a demon much like they do in the show Charmed. I mean thank god I didn't mistake the Styrofoam cups for having anything else but soap in them. Also, this place is really showing it's wear. It hasn't been open that long, but it sure needs a bit of TLC and updating.
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