Roy’s Pancake Corral in Baker, Oregon, promised 16 varieties of pancakes served all day and a western style chuckwagon every evening:
The other location, in downtown La Grande, Oregon, served chuckwagon every day and invited hungry Oregonians to “come as you are,” as opposed to come as you were I guess.
Not big on the professional food photography I take it. Or maybe they were going for the stark, unappetizing look.
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Great pictures! No sneeze guards….
Roy and his wife owned and operated this business for years. While he was away at times in the merchant marine to provide for his family his wife would continue to mind the store. They heard rumors how popular buffet’s were becoming with the likes of places like JJ Norths and Kings Table. So they banded together a few buffet tables to give it a try, and quickly turned a modest pancake house to a “we got em lining out the door” type restaurant. Roy and his wife continued in the business for another 30+ years becoming instrumental in the opening and operating of some nearly 40 buffet restaurants scattered throughout the Northwest, mainly in Washington.