brothers . walker bros. is a series of pancake houses in the chicago area . 49er flapjacks are one of the signature menu items at walker bros. they developed as a franchised spin off of the original pancake house founded in portland oregon in 1953 by les highet and erma hueneke ; the walker bros. version has been in business for over 45 years . like the original they are famous for their apple pancakes french toast and omelettes . 1 contents 1 awards and recognition 2 see also 3 references 4 external links awards and recognition edit the restaurant was recognized by usa today as one of the top ten pancake restaurants in the nation . 2 zagat recognized them as a chicago s best breakfast bar none and the north and northwest suburban family favorite . chicago magazine presented them with the critic s choice award for the best breakfast around . the restaurant has also been recognized by aol cityguide in 2006 and 2007 for city s best breakfast chicago . 3 they received the gold cup from superior coffee company a coveted award of excellence . 4 chef and food critic james beard who grew up in portland named the original pancake house as one of the top ten best in america . in 1999 the original pancake house in portland was designated by the james beard foundation as a regional landmark restaurant . 5 walker brothers was mentioned in the 2004 film mean girls . in 2010 dick portillo the founder of portillo s restaurants in chicago opened a fast casual breakfast restaurant modeled after the ambiance and menu of walker bros. called honey jam cafe . the film ordinary people features a scene there . see also edit golden nugget pancake house honey jam cafe waffle house the original pancake house references edit official website of walker brothers original pancake house places to flip over pancakes usa today march 16 2004 . walker bros orig pancake house in aol city guide for chicago illinois about us at the walker bros. website original pancake house portland external links edit official website this us based restaurant or restaurant chain article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article related to a building or structure in chicago is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title walker bros. & oldid 743328309 categories restaurants in illinoisrestaurants in chicagorestaurants established in 1960pancake housesunited states restaurant stubschicago building and structure stubshidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipediaillinois articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinatesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 04 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view