Original Hotcake House

{{Short description|Diner in Portland, Oregon, U.S.}}

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| street-address = 1002 Southeast Powell Blvd.

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The Original Hotcake House is a diner in Portland, Oregon's Brooklyn neighborhood, in the United States.{{Cite web|last=Tarlton|first=Amanda|date=July 30, 2021|url=https://www.rd.com/list/most-iconic-diner-every-state/|title=The Most Iconic Diner in Every State|website=Reader's Digest|access-date=December 28, 2020|archive-date=January 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128022304/https://www.rd.com/list/most-iconic-diner-every-state/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.wweek.com/cannabis/2017/04/17/where-to-get-food-late-at-night-in-portland/|title=Where to Get Food Late at Night in Portland|date=April 17, 2017|website=Willamette Week|access-date=March 10, 2021|archive-date=April 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421020938/https://www.wweek.com/cannabis/2017/04/17/where-to-get-food-late-at-night-in-portland/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/brunch-issue-2017/2017/07/12/19158131/old-school-brunch|title=Old School Brunch|date=July 12, 2017|website=Portland Mercury|access-date=December 28, 2020|archive-date=September 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914232525/https://www.portlandmercury.com/brunch-issue-2017/2017/07/12/19158131/old-school-brunch|url-status=live}} In his 2018 overview of late-night, low-budget food in Portland, Michael Russell of The Oregonian wrote, "If you've never crashed down in front of a plate of pancakes and fried eggs at the Original Hotcake House after a night out, you might not have lived in Portland long enough."{{Cite web|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2018/03/late_and_cheap_where_to_eat_fo.html|title=Where to eat for cheap late at night in Portland|first=Michael|last=Russell|date=March 6, 2018|website=The Oregonian|access-date=December 28, 2020|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109003348/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2018/03/late_and_cheap_where_to_eat_fo.html|url-status=live}} Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the restaurant offered 24/7 service except on Thanksgiving and Christmas.{{Cite web|url=http://wweek-wweek-prod-classic.web.origin.aws.arc.pub/pb/portland-at-all-hours/|title=Portland at All Hours|website=Willamette Week}}