What year did the first Ihop open?
The International House of Pancakes (IHOP) is a United States-based restaurant chain that specializes in breakfast foods and is owned by DineEquity. While IHOP’s focus is on breakfast foods such as pancakes, waffles, French toast, omelettes, and blintzes, it has evolved into also offering a menu of full course meals and a variety of desserts. As of December 31, 2008, the chain had 1396 restaurants in 49 states, Canada and Mexico. With the March 24, 2009 opening of a restaurant at the University Mall in South Burlington, Vermont, IHOP now has restaurants in all 50 states. Currently, there is an IHOP planned to be built in Puerto Rico. 11 are corporate-owned; 157 are operated under area licenses. Jerry Lapin, Al Lapin and Albert Kallis founded The International House of Pancakes in 1958 with the help of Sherwood Rosenberg. The first restaurant opened on July 7, 1958, in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, California. Since then, locations have been opened all over the United States, in the Canadia
Jerry Lapin, Al Lapin and Albert Kallis founded The International House of Pancakes in 1958 with the help of Sherwood Rosenberg. The first restaurant opened on July 7, 1958, in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, California. Since then, locations have been opened all over the United States, in the Canadian province of British Columbia and in the Mexican cities of Monterrey, Tampico and Mexico City. It also announced on October 23, 2006, that it is expanding into the province of Ontario as well. IHOP is headquartered in Glendale, California. The company uses “IHOP” as its primary name, though they still use “International House of Pancakes” as a secondary name. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.
