September 24th, 2009 @ 12:16 am by Cliffe | Sorted Photo Exposure
Unless you’re gluten intolerant, there’s one thing I think we can all agree on: pancakes are delicious. Perhaps we can also agree on the deliciously awesome and super campy style of the former Power’s Pancake Palace on Aurora. Though the structure was bulldozed in 2001 after a conflagration, it had served Seattle since 1937 as the Twin T-Ps. You can see it on
this 30’s/40’s era card we posted a year ago. HistoryLink has a
more in depth writeup here. We’ve lost a lot of interesting buildings in Seattle over the years, but they can never take away our pancakes. Click for higher res.
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| Power’s Pancake Palace. 7201 Aurora Ave. No. on U.S. 99, Seattle, Washington. This popular Teepee shaped restaurant on the shores of beautiful Green Lake is located only a few minutes from the World’s Fair. Long a Seattle landmark serving Pancakes and Waffles in amazing variety. Open daily 6 A.M. to 9 P.M. Color photo by Max R. Jensen. |
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September 24th, 2009 @ 9:07 am
Duet Design seems to have been quite the rage… Twin Teepees… and then there was the twin humps that made up the Igloo…
http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=pf_output.cfm&file_id=1162
September 24th, 2009 @ 9:16 am
This picture makes me wicked happy sirs. Thank ya.
September 24th, 2009 @ 9:34 am
Palatial Tee-Pees? Oddly incongruous. It was actually quite cramped inside. I think of that place every time I approach that bend in Aurora. Funny how the yet another, ugly, road encroaching residential box (People Palace) currently being built there echoes the original orange with its exposed sheathing.
September 24th, 2009 @ 9:52 am
I would eat there every day if it was still around. and I’d get a different pancake or waffle every time because of their “amazing variety.”
September 24th, 2009 @ 11:39 am
I picked up this post card I think in the early 90´s:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/90342017@N00/2371727550/in/set-72157604298799292/
September 24th, 2009 @ 11:44 am
Husky Burger? Boeing Bomber? I wanna go to the Igloo! Thanks for posting that Seattle Greg!
September 24th, 2009 @ 2:20 pm
There’s nothing like a palace that says they serve pancakes.
September 25th, 2009 @ 9:07 pm
Igloo fans, check out a couple of Paul Dorpat’s recent posts: fantastic scans of the menu, which I’d never seen and would love to get my hands on: http://pauldorpat.com/?p=4205
…and some photos, including my carhop grandma.
http://pauldorpat.com/?p=4164
I have a 60s-era Twin Teepees menu I can scan and pass on, if anybody wants.
September 28th, 2009 @ 9:12 pm
When I lived just south of Twin Teepees in the 70’s, it was a bit of breakfast heaven, with the Teepees, Skippy’s Cafe, and of course, Beth’s, where I asked the owner how many eggs in an omelet, & he said “Only three, and some baking soda”. I was as bummed to see the Teepees gone as I was when the Jolly Roger was torched.
September 29th, 2009 @ 8:54 pm
I used to live in an apartment just north of there. It had a view over the top of the twin teepees.
One night I noticed what looked like smoke rising from the teepees. I shrugged it off, convincing myself it was just smoke from their kitchen. They were chimneys, right?
The next morning I awoke to find only the smoldering remains of the restaurant. I have no idea if I could’ve made a difference, but I’ve never forgiven myself for not at least calling it in.