I want pancakes! Or patty-cakes, as my daughter calls them at grandma’s house.

Weather has probably been one of the biggest culprits keeping St. Joseph from having mounds and mounds of the sweet smelling hot cakes on our plates from one of the newest restaurant to locate in build here..

IHOP marked its territory at 3804 N. Belt Highway with a sign in October 2008, the site between the Missouri Department of Transportation and Fritz’s Car Wash. A vacant residence standing in the way of the pancake house’s dream has since been removed and crews have tried to work steady through Missouri weather to get the property ready for construction.

The building is now taking shape.