IHOP, Arlington, Va.

Saturday evening, Ian and I got together again for dinner, and this time we went—where else?—to the IHOP in Ballston. They've made a few changes to the IHOP. Those blue plastic coffee carafes have been replaced with bronze-toned ones, and the syrup racks and jars also are new. The menu's a little different, and the food portions, Ian thought, were smaller than before. Otherwise, I thought it was still the same old, poorly managed, IHOP we've visited for years.

Ian got his standard chicken finger dinner. He ordered his Caesar salad with dressing on the side, and it came already dressed with a good deal of water in the bottom of the plate, and the waitress brought it with the main course rather than as an appetizer.



I got a breakfast platter with pancakes.....the menu gave us a fruit option to top the pancakes, and I ordered the black cherry compote without whipped cream.....you can see what showed up: strawberries, blueberries, and whipped cream.



Ian had his usual fried banana cheesecake with vanilla ice cream for dessert. SInce after I complained about the pancakes, the waitress brought me two more with the cherries on top, I let the pancakes serve as my dessert.