But last week, IHOP hosted an exclusive tiny dinner series in the world's tiniest IHOP, a tiny houseA&E's "Tiny House Nation" hosts John Weisbarth and Zack Giffin. The IHOP was cloistered in a clandestine location in downtown Los Angeles, and functioned as a working restaurant for four nights, serving three seatings per night.
"About the tiny house — we were looking for something unique and fun to do," said Stephanie Peterson, head of communications at IHOP. "We were doing a partnership with A&E and then after we did it, we said the most amazing thing we could do would be to actually open it up and let people enjoy chef Scott's food."
I took a Lyft to Rolling Greens, an urban nursery and event space in downtown LA's hip art district. Inside the gates, a secret awaited.A red carpet led me through holiday lights to a very tiny restaurant. The inside of the house is 170 square feet — about the size of my New York bedroom.Packed into the tiny house are a fully-functioning commercial kitchen, a dining booth, and a counter for additional seating.
We would try three flavors: a traditional strawberry pancake, a crème brulée pancake topped with an exotic strawberry, and a blackberry and popping boba pancake.Irene Jiang/Business InsiderThe pancakes were fluffy as ever, and the crème brulée bits provided a bit of sticky-crunchy texture.The popping boba was certainly different, but not something I'd necessarily want to see on IHOP's menu. At least not on a pancake.