National Pancake Day is a great way to get some cheap pancakes to get your day started off right.
For all the fun food holidays during the year, check out all of our national days posts.
There are technically two National Pancake Days on the calendar.
The first comes on Fat Tuesday, which is known as Pancake Day, occurring on the day before Ash Wednesday every year. That’s when people used to give up way more for Lent than we do now, so they used all their sugar and eggs up before Lent started. And the best way to do that was with pancakes.
IHOP has claimed that as its National Pancake Day.
But, the other one (the one we care about right now) happens on September 26 every year. And to celebrate, we put together all of the pancake deals we could find.
We only added national or large regional chains to this list. Your local breakfast spot may be doing something to celebrate, but this list would be too long if we included all of those.
National Pancake Day is just one of the food related holidays celebrated annually.
Check out our list of Top National Days For Freebies And Deals and mark your calendar and make sure you don’t miss out on any.
National Pancake Day: Freebies And Deals
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All of these deals are happening on September 26 only unless otherwise noted.
Corner Bakery Cafe
Last year, you could get pancakes for $4.99. We are still waiting for a 2026 update.
Cracker Barrel
Everyone can get all-you-can-eat pancakes for $5 on September 26.
Loyalty members can get this deal one day before.
Huddle House
Get BOGO à la carte Old-Fashioned Pancakes. This is valid for dine-in only and beverages are not included.
Perkins
Get The Great American Pancake Trio for $4.99 in either Buttermilk, Chocolate Chip, Blueberry, or Strawberry. It’s valid from September 25 to 27.
Did we miss any National Pancake Day deals? Let me know in the comments.