pacha

Tucked between a pet supply store and a construction company on North Burnet road is a little yellow house that unequivocally serves the best pancakes. Ever. Unfortunately, parking is terrible and sometimes prevents the pancake pilgrimage, but something about waking up early on a week day makes spots just open up.

A classically Austin establishment, the decor seems to be pieced and pacha-ed together over the years. The interior of this little yellow house is a little yellow home. It feels like home, like you never even put on real clothes, got in your car, struggled through the riddle that is Austin traffic, flipped through a million radio stations and flipped off a few drivers, waited impatiently in the center lane to turn while oncoming traffic backed up and that one Narr didn't leave enough space when the light turned red so you had to wait a-whole-nother cycle...

But they have real macchiatos! As I waffled between a single or a double shot, the barista skeptically asked "Do I have to tell you this is a real macchiato?" No, sir, not unless your version inherently includes caramel or vanilla. Cue Starbucks disappointment commiseration. 

Et voilà. Le meilleur pancake. This unique pastry (is it a pastry? is it a bread? what is a pancake?) is cooked, then browned in a pan with butter to give it a crispness you never knew you needed in a pancake. At Pacha, you can add all sorts of stuff to your pancake! On my first trip I asked the barista her favorite. Cinnamon. And I have ordered it ever since. 

Pacha Organic Café
4618 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78756