IHOP to hop west on Hillsborough Street
GIVING WAY TO PROGRESS.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS
CLASSIC A-FRAME IHOP ON
HILLSBORO STREET.
THE RESTAURANT IS STAYING IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WILL MOVE ABOUT A MILE DOWN
THE STREET RIGHT HERE TO THE
NEW STANHOPE.
ALL Y SIMS SHOWS US THE NEW
DIGS AND WHAT CUSTOMERS THINK
ABOUT THE CHANGE.
>> THERE IS YOUR BREAKFAST,
YOUNG MAN.
YOU NEED A REFILL.
>> Reporter: RICHARD BAKER HAS
BEEN SERVING UP PANCAKE HERE
FOR, WELL, A LONG TIME.
>> I BEEN A LOT OF YEARS DOWN
HERE.
IT IS LIKE A SECOND HOME FOR
ME.
>> Reporter: HOW LONG YOU BEEN
HERE?
>> WELL, PRESIDENT REAGAN WAS
IN OFFICE SO NOW CAN YOU FIGURE
IT OUT.
>> Reporter: HE HAS SEEN A LOT
OF PEOPLE COME AND GO.
>> I'VE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE
WOULD HAD THEIR BABIES.
THEY WERE PREGNANT WHEN THEY
COME IN AND THE KIDS ARE NOW IN
COLLEGE.
>> I OF MY AND I HAVE BEEN
COMING FOR 40 YEARS.
>> Reporter: WHEN WORD GOT OUT
THE RESTAURANT IS CLOSING ITS
DOORS, MANY PEOPLE FOUND
THEMSELVES RETRACING THEIR
STEPS.
>> JUST HAD SOME WONDERFUL
MEMORIES.
THIS WAS OUR LAST OUTING AS A
COUPLE BEFORE OUR SON ERIC WAS
BORN ALMOST 40 YEARS AGO.
>> WE'RE ORIGINALLY FROM
GERMANY AND WHEN I CAME HERE,
WHICH IS NOW 42 YEARS AGO, I
THOUGHT IT WAS MAZING TO HAVE A
HOUSE OF PANCAKES,
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE NO LESS.
AND SO I JUST TOOK TO IT.
>> Reporter: TOMORROW HAS BEEN
GOOD TO THE OLD INTERNATIONAL
HOUSE OF PANCAKES.
BUT TIMES CHANGE.
THE PANCAKE PLACE IS MOVING TO
A BRAND-NEW BUILDING WITH A
SHINY NEW INSIDE.
STAFF IS TRAINING ON UP TO DATE
EQUIPMENT.
>> WE'RE STILL THE SAME IHOP,
JUST A NEWER, MORE MODERN, MORE
COMFORTABLE LOCATION.
>> Reporter: THE NEW SPACE IS
BIGGER TOO.
MORE ROOM FOR CUSTOMERS, NEW
AND OLD.
BACK AT THE OLD PLACE --
>> ONE, TWO, THREE.
>> Reporter: FAMILIES HAVE BEEN
SNAPPING PICTURES AND FIRST-
TIMERS ARE STOPPING BY TO SEE
WHAT ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT.
>> THERE IS STILL SOMETHING
ABOUT IT THAT JUST TAX YOU
BACK.
>> Reporter: SO IF YOU WANT A
LITTLE TRIP DOWN HEMMERY LANE,
GRAB THE KIDS, GRAB THE
FRIENDS.
THIS PLACE IS CLOSING SATURDAY
AT 2:30.
JULIA SIMS, WRAL NEWS, RALEIGH.
>>> WHAT A GOOD MEAL.
ONE CLOSES AT 2:30.
ANOTHER LOCATION OPENS SUNDAY
AT 230:67:89 AS FOR THE OLD
BUILDING, NO WORD YET ON WHAT
WILL BE ON THAT SITE.
>> I THINK I'LL HAVE PANCAKE
FOR DINNER.
I'M REALLY HUNGRY NOW.
>> WHAT FLAVOR?
>> THE STRAWBERRY WITH LOTS OF
WHIPPED CREAM.
>> A MOUND LIKE THAT?