‘We will miss you all.’ State College IHOP to close after 12 years in business
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- IHOP will close its restaurant in State College after Dec. 30.
- The International House of Pancakes opened at 1661 S. Atherton St. in 2013.
- The closest IHOP restaurants to State College are in Mifflintown and Harrisburg.
A State College pancake house plans to close next week after 12 years in business.
IHOP, located at 1661 S. Atherton St., will cease operations following its final day in business on Dec. 30. Notice of the upcoming closure was posted on a chalkboard inside the restaurant’s lobby.
“Please be nice to our staff. They are taking it hard!” the sign reads. “We will miss you all.”
An IHOP spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the restaurant chain’s closure in State College.
Following IHOP’s closure in State College, fans of the pancake house chain will need to travel to Mifflintown or Harrisburg to find the nearest locations operating in Pennsylvania. The company operated roughly 1,790 restaurants across the globe as of June 2023.
IHOP, known formally as the International House of Pancakes, opened its State College location in December 2013 inside the former home of Perkins near the Super 8 hotel. Another Perkins restaurant opened in 2014 at 525 Benner Pike, where it remains in operation.
IHOP’s State College restaurant is open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 7 a.m. to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, according to its online listing. The restaurant appeared to be closed for the holiday when visited by the Centre Daily Times on Wednesday afternoon.
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