Kiwanis Pancake House sees 48th year

Popular spot sees record numbers

In this file photo, Aubrea Mobley, center, greets daughter Marissa as they get into a growing, snaking line for a meal at the Pancake House during the 2017 Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair. In spite of the 2020 Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Statesboro Kiwanis Club has found a way to make the best of a bad situation. For one day, Saturday, Oct. 24, the popular Kiwanis Pancake House will be open as a drive-thru only, and the club will sell tickets for plates of the hot, steaming pancakes and country link sausages that draw record crowds each year.

W 101717 FAIR PANCAKE HOUSE — In this file photo, Aubrea Mobley, center, greets daughter Marissa as they get into a growing, snaking line for a meal at the Pancake House during the 2017 Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair. In spite of the 2020 Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Statesboro Kiwanis Club has found a way to make the best of a bad situation. For one day, Saturday, Oct. 24, the popular Kiwanis Pancake House will be open as a drive-thru only, and the club will sell tickets for plates of the hot, steaming pancakes and country link sausages that draw record crowds each year.

Lines of hungry people wrapped around the Statesboro Kiwanis Pancake House Tuesday night as the smell of fresh sausage and fluffy pancakes wafted over the Kiwanis Ogeechee fairgrounds. It was a record night, said long-time Kiwanis member Don Whaley, who has been leading the pancake crew since 2002. Long lines didn’t seem to deter those hungry for something different besides deep fried Twinkies and hamburgers.

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