New Logo for IHOP by Studio Tilt
Established in 1958 with the opening of its first location in the Toluca Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA, IHOP (International House of Pancakes) is a chain of family dining restaurants serving all meals from breakfast to dinner. As of March, 2015, there are 1,650 locations worldwide — 70 of them outside the U.S. in places like Bahrain, Guatemala, Mexico, and the Philippines — of which 99% are owned by independent franchise operators and it employs more than 70,000 people. I have had breakfast at an IHOP maybe twice out of necessity and while clean and not horribly-tasting it’s not the pinnacle of the American culinary experience. (Or perhaps it is). It also has an unfortunate history of attracting fights. I once showed a client a first round of logos at an IHOP in Wa