The Original Pancake House
Food & Beverage · Full-Service Restaurants
- Active units
- 129
- Royalty
- 2.0%
Franchised, year-end 2025
of weekly Net Sales
About The Original Pancake House
Welcome to OPH Denver! As one of the premier restaurants in Denver Tech Center, we invite you to dive into culinary bliss and experience the best of breakfast and brunch. Our menu offers a delicious variety of favorites, including pancakes of all kinds, crepes, French toast, fluffy omelets, Belgian waffles, benedicts, and hearty egg plates.
Indulge in our feature dishes, such as the German-style oven-baked Dutch Baby Pancake and the customer-favorite Apple Pancake. Other must-try options include corned beef hash and eggs, thick-cut honey-cured bacon and eggs, biscuits with homemade sausage gravy, and unique omelettes and benedicts topped with locally made green chile.
At OPH Denver, we cater to a variety of dietary preferences, offering gluten-free pancakes, fresh fruit, Greek yogurt, homemade granola, and old-fashioned thick rolled oats.
Join us at our Denver Tech Center or Cherry Hills location and experience our tradition of quality, service, and friendliness. Our breakfast restaurant is committed to using only fresh, wholesome ingredients to give you the finest breakfast available anywhere. We promise a clean, friendly, family atmosphere with superb food and consistently great service. Conveniently located in Greenwood Village, DTC, Cherry Hills, and surrounding areas, treat yourself to tradition and culinary delight at OPH Denver.
Key terms
- Brand fund
1.0% of Net Sales
- Footprint
3,500 – 4,500 sq ft
- Option Agreement
$0
- Veteran discount
Not offered
Brand Percentile Rankings
Rankings compare brands in the same operating year. Fee and investment figures come from the FDD (2026 filing).
Growth
- Total locations129
Franchised units open at year-end
- New openings3
Gross new units opened during the calendar year
- 1-year unit growth rate1.6%
Net unit growth versus prior year
- 3-year unit CAGR0.4%
Compound annual growth rate of unit count over the trailing 3 years
- Unit growth ratio3.0×
Cumulative opens / closures through year-end
Unit economics
- Annual unit volume (Median)—
Per FDD Item 19 disclosure
- Annual unit volume (25th percentile)—
Per FDD Item 19 disclosure
- Annual unit volume (75th percentile)—
Per FDD Item 19 disclosure
- 1-year Median AUV growth rate—
Year-over-year change in median AUV
- Store-level EBITDA Margin—
Median unit-level EBITDA / AUV
Investment profile
- Estimated initial investment$1.1M
Midpoint of estimated initial investment range
↓ Lower is better - Time to open8 months
Midpoint of average time from agreement to opening
↓ Lower is better - Royalty rate2.0%
Percent of net sales paid to the franchisor
↓ Lower is better - Sales-to-investment ratio—
Median AUV / estimated initial investment midpoint
- Cash-on-cash returns—
Median unit-level EBITDA / estimated initial investment midpoint. Steady-state estimate; year 1 returns will be lower as the unit ramps to median volumes.
Franchisee healthLocked
- Unit closure ratio
- Transfer vs. closure ratio
- Percent multi-unit franchisees
- Litigation rate
- EBITDA multiple on sales & transfers
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Location footprint
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Sources
Financial and operating figures are sourced from the brand's Franchise Disclosure Documents. Brand percentile rankings are based on comparisons to other brands that include the same metrics in their Franchise Disclosure Documents.