There’s a moment of pure, childlike wonder that happens when a plate arrives at your table carrying a pancake so enormous it appears to have its own gravitational pull.
That moment happens daily at Big Ed’s City Market Restaurant in downtown Raleigh, where the hotcakes don’t just hang over the edge of the plate – they practically need their own zip code.
Nestled in a white brick building with red-trimmed windows in Raleigh’s historic City Market district, this unassuming eatery has been flipping pancakes of mythological proportions for decades, creating breakfast memories that linger long after the last syrup-soaked bite.
The exterior of Big Ed’s gives nothing away – a modest sign, simple architecture, and zero pretension…