Everyone has a warm-and-sugary pancake memory. For me, it's a dim recollection of devouring pancake after pancake at a raucous church supper when I was 4. For Adam Fuderer, who co-owns the late-night ...

Waiting for a table at Slappy Cakes is like spending half an hour in a Betty Crocker-themed nightmare. A slew of ravenous customers squirms in the cheerfully decorated entryway, drooling in a thick ...