In a move that is surprising to almost no one, a breakfast joint has changed its name once again.
The restaurant chain previously known as International House of Pancakes, or IHOP, which became the International House of Burgers, or IHOB, for a hot second, now is back to being IHOP. The brand came clean on Twitter on Monday.
We’re giving away 60¢ short stacks on July 17 from 7a-7p for IHOP’s 60th birthday. That’s right, IHOP! We’d never turn our back on pancakes (except for that time we faked it to promote our new burgers) pic.twitter.com/KsbkMJhKuf
— IHOP (@IHOP) July 9, 2018
Let the record show I called this, as I noted on June 11:
It was not immediately clear on Monday if the name change was permanent, though my money is on it being a fairly temporary push.