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Pancake guide names 8 Massachusetts restaurants

Fast Food Club's list includes a Somerville diner built inside a 1953 dining car and a Leominster spot with a 4.5-star rating; eight pancakes, no peer review.

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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHere's a belief I swear by: the more pancakes on the plate, the better the breakfast. Plate-size pancakes, edge to edge. That's science.

  2. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentI'm ruling it complicated.

  3. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentFast Food Club says the Roadhouse Cafe pancake covers the plate edge to edge. That's a claim. A study would have measured the plate.

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