There's an Orginal Pancake House in Plano at the Dallas North Toll road just east on 121, one in Addison also...A nice I-Hop in the Colony on 121 Expressway. We use to also go to Cafe Brazel (great coffee) at George Bush and Coit. I agree with staying far away from the DFW airport area as that is a ball buster for traffic. Not sure where the middle is as we have folks coming from Rockwall, McKinney, North Dallas, Desoto Plano, Frisco, Colony, Lewisville, Fort Worth, Weatherford and on and on and on..........