Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Day, is upon us – the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday.

That means many Reading residents will be whipping up sweet treats at home or heading out for a special dessert.

If you’re the latter, rounded up the top 10 places to eat pancakes in Reading according to Tripadvisor ratings.

  1. Treatz Reading
  2. Tutu’s Ethiopian
  3. Table Café YOLK
  4. Piwnica Restaurant
  5. Bill’s Reading
  6. Alto Lounge
  7. Cosmo Reading
  8. The Spice Oven
  9. Bluegrass BBQ
  10. Cobbs at Englefield

 

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Anglo-Saxon Christians would be called to confession on Ash Wednesday by a bell, which came to be known as the Pancake Bell.

Lent is traditionally a time of fasting until Easter.