IHOP Free Pancake Day 2011

It's National Pancake Day! At least according to IHOP, which has brought back its popular national day of free pancakes it's held annually since 2006.

IHOP customers will receive a short stack of three pancakes for free while the promotion lasts from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. today.

Use the IHOP locator to find an IHOP location near you!

IHOP says it has raised more than $5.65 million since it started its National Pancake Day promotion. Its goal for this year is to raise $2.3 million for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and other local charities.

"Pancake Day," also known as Shrove Tuesday, is quite popular overseas though it is widely celebrated on Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras, which this year falls on March 8. IHOP decided to celebrate the day a week early.