Thousands Enjoy Free Pancake Breakfast At Cheyenne Frontier Days

The first of three free Cheyenne Frontier Days Pancake Breakfasts was held at the Cheyenne Depot Plaza on Monday morning.

Event organizers say a total of 5,105 breakfasts were served.

Besides offering a free meal to Cheyenne Frontier Days visitors and Cheyenne residents, the breakfasts serve as a Kiwanis Club of Cheyenne drill in feeding large numbers of people in case of a natural disaster or other large-scale emergency situations.

Wednesday will be Cheyenne Day at Cheyenne Frontier Days, and that day typically draws the biggest crowds for the breakfasts, with the number of breakfasts served ranging over 15,000 some years.

The single-day record was registered during the Wednesday 1996 feeding frenzy, where 16,897 people were served.  The weekly record was broken that same year when 39,111 people were fed in a combined serving time of eight hours and ten minutes.

Tomorrow morning at 9 am the second of four CFD Grand Parades will step off in downtown Cheyenne. Like the Pancake Breakfasts, the parades are free. Here is the downtown parade route according to cfdrodeo.com