Website: https://thepancakepantry.com/
The Pancake Pantry is a breakfast and lunch restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee, specializing in scratch-made pancakes. The restaurant states it has been “Serving Nashville since 1961, becoming part of the city’s breakfast culture.” It operates two locations in the city, one Downtown and one in the Hillsboro Village neighborhood, and its menu centers on pancakes alongside eggs and waffles.
Menu
The restaurant lists 23 varieties of scratch-made pancakes on its menu, in addition to eggs and waffles. The Pancake Pantry emphasizes daily, from-scratch preparation, stating: “It takes a lot of time and effort to make breakfast from scratch every morning, but we do it so you don’t have to! We make our batter, fruit compotes, and even our syrups fresh each day from secret family recipes.” A featured June special is the “Maple Bacon Bourbon Pancakes,” described as being served with sweet maple, candied bacon, and bourbon honey butter. Menus for each location are provided on the website as downloadable PDFs, and a separate kids menu is also offered. Online ordering is available for both locations.
About
The restaurant was founded in 1961 by Robert Baldwin, and the website notes it “quickly becomes a Nashville breakfast staple.” His son, David Baldwin, began involvement in the business at age ten and later took the lead in 1988. The site says David “continues the tradition while refining recipes and processes” and “makes regular trips to East Tennessee to source specialty flours used in pancakes and waffles.” The business was sold in 2017, which the website describes as “a new chapter,” and it notes that “the Baldwin family recipes live on.” According to the restaurant, “batter and syrups are still made fresh each day from those secret Baldwin family recipes.” The Pancake Pantry frames its philosophy as balancing heritage with new ideas: “We strive to keep our traditional past alive, while cultivating innovative ideas to make the Pantry the best.”
Location & Contact
The restaurant operates two Nashville locations. The Downtown location is at 220 Molloy Street, Nashville, TN 37201, with a phone number of 615-383-9026 and listed hours of 6AM to 2PM. The Hillsboro Village location is at 1796 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN, with a phone number of 615-383-9333 and listed hours of 6AM to 3PM. Online ordering is offered for both locations through the website.
Additional Information
The website provides details on parking for each location. The Downtown location notes nearby public and hotel parking, while the Hillsboro Village location offers street parking and validation for an adjacent lot for up to 1.5 hours. The restaurant also lists additional services and pages including catering, private events, an FAQ, press, and job openings. Customers can contact either location directly using the phone numbers listed above.
Profile compiled from the company’s official website (thepancakepantry.com).