Legendary Los Angeles Restaurant the Original Pantry Cafe Suddenly Closes After 101 Years
Legendary Los Angeles Restaurant the Original Pantry Cafe Suddenly Closes After 101 Years
by CodMilt
18 Comments
redstarjedi
I ate there a few times in my life. It was fine.
Sorry for your loss.
nicearthur32
They didn’t close suddenly, they were asking employees to rescind their union contract so that they can sell the restaurant without the new owners having to honor the contract. The previous owner died a couple of years ago and this was an passion project for him so he paid employees a living wage. Now that a trust owns it and is trying to sell, they decided to close it so that all employees are now unemployed. They will sell and reopen with a new owner and under paid non-union employees.
razorduc
I’m just glad I know where they got the sourdough toast and can griddle it at home.
Busterchow
I would pay dozens of dollars for their salsa recipe
bloodredyouth
Anyone know their pancake recipe? They were the best.
SignificantSmotherer
I don’t understand.
Why didn’t the union buy it?
Eighteen64
Let me know when they clear the union shit and reopen ill be the first one in the door
Able_Preparation7557
Won’t anyone think of the starving cockroaches???
hahagato
Was it really sudden? I thought they had closed two years ago because I swear they had said they were going to back then…
PlayDontObserve
Absolute travesty. Fucking bullshit.
ARCADEO
It was a tradition for me to always go eat there after every con event I went to. Simply walking over to eat a sandwich or some breakfast and then head over to the bus stop to head home. Really sucks that it’s gone just like that.
TattooPaul666
Does anyone know how to make Pantry’s Ham & Cheese Omelette (or any of their Omelettes)? They are mt wifes favorite. I am a good cook so all I need is a basic recipe. Thanks to anyone who has it.
I was there on Sunday at 5:15am. The line was already long. I was lucky enough to get in by 7:45sm. It was nice meeting people and listening to the stories.
StayStrong888
I’ve always liked the Pantry for their breakfasts, but people just have to realize not everyone likes to have to pay double digits to park 4 blocks away and having to trudge through dirt and debris and homeless camps and drug needles to get their food, which costs a lot higher thanks to LA City tax and high rents.
That goes for every downtown LA restaurant and other cities that have the same problem.
I prefer to be able to park at the business I patronize, even if it’s a paid lot with their own attendant and be able to just walk in the business.
AgreeablePresence476
Federal and state labor rules are frequently flouted in American restaurants.
Bulldog1836
Since when can a union demand that a business stay open? If the owners want to close, for whatever reason, they can close. Whether for remodeling, to change from a diner to a rotating sushi joint, to a sports memorabilia store—who cares? It’s private property and if the employees aren’t needed anymore, they’re not needed anymore. So what it if they want to offload the property? That’s within their rights. When selling a restaurant, you have two choices: sell it as a working operation, which means you price in the value of the customer base, or you close up shop and sell the assets. If the restaurant’s assets are worth more than it is as a working operation, that’s what they’re going to choose. If the business was doing so well, then the union should have made an offer that was commiserate with its value. What they probably did was lowball it, assuming they were entitled to have it. Bottom line, the union doesn’t really want to pay for it, but they want to keep their jobs even if the restaurant runs in the red.
MysteriousBug5126
Greedy ownership hope the loose money when the sell the company
18 Comments
I ate there a few times in my life. It was fine.
Sorry for your loss.
They didn’t close suddenly, they were asking employees to rescind their union contract so that they can sell the restaurant without the new owners having to honor the contract. The previous owner died a couple of years ago and this was an passion project for him so he paid employees a living wage. Now that a trust owns it and is trying to sell, they decided to close it so that all employees are now unemployed. They will sell and reopen with a new owner and under paid non-union employees.
I’m just glad I know where they got the sourdough toast and can griddle it at home.
I would pay dozens of dollars for their salsa recipe
Anyone know their pancake recipe? They were the best.
I don’t understand.
Why didn’t the union buy it?
Let me know when they clear the union shit and reopen ill be the first one in the door
Won’t anyone think of the starving cockroaches???
Was it really sudden? I thought they had closed two years ago because I swear they had said they were going to back then…
Absolute travesty. Fucking bullshit.
It was a tradition for me to always go eat there after every con event I went to. Simply walking over to eat a sandwich or some breakfast and then head over to the bus stop to head home. Really sucks that it’s gone just like that.
Does anyone know how to make Pantry’s Ham & Cheese Omelette (or any of their Omelettes)? They are mt wifes favorite. I am a good cook so all I need is a basic recipe. Thanks to anyone who has it.
https://www.bigoven.com/recipe/the-pantry-pancakes/200915
I was there on Sunday at 5:15am. The line was already long. I was lucky enough to get in by 7:45sm. It was nice meeting people and listening to the stories.
I’ve always liked the Pantry for their breakfasts, but people just have to realize not everyone likes to have to pay double digits to park 4 blocks away and having to trudge through dirt and debris and homeless camps and drug needles to get their food, which costs a lot higher thanks to LA City tax and high rents.
That goes for every downtown LA restaurant and other cities that have the same problem.
I prefer to be able to park at the business I patronize, even if it’s a paid lot with their own attendant and be able to just walk in the business.
Federal and state labor rules are frequently flouted in American restaurants.
Since when can a union demand that a business stay open? If the owners want to close, for whatever reason, they can close. Whether for remodeling, to change from a diner to a rotating sushi joint, to a sports memorabilia store—who cares? It’s private property and if the employees aren’t needed anymore, they’re not needed anymore. So what it if they want to offload the property? That’s within their rights. When selling a restaurant, you have two choices: sell it as a working operation, which means you price in the value of the customer base, or you close up shop and sell the assets. If the restaurant’s assets are worth more than it is as a working operation, that’s what they’re going to choose. If the business was doing so well, then the union should have made an offer that was commiserate with its value. What they probably did was lowball it, assuming they were entitled to have it. Bottom line, the union doesn’t really want to pay for it, but they want to keep their jobs even if the restaurant runs in the red.
Greedy ownership hope the loose money when the sell the company