Pancake Parlour is an Australian pancake restaurant chain founded in 1965.[1] It serves breakfast and dessert items, mainly various types of pancakes and crêpes. The Parlour owns 13 locations in Melbourne, where it is well-known, and has one licensee, the Pancake Kitchen, in Ballarat. Its restaurants feature the Lovely! Lady logo, whimsical Pythonesque imagery and machine-like sculptures, which were conceived by a steampunk artist. The Pancake Parlour shares a founder, Roger Meadmore, with several unaffiliated pancake restaurants around Australia.
History
In 1959, Roger and Helen Meadmore, an Australian couple, and their longtime American business partner, Alan Trachsel,[2][3] were on a road trip in the U.S. Every morning, they stopped for breakfast at pancake houses. The Australians would later recall, "Americans served pancakes the way we serve toast".[6]