Original Pancake House - South Park

About the Business

Specialties

At The Original Pancake House, we've been providing our community with all-day breakfast and comfort food classics for over 20 years. Ever since the first plate left our kitchen, it has been our mission to offer the best service around. We put only the freshest ingredients into everything we cook to create a difference you can taste. From our famous bacon to our local favorite, made-from-scratch pancakes, we'll have something that everyone will love. So, grab your family or a group of friends, sit down, and let us take care of the rest.

History

Established in 1953.

The Original Pancake House was founded in 1953 by Les Highet and Erma Hueneke. Drawing upon their many years experience in the culinary field and their comprehensive working knowledge of authentic national and ethnic pancake recipes, they were able to offer without compromise this unique and original menu which has gained national acclaim and remains unchanged to this day. These recipes demand only the very finest ingredients such as 93 score butter, pure whipping cream, fresh Grade AA eggs, hardwheat unbleached flour, and our sourdough yeast. Old-fashioned sourdough yeast, just like your great grandmother used to use, is used in many of our batters. It is grown in our own kitchen from a culture of potatoes, flour, sugar, and activated by a "start of yeast." This sourdough yeast produces light, airy, fine-textured pancakes. We blend, roast and grind Original Pancake House Coffee to our exacting specifications to further enhance your meal.

Meet the Business Owner

Business owner information

Marguerite C.

Business Owner

Business partners and sisters Marguerite Carlisle and Catherine Wilson opened Original Pancake House in Columbia, SC on July 26, 1990. They've operated from the current site for 18 years, serving flapjacks, crepes and an array of yummy comfort food to loyal customers.The sisters say they owe their success to having a common vision and calculating where they are going with the business. Wilson says there was never a question about about working so closely together. The sisters split their time between Columbia and two Charlotte locations.The Columbia, SC restaurant celebrated 25 years officially in July 2015.