Still Old School
Paul's Pancake Parlor
Eighteen kinds of pancakes. Nobody asked for a brunch concept.
The Story
Pancakes on Brooks Street since 1963. Eighteen kinds, breakfast and lunch all day, and the coffee on early.
Paul’s is on Brooks Street, the road Missoula takes when downtown isn’t the point. Paul Gjording started it in 1963. Missoula local Mike Ramos owns it now.
There are eighteen kinds of pancakes. There are also lunch and dinner plates, for people who walked into a pancake parlor and didn’t want pancakes. Bold choice. Allowed.
Breakfast and lunch run all day, so the syrup schedule is up to you. The room still reads like a family breakfast stop. It never tried to become anything else, and on Brooks Street that counts for a lot.
Order a short stack, and tell us what you used to get when you were a kid.
Why It's Still Old School
Eighteen kinds of pancakes on Brooks Street since 1963, in a room that still feels like a parlor. Nobody ever tried to turn it into a brunch concept, and it shows.
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- Address
- 2305 Brooks St., Missoula, MT, 59801
- Phone
- 406-728-9071
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