Nashville's Pancake Pantry is now selling bottles of its syrup

Pancake Pantry wants to help improve your home pancake-making game.

The 57-year-old Hillsboro Village restaurant known for its super long lines and 23 varieties of homemade pancakes has started bottling its signature syrup and original cinnamon cream syrup so customers can enjoy the popular pantry staple at home.

Pancake Pantry makes its syrups fresh each day from secret family recipes, according to its website. And customers pour generously — each year, diners consume more than 4,000 gallons of the restaurant's syrup.

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The signature syrup is recommended over pancakes, oatmeal, waffles and granola. The cinnamon cream was created for the restaurant’s popular sweet potato pancakes. Other ways to enjoy it: drizzled on ice cream, pancakes and fruit, or swirled into fresh-brewed coffee.

The signature syrup is now available at the restaurant in 12-ounce bottles for $9.95. The cinnamon cream will be available in the coming weeks for the same price.

Retail sales of the syrup are just the latest in a series of updates new owner Crosby Keltner is making to the restaurant at 1796 21st Ave. S. He’s also working to cut down on wait times and increase efficiency with new features like online ordering and a “Line Cam” where people can view a live internet feed of the line.

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“Pancake Panty is truly a Nashville institution and I intend to preserve all of its tradition while introducing a few changes to keep up with guests’ demands and improve their experience overall,” Keltner said in a statement. “For example, we wanted to be able to offer a quick appetizer for hungry guests so we recently purchased our first oven and have just started offering muffins — they’re not even officially on the menu yet.”

The restaurant also introduced a new merchandise line and started offering gift cards for sale.

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