The Original Pantry Cafe was a coffee shop and restaurant in Los Angeles, California.

[3] That tradition ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in California, and the restaurant had since been open from 7 am to either 3 or 5 pm, depending on the day.

[citation needed] The restaurant was owned by former Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan and served many celebrities and politicians.

In 1950, The Pantry moved to its location at 9th and Figueroa, and had since been designated as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No.

[11] Part of the building on Figueroa Street became Riordan's Tavern, also owned by the former mayor.

For the celebration of the 90th anniversary of the restaurant in 2014, some people submitted their stories about The Original Pantry Cafe.

Always, every Sunday, her mother and father would bring her to the pantry after mass, allowing her to order whatever she desired.

Scanning the long menu, between the classic Sour Dough French Toast, and the mouth-watering Bacon and Cheese Omelet, she would wrinkle her brow and pretend to consider ordering something different.

The two big men, one with sunglasses and a muscle shirt, and the other with torn jeans, ignore her call to arms.

[4] The wait staff, and even the cook, were known for wearing impeccably starched white dress shirts with black bow ties.

[13] For many years, a gentleman who could have passed as the twin brother of actor Humphrey Bogart worked at The Pantry as a waiter, and was known as "Bogie" by regulars.

[citation needed] The cafe is regularly mentioned or visited by characters in Michael Connelly's series of mystery novels featuring LAPD detective Harry Bosch, including The Black Echo and The Last Coyote.

The restaurant is featured in a scene in Judd Apatow's 2007 comedy Knocked Up, in which Seth Rogen's character informs his father (Harold Ramis) of his girlfriend's pregnancy.