canadian restaurant . for los angeles landmark see original pantry cafe . the pantry is a canadian restaurant chain based in vancouver british columbia . the first expansion outside the lower mainland began with vancouver island and continued with the development of the okanagan market and into northern b.c. the pantry restaurants are now located throughout b.c. with various locations in alberta and further expansions underway in saskatchewan and manitoba . 1 history edit in 1975 mike and violet hoffman opened the first pantry family restaurant in abbotsford . it was a built on a concept to provide friendly and attentive customer service quality food in a warm friendly atmosphere at affordable prices . the restaurant proved to be an instant success . the pantry gained in popularity and reoriented itself to a casual dining restaurant this concept change included revisions to signage exterior image the interior decor marketing with new trademarks logos uniforms tag lines and menus . the first expansion of the pantry outside the lower mainland began with vancouver island and continued with okanagan and northern british columbia . in the 1990s a new catering banquet and room service program to facilitate the hotels the pantry was associated with . references edit over 30 years of fresh ideas the pantry history . the pantry . 23 january 2009 http www.thepantry.ca about.html . external links edit official website v t e companies based in the metro vancouver area 604 records a & w canada advanced cyclotron systems apparent networks avigilon aritzia army & navy stores ballard power systems best buy canada black box games blenz coffee blueshore financial boston pizza brightlight pictures british columbia maritime employers association broadbandtv corp chc helicopter ctc bank of canada cactus club cafe canada wide media limited canadaupdates canfor canucks sports and entertainment central 1 credit union central heat distribution choices market citizens bank of canada clearly.ca coast capital savings coast mountain bus company commodore books cymax stores dairyland canada dan d foods dollar tree canada d wave systems e comm ea canada ebco industries eldorado gold envision financial fairchild group finning first quantum minerals fortisbc freshslice pizza goldcorp great northern way campus greenpeace gulf and fraser fishermen s credit union happy planet heffel gallery hellbent games hootsuite hothead games hsbc bank canada insights west intrawest ironclad games ivanhoe mines limited jet black games jim pattison group justason market intelligence kerberos productions klei entertainment london drugs lululemon athletica lush north america macdonald dettwiler macdonald realty magma energy mclean group of companies methanex metrolyrics modo car co op nature s path netsentron nettwerk nevada geothermal power new gold next level games nintendo of canada o2e brands ocean productions panago the pantry piranha games plentyoffish premium brands holdings corporation radical entertainment relic entertainment ricky s all day grill ritchie bros. auctioneers shavick entertainment sierra wireless silver standard resources silver wheaton slant six games softquad software stylus sofas synthetic entertainment t & t supermarket teck resources telus tenke mining teradici united front games univar canada vancity vancouver airport services vancouver film studios versacold vision critical west fraser timber west coast air white spot zulu records retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the pantry restaurant & oldid 730386995 categories restaurants in vancouverrestaurants in albertacompanies based in vancouverrestaurant chains in canada navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 18 july 2016 at 18 24 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view