Here at the Skinny Pancake, we have an unwavering commitment to “the double bottom line”: there is no profit without purpose, and no purpose without profit. Since co-owners and brothers Jonny and Benjy Adler served the first crepe during Burlington’s Jazzfest in June 2003, we set out to “walk the walk” rather than just “talk the talk” of the local food movement. We love Vermont and want to share its bounty with friendly service in an authentic and fun atmosphere, but we have something on top of that to prove: you CAN eat local food every day. Restaurants CAN get their food from the farmers and food producers nearby, rather than from giant agribusinesses, sometimes on other continents. Special occasion restaurants do this now, offering a haute-couture farm-to-table experience. We strive to do it at a price that can be adopted into our everyday lives.

To us, eating local isn’t simply including a gourmet VT food product in every crepe, it’s constructing everything we do to be as local and sustainable as possible while still running a healthy business that brings people together to enjoy great food, music and merriment in our community.