Polly's Pancake Parlor

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Polly's Pancake Parlor is a restaurant [1] and gift shop in Sugar Hill, New Hampshire, United States. Polly's has been featured in regional and national publications, garnering "glowing reviews" in Road Food, Every Day with Rachael Ray , Cooking with Paula Deen , the Food Network Magazine, New Hampshire Magazine, and Yankee magazine. [1]

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History

Originally built about 1830, Polly's Pancake Parlor was a carriage shed, later used to store firewood. Polly and Wilfred (Sugar Bill) Dexter turned the shed into a small tea room in the 1930s. In 1938, to promote their maple products, they began offering pancakes, waffles, and French toast - "All you can eat for 50¢." Their daughter Nancy and son-in-law Roger Aldrich took over management in 1949. During the 1960s, they expanded to the point that they were open six months a year (they serve about 50,000 people per season), [2] not three, and the dining room is now three times the original size. Nancy and Roger's daughter Kathie and her husband Dennis Cote are involved full-time in management. [3] [1]

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References

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Coordinates: 44°13′15″N71°46′30″W / 44.22083°N 71.77500°W / 44.22083; -71.77500