
From the classroom.
Before the Pantry, Chris Thompson taught biology and Charlotte worked in events. He cooks; she runs the front of house.

A brunch café on the corner of North West Circus Place in Stockbridge, opened in 2012 by Chris and Charlotte Thompson, cooking with local, seasonal produce.
On a corner of North West Circus Place, a green-painted front with a wooden sign reading Pantry hangs over stools and tables set out on the pavement, where people wait their turn on a busy morning.
Inside it is narrow and cheerful. Marble-topped tables and mismatched chairs line a dark green wall hung with framed illustrated posters, beside a panelled wall of wooden slats, and bistro tables run along a teal and black wall beneath white grid tiles and a looping pink neon sign about a kiss. The plates are brunch at its most generous: poached eggs with burrata and roast tomatoes, pork belly with a poached egg, avocado on toast, and rhubarb with sorrel and crumble. Arrive early, or put your name down and wander Stockbridge until the message comes.
Breakfast, brunch and lunch.
There are no bookings: at busy times you join a queue online and get a message when the table is ready, rarely more than fifteen or twenty minutes. There is a second Pantry in Bruntsfield.
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Before the Pantry, Chris Thompson taught biology and Charlotte worked in events. He cooks; she runs the front of house.

It opened in December 2012, after five years of planning, saving and research.

They spotted the empty shop on a walk just before their first son was born, rang the number on the door, and were agreeing the rent with a newborn in their arms.

The Sunday Times called its eggs Benedict reason alone to come to Edinburgh.

The menu follows local and seasonal produce, so it can change from one day to the next.

New places, news and stories, as we find them.
What is on in EdinburghOn the corner of North West Circus Place in Stockbridge.
Circus LaneA curving cobbled mews of the early 1800s behind Royal Circus.Under a mile 1 min by road
Golden Hare BooksAn independent bookshop on St Stephen Street, its books shown face out.Under a mile 1 min by road
Saorsa GalleryThe studio and gallery of the painter Tommy Fitchet.Under a mile 1 min by road
Smith & GertrudeA wine and cheese bar opened in 2015, with cheese to match every glass.Under a mile 1 min by road
StockbridgeAn old village on the Water of Leith, with a market arch of 1825.Under a mile 1 min by road
St Bernard's WellA figure of Hygeia, goddess of health, by the Water of Leith.Under a mile 1 min by road
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