09/30/2026
🥞 FROM DORM ROOM PANCAKES TO AN AUSTIN DESSERT BRAND 🥞
JP's Pancake Company officially launched in 2019, but founder John Paul Udenenwu had already been making pancakes for years 👨🍳
He started while working as a line cook and dishwasher at Taco Cabana, then began making pancakes at parties and eventually serving them out of his dorm. What started as a party trick slowly turned into a business.
The concept is pretty simple but memorable: three fantastic pancakes served in a cup, then loaded with different flavors, toppings and syrups.
JP says he always thought of pancakes more as a dessert, so he built the company around that idea.
Today, JP’s has 5.0 stars with more than 500 Google reviews and has grown beyond the food truck into Austin catering, weddings, corporate events, apartment communities, festivals and more.
Udenenwu was named to Forbes’ Next 1000 list in 2021, but he says the part he’s most proud of is much simpler: regular customers coming back and introducing JP’s to their friends ❤️
Austin is still at the center of the company. The next phase is more events, local partnerships, college campuses and eventually growth beyond Austin without losing where the brand started.
His dream collaboration? A JP’s coffee shop tour around Austin. ☕️🥞
The long-term goal: when people think about Austin food and Austin dessert, he wants JP’s to be one of the names they remember.
12005 US-290, Austin, TX 78737 📍
(20 min from central Austin)
⭐️ 5.0 Google rating | 508 reviews
🕐 Thursday–Sunday | 5–10 PM