World’s Largest Pancake Breakfast

The World’s Largest Pancake Breakfast is a great way to meet neighbors and friends as the community sits down at Springfield’s breakfast table in celebration of the city’s May 14, 1636 founding. The menu includes hot, hearty pancakes, bacon, coffee, juice and milk, and lots of local talent.

History

In 1976, Springfield was celebrating the country’s bicentennial and decided to throw a breakfast on Main Street. Ten years later, when the city was celebrating it’s 350th anniversary, another breakfast bash was thrown and there began the friendly competition with Battle Creek, Michigan, the self-proclaimed “Cereal Capital.”

Each year, the two communities battled it out for the “World’s Largest Breakfast” title. First, the focus was on the length of the breakfast table. Springfield set-up a table stretching 2,500 feet on which they dished out 24,000 servings. A month later, the folks in Battle Creek out did the Springfield breakfast by 200 feet of table and 26,787 servings.

In 1987, Springfield switched to cereal and out did Battle Creek with a 3,700- foot table and 27,067 servings of cereal. The table stretched ten city blocks down Main Street, from Gridiron Street to Union Street. Before the “Breakfast Bowl” trophy could be engraved, Battle Creek assembled their own 3,700 foot table and served 30,413 servings. Springfield claimed fowl for their competitor’s table was not in a straight line. From then on, the table got shorter and the focus was on servings until recent years when Battle Creek decided not to release the number of bowls they dished out.

The “World’s Largest Pancake Breakfast” made the move from Main Street to the Eastfield Mall parking lot in 2005 and 2006. The cooking tents and two entertainment areas were strategically placed and then surrounded by volunteers serving coffee, milk and juice. After the hot and hearty breakfast, participants moved in doors for shopping, movies and more.

With the support of the Springfield Business Improvement District and the Sheraton Springfield, the “World’s Largest Pancake Breakfast” made the move to Main Street in Downtown Springfield in 2007. The Springfield Business Improvement District committed their support through 2009, and for 2010.

In 2013, MGM Springfield committed their support to the World's Largest Pancake Breakfast and continue to sponsor the event.

May 17, 2025

8am to 11am

Main Street from State Street to Bridge Street

Admission - Free

Breakfast Tickets

• Adults - $3 per person
• Children - $1

Menu

• Pancakes
• Syrup
• Cabot Creamery Butter
• Coffee
• H. P. Hood Milk
• H. P. Hood Orange Juice
• Springfield Water
• Little Bites

Parking - $10

• I-91 South Garage
• I-91 North Garage
• Convention Center Carpark
• Columbus Center Garage
• Union Station Garage

2024

ENTERTAINMENT

Court Street

Monson Savings Bank

Springfield Police Department

Springfield Fire Department

TD Bank Plaza

Sponsored by TD Bank

TD - TD Bank Moscot

Prize Wheel

Entertainment Stage Sponsor

GoNetSpeed

Bruce Landon Way Stage

8:00am to 9:30am - Sci-Tech Band

9:30am to 10:00am - Speaking Program featuring Vanessa Ford and St. Michael's Academy

10:00am to 10:30am - Mary Ann's Studio of Dance

10:30am to 11am - Springfield Prep Charter School

Harrison Avenue Stage

8:00am to 8:30am - Red Grass Ministries - BRKN Music 

8:30am to 9:00am - Master Lee Taekwondo

9:00am to 9:30am - Martin Luther King Charter School

9:30am to 10:00am - Malik James

10:30am to 11:00am - Libertas Academy Charter School

Costumed Characters

Boomer from the Springfield Thunderbirds

2025 EXHIBITORS

• All Energy Solar
• Alzheimer's Association
• Behavioral Health Network
• City of Springfield - Human Resources Department
• Community Autism Services
• Community Bank, N.A.
• Department Of Children and Families-FOSTER MA
• Eastern States Exposition
• The Farmers Market at Forest Park
• Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts
• Gold Peak Iced Tea
• GoNetSpeed
• Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity
• Green Energy Consumers
• Hampden County Bar Association
• HCS Head Start
• Home Grown Springfield - Sodexo
• Juan F. Latorre III for Springfield City Council
• Libertas Academy Charter School
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School
• Massachusetts Air National Guard
• Massachusetts Army National Guard
• Monson Savings Bank
• New Growth Recovery
• Scouting America
• Springfield Armory NHS
• Springfield City Library
• Springfield Museums
• Springfield School Volunteers
• Springfield Water & Sewer Commission
• Square One
• Stavros Center for Independent Living
• TD Bank
• The Farmers Market at Forest Park
• Western Mass News
• WWLP-TV22

2025

Sponsor

• MGM Springfield

Additional Support

• Monson Savings Bank
• TD Bank

Supporters

• Baystate Health
• Bimbo Bakeries USA
• Cabot Creamery
• Costco
• Eastman - Indian Orchard
• Elegant Affairs
• GoNetSpeed
• Hampden County Sheriff’s Department
• Home Grown Springfield, Sodexo
• H. P. Hood
• Mansfield Paper Company
• MassMutual Center
• Mercy Medical Center/Trinity Health of New England
• MGM Springfield
• Performance Foodservice
• Quality Beverage
• Republic Services
• Sheraton Springfield
• Smithfield Packaged Meats
• Springfield Business Improvement District
• Springfield Parking Authority
• Yellowstone Landscape

Volunteers

• 94.7 WMAS
• Baystate Academy Charter School
• Bethel Child Care Services
• Jack and Jill of Western Massachusetts
• John Boyle O'Reilly Club
• Law Office of Maurice Powe
• Metro Center Association
• Monson Savings Bank
• RFK Academy
• Rock102
• SATCO (PVTA)
• Springfield Code Enforcement/Building Division
• Springfield Department of Health and Human Services
• Springfield Thunderbirds
• Springfield UNICO
• TD Bank
• The MacDuffie School
• The Q 99.7
• UMass Five Federal Credit Union
• United Way of Pioneer Valley
• U.S. Postal Service
• Western Mass News
• Western Mass. Square Round Dance Association
• Zeta Phi Beta Sorority