PITTSBURGH \u2014 Gail Klingensmith, co-owner of one of Pittsburgh\u2019s biggest breakfast staples, P&G\u2019s Pamela\u2019s Diner, has died.<\/p>\n
The announcement was made on Tuesday morning on the diner\u2019s Facebook page. Pam Cohen, the other face behind the diner, said, \u201cToday, I lost my business partner, best friend and my \u2018sister\u2018. Gail was the soul of P&G Pamela\u2019s diners.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cohen and Klingensmith launched the original location on Forbes Avenue in Squirrel Hill in 1980, before growing into multiple locations and one of the city\u2019s most well-known breakfast stops with its popular thin pancakes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe started the diners together 46 years ago, a lot of hard, dirty work for many years, but we did it together so it could be fun,\u201d Cohen said in the post.<\/p>\n
In 2008, the restaurant became nationally recognized when Barack and Michelle Obama stopped at their Strip District location<\/a>. The year after, Cohen and Klingensmith were invited to cook a pancake breakfast at the White House.<\/p>\n \u201cShe was the one the Obamas loved. She was the one the employees loved. She was the one most of you loved,\u201d Cohen said in the post. \u201cWe would often tease her, \u201cEverybody loves Gail\u201d.\u201c It would make her mad but it was the truth. I will miss my soulmate every day until the day I die.\u201d<\/p>\n Download the FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n Follow Channel 11 News on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>. | Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n \u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n