I used to live in Benton, and I ate at Ed & Kay's regularly. If you are lucky enough to be passing through in the summer months (say mid-June through mid-August), you will be treated to a variety of fresh vegetables grown especially for Kay by local farmers. I remember fresh green beans with new potatoes, squash and sliced tomatoes. If you are truly blessed, you will be lucky enough to come on a day when they have fresh purple hull peas and "fresh pan-fried okra" (if the menu just says "fried okra" then it's not the fresh stuff). The fresh okra has been blackened in a cast iron skillet. I would often get the four vegetable plate and just request a double serving of the pan-fried okra and a double serving of the fresh purple hull peas. Heaven!
"Behold: an Ed & Kay mile-high meringue pie"
Michael Stern
"Here is a slice of the lemon meringue pie. It quivers when the waitress sets it down on the table, and tends to fall apart as soon as you touch it with a fork."
Michael Stern
"PCP = pineapple, coconut, pecan"
Michael Stern
"Family-owned since Pat & Inez Newcomb opened the place in 1952, Ed & Kay's is located just south of Benton on the access road to I-30. It has won statewide awards not only for pie, but for best coffee and best waitresses."
Michael Stern
