King's

271 S. Main St., Newtown, CT - (203) 426-6881

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Posted By Michael Stern on June 11, 2002 6:05 PM

Don't be frightened off by the fact that King's (formerly known as Leo's) boasts of its gourmet meals. What's served here is Roadfood par excellence. Looking for a pair of extra-large eggs, sided by buttermilk pancakes or home fries and toast? There's no place we know for miles around that makes a better classic breakfast. If you want it dolled up, you can have a slice of grilled raspberry bread or apple bread on the side, or excellent sausage or corned beef hash.

Good as the ordinary egg breakfasts are, King's is a place to eat way beyond the ordinary. The menu is huge, including a selection of malted Belgian waffles, French toast made from challah bread, cheese blintzes, potato pancakes, and a full page of "breakfast specials." These latter include the "Cape May" -- lobster and shrimp crabcakes topped with poached eggs, the "Blue Brothers" -- blueberry bread French toast AND blueberry pancakes topped with blueberry cream sauce, and the "Pumpkin Patch" -- pumpkin cinnamon bread French toast with pumpkin cream sauce.

As at breakfast, lunch can be built of expectable items -- hamburgers, hot dogs (superb all-beef hot dogs!), roast turkey sandwiches, BLTs -- but there are extra-special items, too. In particular, you need to know about Bocco bread sandwiches, made on round pizza bread grilled with garlic butter and topped with a choice of eggplant, chicken, shrimp, tuna, a half-pound burger, or mixed veggies. Also notable is the New York deli wrap, a hot roll-up of pastrami and corned beef with drippy Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and Russian dressing ... in a tortilla (!), no less.

Finally, we need to mention milk shakes and malts, made from top-quality ingredients and served in abundance, ice cold.

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Posted By Edward Rockman on June 4, 2011 12:08 PM

Great sausage gravy with biscuits and poached eggs.

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