For the foreseeable future our new hours are:
Friday, Saturday 7-2
Sunday 7-1
Monday, Tuesday 7-2

Closed on Wednesday and Thursday

We are sorry for any incovenience this may cause our customers. We’ve been open 7 days a week for pretty much our entire tenure as owners, but times change and for a while at least we will be operating for 5 days only. Thanks for understanding.

Steve & Mary

Special Announcement! We will be open from 7am — 2pm on Sunday, May 10 for Mother’s Day!

To show our appreciation to mothers everywhere, we will be offering mothers a 20% discount on their meal. As an additional bonus, if you mention you saw this post on our website or saw it on twitter, mothers will instead receive a 50% discount.* Be sure to tell your server!

But that’s not all we have in store for you. We will be offering a variety of featured items including a Fresh Fruit Cup, Eggs Benedict with Smoked Ham or Bacon, Eggs Florentine for the vegetarians and an Asparagus Omelette with Hollandaise. For the meat lovers a Bacon and Asparagus Omelette with Hollandaise will be offered. Offer a toast to your Mom with a Mimosa or Bloody Mary. View our Mother’s Day Weekend Specials here.

There will also be Bread Pudding French Toast, Waffles with Fresh Strawberries, and Pancakes with a variety of fruit offerings. As always our entire menu will be available from 7am — 2pm on Sunday.

We are also introducing a new item this weekend: Grilled Kielbasa with BBQ Baked Beans served with 2 Eggs and Toast. Steve is now making his own BBQ Baked Beans and they are fantastic!

We hope to see you this weekend so we can wish you a Happy Mother’s Day in person; if you can’t make it, we look forward to seeing you soon — Spring has arrived in the White Mountains!

*Discount does not apply to alcoholic beverages.

Can summer be far away? There is lots of activity at Whale’s Tale Water Park. Workers are in revival mode — preening, painting and repairing the sleeping giant. It won’t be long now before throngs of kids line the stairways to water slide heaven! With the temps hitting the 90’s this week I’m sure they’d have been pretty busy if they’d been open. A few hot days in April makes us all long for summer, but it will be June before they get the place in tip top shape. Until then, we can all ride the waves and shoot the slides in our dreams.

— Steve

I’ve seen 6 moose in the last 2 days. I’m sure if I went out moose-spotting again tonight I’d see more. They seem to be everywhere. Mary and I went moose-spotting last night around 7:30. We headed toward Rt. 2 in Jefferson via some lonely dirt road that intersected with the road to Jefferson Notch. We saved that treacherous (but beautiful) stretch of road for a bit later in the spring. For now we were headed in the direction of Gorham on the Valley Rd. in Jefferson along the Israel’s River. No moose. When we reached Rt. 2 we headed west, and then took a left on 115, heading for home. It was dark now, but we were still on the lookout for moose, this time hoping we didn’t find one in the middle of the road. We crept along at about 40 mph and suddenly — about a mile from where we turned — we saw a dark shadow against the woods to our left. There he (she?) was, nibbling away at the salty grass on the opposite side of the road. I made a u-turn and pulled up beside the gnarly creature. It was a yearling — just separated from its mother most likely. It’s that time of year where the year-old calves separate from their mothers before the spring birthing season. We sat for a while watching with the lights from the car illuminating the little (ok, it’s still a moose —  he’s not *that* little) guy. Then Mary opened her window and started talking and his ears came to life  — flicking and bending on every word for about 5 minutes; he then obviously got bored with the conversation and began to walk south along the highway. I guess this was our signal to head home. We were annoying him most likely, but we did get to see our moose.

I’ve seen 5 others. At 5:30 am, on my way to work, I saw a bull moose — antlerless at this time of year — in the field near our house. Then as I was headed along Rt. 3 toward Franconia Notch I saw a mother and yearling feeding along the side of the road. I rarely stop because I always feel as though I’m annoying them. That was 4 moose in one day.

This morning as I drove toward the Upper Falls of the Ammonoosuc River for a short hike I saw another mother and calf standing in a swampy area just off the road. They looked up as I slowed but continued to do what moose do at 6am which is to just stand still doing very little as they wait for tourists to stop and take pictures. The waters are running wild and high right now as the snows are rapidly melting off the Presidentials. It’s a great time to take in the rapids and gorges in the area. The roar of the water is amazing, but the trails are still a quagmire with lingering patches of ice to make walking just a bit more interesting.
Did I mention I saw a fisher cat too?

— Steve

Loon Mountain officially closed yesterday — 12 April — for the season. On my way to the restaurant, I spotted two moose in Franconia Notch, and one of the bears was out of hibernation and standing on a perch over at Clark’s Trading Post. Mount Washington is still covered in snow, the grass is still brown and there are no signs of buds on the trees, but I’m hopeful that spring green will make an appearance soon!

What does this mean at King’s Corner? Well, just because the mountain is closed doesn’t mean we are! We’re here year ’round, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year. This past weekend we had fresh strawberries and asparagus, and the Southwestern corn chowder and cornbread was flying out the door. We’ve had visitors from Maryland, the UK and Israel. And of course lots of folks from southern New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont and Maine. We’re gearing up for Patriot’s Day and school vacation week and hoping that we’ll have some great spring hiking weather for everyone to enjoy.

If you’re in the area, be sure to stop in and say hello! And we’ll tell you the best places for moose-spotting.

— Mary

You asked … and asked … and asked … and finally, we listened. Eggs Benedict is now on the features board at King’s Corner Cafe! Apparently there’s conflicting stories as to the origins of the dish, but whoever invented it, we’re now offering it. Exactly what *is* Eggs Benedict? It starts with a toasted English Muffin base (we use only sandwich-size Thomas’ English Muffins at King’s Corner). A layer of grilled ham or bacon is added (your choice!) to each half, followed by two poached eggs. The whole thing is then topped off with Hollandaise sauce.

We also have a new Benedict Omelette for those that prefer their eggs omelette-style instead of poached — a ham and spinach omelette topped with Hollandaise sauce.

So if Eggs Benedict is your favorite breakfast treat, you can now get it at everyone’s favorite breakfast spot. King’s Corner Cafe. See you soon!

The Best of Chefs is an opportunity for local restaurants to showcase themselves to an audience of at least 300 guests, all for a very worthy cause — the Lincoln-Woodstock Community Child Care Center. This is our first year participating, and Steve will be serving his Southwestern Corn Chowder with tortilla chips along with our A&E Roastery coffee.

Featuring Southwestern Corn Chowder

I have to say that Steve’s Southwestern Corn Chowder is my absolute favorite of all of his soups, chowders and chilis. Preparing to feed a group of 300 people is a bit of a stretch for us – King’s Corner Cafe only seats 40 at most. He’s making about 8 gallons of chowder and has been prepping for the past couple of days – cutting potatoes, roasting corn, and doing whatever else it is that chefs do.

and A&E Roastery Columbian Melange Coffee

As for me — I’m in charge of the coffee. We’re bringing some of our Monin Natural Syrups, as well as the Ghirardelli Barista Chocolate Sauce for mochas. We finally ordered some 4oz coffee cups that we’ll use for the chowder as well as the mini-mochas, and will now have something reasonable to use for espresso-to-go.

Steve still has to print out menus and signage. The big event is Sunday, March 29, from 6-8pm at the Beacon Resort on Route 3 in North Lincoln, NH. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door. A donation of $20 per person is appreciated.

What happens when you take two shots of espresso and add 6-8 ounces of water? You get a cup of coffee that’s more flavorful and less bitter than a traditionally-brewed cup!

How can this be?

The same amount of ground coffee is used to brew a double-shot of espresso as a cup of coffee; the difference is in the amount of time the grounds are in contact with the water. Less contact means only the best flavor is extracted and the bitterness is left behind. Adding hot water will result in a cup of coffee that’s similar in brewed strength rather than the more intense espresso, but without any loss in flavor.

That’s what we’ve been this week! The three-day Presidents’ Day weekend was the start of February school vacation week for most kids in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and lots of families headed to Lincoln New Hampshire for a week of skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, winter hiking, and relaxing in front of a warm fire while the snow falls outside.

While that may sound too picturesque to be true, we’ve had fantastic weather this week and it continues to look like a fantasy winter wonderland here in the White Mountains.

We started off the long weekend by introducing our new comment cards. Unlike a traditional comment card where the customer would check off a few boxes and then leave it on the table, these cards are meant to be taken with you as a reminder to spread the word about your great experience at King’s Corner Café. There’s also a link to a survey which, if completed, will get you a coupon good for $2 off your next meal (there’s an extra unadvertised bonus if you’re a local). We ask if we failed to meet your expectations in any way that you let us know so we can not only make it right, but ensure that we fix the problem so it doesn’t happen again.

So what’s the result so far? While we’re accustomed to folks telling us how much they enjoyed our food, our staff, and our atmosphere, we’re noticing lots more people are taking the time to tell us how much they enjoyed their visit. We’re also starting to see some surveys come in, as well as Yelp reviews being posted.

There’s still another week of school vacation to go — most New Hampshire and Vermont districts started their vacation today. That means it’s going to be another busy weekend and busier-than-usual week, and we’re looking forward to meeting more future ambassadors for King’s Corner Café.

— Mary

We try to offer a variety of intriguing “specials” in addition to our regular menu. Steve can’t help but be creative in the kitchen, putting his own special “twist” on old favorites. These items are more likely to have limited availability; your server will let you know if we’re out of anything.

Shepherd’s Pie or Lasagna?

A huge hit with locals as well as visitors enjoying all that Loon Mountain has to offer has been our Shepherd’s Pie. Guinness Stout differentiates ours from the rest! Gaining in popularity is our lasagna – traditional meat lasagna, spinach and meat lasagna, and portobello, spinach and meat lasagna are just three of the recent variations to make an appearance.

Steve says the secret to any great italian dish is a slow-roasted savory sauce. He gets lots of compliments… all of which are taken with sincere humility and appreciation. His tomato sauce is made with sweet Italian sausage, ground beef, and roma tomatoes. The rest of the ingredients are hush-hush, but you ‘chefs’ out there know what goes into a great sauce! If you have any hints or just want to exchange ideas drop Steve a note.

Open-faced Roasted Turkey Sandwich

A long-time favorite is our open-faced turkey sandwich with gravy and cranberry sauce on the side. Our turkey breast is slow roasted right in our kitchen. It’s tender and delicious and also makes great sandwiches — you can have them made in the morning and take them with you to the mountain! Chips and a pickle come with every sandwich.

The King’s Beef Stew

No Winter menu would be complete without beef stew. The King’s Beef Stew is made with beef purchased locally at Wayne’s Market in N. Woodstock. They have really nice cuts of beef at some pretty competitive prices and it’s always fresh. We highly recommend their butcher shop.

Crepes

Last but not least — Crepes! Introduced over a year ago, the Crepes at King’s Corner have been building momentum as Steve been adding to the list of options for stuffed crepes. The latest offering are crepes stuffed with caramelized bananas and drizzled with Ghirardelli chocolate syrup. They’re a huge hit! We also have crepes stuffed with our own baked apples and drizzled with Ben’s Pure Maple Syrup as well as Ricotta and cocoa stuffed crepes with a pure raspberry reduction. So hard to choose!

Come on in and try some of these new menu items. And let us know that you found out about our specials on the web!

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As always, thanks for stopping by!

— Mary