Kings Family Restaurants

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Kings Family Restaurants

Type
Founded	North Versailles, Pennsylvania (1967)
Headquarters
Key people	Hartley C. King, Founder and President
Industry	Restaurant (food service), Food processing, Food retailing
Products	Kings Family Restaurants, Hartley's Choice pies and ice cream
Employees	3,000
Slogan	At Kings, value rules.
Website	www.kingsfamily.com

Kings Family Restaurants is a chain of restaurants located in the Pennsylvania and Ohio areas.

[edit] History

Kings began in North Versailles, Pennsylvania in 1967 as Kings Country Shoppes. This name was later changed to Kings Family Restaurants to indicate the establishment was, in fact, a restaurant. By the 1970s the number of restaurants had grown to 7, and 21 by the 1980s. As of 2006, there are 34 locations throughout Pennsylvania and 1 in Wintersville, Ohio.

Since 1987, Kings has sponsored the Kings Junior Golf Tournament Series along with the Tri-State Professional Golfing Association.

Kings donates to many charity organizations, including the Leukemia Society of Western Pennsylvania, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Western Pennsylvania.

[edit] Menu

The menu at Kings is typical American cuisine. Kings is known for their ice cream, which is sold in half gallons to take home. The signature dessert at Kings is hot apple pie with cinnamon ice cream. ^{[citation needed]}