The Village Kitchen

dpg · 08-08-2006, 10:50 AM

Just a little thumbs up for the Village Kitchen on rte 25 in Moultonborough. Ate there last week and it was pretty good. Not the biggest or fanciest restaurant in the lakes region but a good meal at a decent price. Their nightly specials (posted on the sign outside) are a great deal and always tasty.

If your looking to eat at a five star restaurant this isn't the place for you just a casual little place with the type of food you'd cook at home yourself. Nope, have absolutely no affiliation with the place either!

hazelnut · 08-08-2006, 12:21 PM

Hands down trhe best, quickest breakfast in the region, IMO.

Lin · 08-08-2006, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by hazelnut

Hands down trhe best, quickest breakfast in the region, IMO.

Excellent breakfasts except for the wait sometimes. We're there several times a year and have enjoyed the dinners there too. It's a comfy place to eat where you can relax.

Newbiesaukee · 08-08-2006, 03:50 PM

Absolutely agree, but I thought everyone knew it. Only controversy is the name. It is the Village Kitchen, but we always call it "country cooking." Must be the sign. Checks or cash only. I like breakfast and lunch the best.

TomC · 08-08-2006, 04:05 PM

and don't drop anything or it'll roll into the big depression in the floor. The center of that building is sinking...

WINNOCTURN · 08-08-2006, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Newbiesaukee

Absolutely agree, but I thought everyone knew it. Only controversy is the name. It is the Village Kitchen, but we always call it "country cooking." Must be the sign. Checks or cash only. I like breakfast and lunch the best.

You stole the words right out of my mouth. How many times have strangers to the area asked where is the “Country Cooking Restaurant”? I say too many times. I think Bob should make the lettering much bigger for the “Village Kitchen” part of the sign.

How about the 2 egg cheese omelet, a side of bacon and rasin toast, that’s my favorite for breakfast. Turkey dinner, large portion, all white meat, who needs Harts.

It’s like most good restaurant around the Moultonboro area, with the summer crowds; you have your last breakfast just before Memorial Day and then go back Labor Day weekend now that “THEY” have gone home. It’s only 8 out of 52 weeks we have to sacrifice.

WINNOCTURN

Pepper · 08-08-2006, 10:04 PM

Village Kitchen offers, in our opinion, the very best breakfast in the region. Hearty portions, excellent selection, and cooked properly (I'm very fussy - my eggs must be over-medium!) We can't get there nearly as often as we'd like, but you can bet we'll be there as soon as the craziness of the season is over!

Waldo and Pepper rate Village Kitchen two very enthusiastic thumbs up!

Lin · 08-09-2006, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by TomC

and don't drop anything or it'll roll into the big depression in the floor. The center of that building is sinking...

What do you mean by cleaner? Our tables and kitchenware have always been clean. The floor, walls and ceilings leaning each year gives it more character. It's just a great place for a relaxed meal. You can't beat their breakfasts and even though there are lines, they are quick.

WINNOCTURN · 08-09-2006, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Newbiesaukee

Absolutely agree, but I thought everyone knew it. Only controversy is the name. It is the Village Kitchen, but we always call it "country cooking." Must be the sign. Checks or cash only. I like breakfast and lunch the best.

You stole the words right out of my mouth. How many times have strangers to the area asked where is the “Country Cooking Restaurant”? I say too many times. I think Bob should make the lettering much bigger for the “Village Kitchen” part of the sign.

How about the 2 egg cheese omelet, a side of bacon and rasin toast, that’s my favorite for breakfast. Turkey dinner, large portion, all white meat, who needs Harts.

It’s like most good restaurant around the Moultonboro area, with the summer crowds; you have your last breakfast just before Memorial Day and then go back Labor Day weekend now that “THEY” have gone home. It’s only 8 out of 52 weeks we have to sacrifice.

WINNOCTURN

dpg · 08-10-2006, 11:02 AM

I agree, we always call it Country Cookin' also. I have never found the place to be dirty. I guess I never walk in inspecting a restaurant for this, I go there to eat. Anything out or the ordinary would catch my eye, nothing in this establishment really does. Some people must find something wrong with anything and everything (no, not picking on absolutely anyone in this thread or on this forum for that matter.) Any place can and will have an off day now and then, that's life.

WINNOCTURN · 08-10-2006, 11:44 AM

Well why don't we just call it by its' local name the "VK"!

WINNOCTURN

ossipeeboater · 08-10-2006, 04:20 PM

good breakfast but lunch/dinner is nothing special. Took my wife to dinner there after having eaten there for breakfast at least a dozen times and it was mediocre.

Cristen · 02-01-2008, 06:23 PM

This place has an awesome breakfast. Love it the morning after a night of drinking!

CanisLupusArctos · 02-02-2008, 01:17 PM

The Village Kitchen is a staple in the northwestern Winni area. My family started going there when it was in the building now occupied by the Center Harbor Diner (1980s.) In winter they had a pot-belly wood stove going in the middle of the room. On those cold winter mornings it was great to sit next to it with Dad and order a Farmer's Breakfast.

When they moved to the present location (late 80s/ early 90s) it was a nice change because of the added space and less wait time. A couple of my high school friends and I used to enjoy sitting in there on snowy winter days and watch the NH-DOT snowplows go by on Rt. 25.

Their specialty has always been breakfast but the lunches and dinners are good enough for those nights when you want to go out to eat for the sake of eating (i.e, no food in the house, your're too tired to cook, etc.) When local squash is in season, that is awesome; you gotta get the squash with your dinner. I believe they still make their own bread, so if you have a choice between pancakes or French toast for breakfast, go for the french toast.

If you want a place to escape the upscale, this is it. A few years ago we entertained some friends from D.C. and they actually chose this place over the upscale - they said it was a welcome vacation from their usual and they loved it. VK feeds plenty of snowmobilers in winter, and bikers in summer... lots of us local people (although we tend to disappear into the crowd in summer).

The food still hasn't changed (a very good thing!) and the irregularities of the building only remind me of the original place. Now if only they'd return the wood stove...

Nagigator · 02-02-2008, 03:45 PM

I miss the cream in the little bottles on each table for your coffee.I'm not much of a coffee drinker, but I always had some there!

08-08-2006, 10:50 AM	#1
dpg Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,560 Thanks: 149 Thanked 229 Times in 166 Posts	The Village Kitchen Just a little thumbs up for the Village Kitchen on rte 25 in Moultonborough. Ate there last week and it was pretty good. Not the biggest or fanciest restaurant in the lakes region but a good meal at a decent price. Their nightly specials (posted on the sign outside) are a great deal and always tasty. If your looking to eat at a five star restaurant this isn't the place for you just a casual little place with the type of food you'd cook at home yourself. Nope, have absolutely no affiliation with the place either!

08-08-2006, 12:21 PM	#2
hazelnut Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,348 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 508 Thanked 462 Times in 162 Posts	Best Breakfast Hands down trhe best, quickest breakfast in the region, IMO.

08-08-2006, 04:05 PM	#5
TomC Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Lakes Region Posts: 547 Thanks: 9 Thanked 29 Times in 20 Posts	Anybody else think it could stand to be a little cleaner? and don't drop anything or it'll roll into the big depression in the floor. The center of that building is sinking...

08-08-2006, 10:04 PM	#7
Pepper Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Laconia, NH Posts: 1,284 Thanks: 409 Thanked 155 Times in 40 Posts	Village Kitchen rocks! Village Kitchen offers, in our opinion, the very best breakfast in the region. Hearty portions, excellent selection, and cooked properly (I'm very fussy - my eggs must be over-medium!) We can't get there nearly as often as we'd like, but you can bet we'll be there as soon as the craziness of the season is over! Waldo and Pepper rate Village Kitchen two very enthusiastic thumbs up! __________________ Never waste time lamenting what was. Simply celebrate what is!

08-10-2006, 11:44 AM	#11
WINNOCTURN Deceased Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Moultonboro Posts: 849 Thanks: 350 Thanked 351 Times in 193 Posts	Village Kitchen Well why don't we just call it by its' local name the "VK"! WINNOCTURN

08-08-2006, 03:50 PM	#4
Newbiesaukee Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Coral Gables, winter; Long Island, summer Posts: 1,349 Thanks: 922 Thanked 569 Times in 295 Posts	Absolutely agree, but I thought everyone knew it. Only controversy is the name. It is the Village Kitchen, but we always call it "country cooking." Must be the sign. Checks or cash only. I like breakfast and lunch the best.

08-10-2006, 11:02 AM	#10
dpg Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,560 Thanks: 149 Thanked 229 Times in 166 Posts	I agree, we always call it Country Cookin' also. I have never found the place to be dirty. I guess I never walk in inspecting a restaurant for this, I go there to eat. Anything out or the ordinary would catch my eye, nothing in this establishment really does. Some people must find something wrong with anything and everything (no, not picking on absolutely anyone in this thread or on this forum for that matter.) Any place can and will have an off day now and then, that's life.

08-10-2006, 04:20 PM	#12
ossipeeboater Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 157 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	good breakfast but lunch/dinner is nothing special. Took my wife to dinner there after having eaten there for breakfast at least a dozen times and it was mediocre.

02-01-2008, 06:23 PM	#13
Cristen Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 143 Thanks: 25 Thanked 11 Times in 6 Posts	The Village Kitchen - Great Breakfast This place has an awesome breakfast. Love it the morning after a night of drinking!

02-02-2008, 01:17 PM	#14
CanisLupusArctos Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Center Harbor Posts: 1,049 Thanks: 15 Thanked 472 Times in 107 Posts	The Village Kitchen is a staple in the northwestern Winni area. My family started going there when it was in the building now occupied by the Center Harbor Diner (1980s.) In winter they had a pot-belly wood stove going in the middle of the room. On those cold winter mornings it was great to sit next to it with Dad and order a Farmer's Breakfast. When they moved to the present location (late 80s/ early 90s) it was a nice change because of the added space and less wait time. A couple of my high school friends and I used to enjoy sitting in there on snowy winter days and watch the NH-DOT snowplows go by on Rt. 25. Their specialty has always been breakfast but the lunches and dinners are good enough for those nights when you want to go out to eat for the sake of eating (i.e, no food in the house, your're too tired to cook, etc.) When local squash is in season, that is awesome; you gotta get the squash with your dinner. I believe they still make their own bread, so if you have a choice between pancakes or French toast for breakfast, go for the french toast. If you want a place to escape the upscale, this is it. A few years ago we entertained some friends from D.C. and they actually chose this place over the upscale - they said it was a welcome vacation from their usual and they loved it. VK feeds plenty of snowmobilers in winter, and bikers in summer... lots of us local people (although we tend to disappear into the crowd in summer). The food still hasn't changed (a very good thing!) and the irregularities of the building only remind me of the original place. Now if only they'd return the wood stove...

02-02-2008, 03:45 PM	#15
Nagigator Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Central Ma. Posts: 290 Thanks: 268 Thanked 55 Times in 39 Posts	those small touches I miss the cream in the little bottles on each table for your coffee.I'm not much of a coffee drinker, but I always had some there!