cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message kings family restaurants industry restaurant food service food processing food retailing founded north versailles pennsylvania 1967 key people hartley c. king founder and president products kings family restaurants hartley s choice pies and ice cream number of employees 3 000 website www.kingsfamily.com kings family restaurants is a chain of family restaurants based in north versailles pennsylvania it has locations in pennsylvania and ohio . kings logo has scarlet colored lettering with a saffron outline . contents 1 history 2 menu 3 smoking 4 references 5 external links history edit 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 were 34 locations throughout pennsylvania and one 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 . in july 2009 kings restaurants opened their 34th restaurant in neville island pa . this restaurant was a new concept called kings hometown grille . it features a completely new design and layout as well as a different menu from most king s locations . unlike any other locations in the chain kings hometown grille also offers alcoholic beverages including beer wine and cocktails . menu edit the menu at kings is typical american cuisine . kings is known for their ice cream which is available in eight different flavors . kings is also famous for their frownie brownies . additionally the kings castle had forty scoops though it is no longer available . 1 anyone who actually managed to consume the whole dish would receive a pin . smoking edit kings maintained smoking sections in most of its restaurants until a statewide smoking ban was enacted in pennsylvania in september 2008 . references edit liz at the monroeville location external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kings family restaurants & oldid 743499422 categories companies based in allegheny county pennsylvaniarestaurants established in 1967regional restaurant chains in the united states1967 establishments in pennsylvaniaamerican companies established in 1967hidden categories articles lacking sources from september 2016all articles lacking sources navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 23 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view