Memorable | One of the Best
Kitchen Little
Review by: Michael Stern
Kitchen Little isn’t little anymore. Now located at the Mystic River Marina in a spacious place overlooking docked boats, it is far from the extremely cute 400-square-foot diner it used to be. It has become a picturesque restaurant with a panoramic view.
The breakfasts and lunches we’ve had since the expansion are reassurance that all is well; nothing was lost in upgrade. The menu has all the familiar items, including the wonderful S’medley, which is scrambled eggs combined with melted cheese, fried potatoes, sausage, mushrooms, and onions. The S’medley was named to honor Susan Davis, the woman who first transformed the original little building that had once been a private home, then a rug shop, then a greasy spoon, into Kitchen Little back in the late 1970s.
Another highlight from the breakfast menu is The Portuguese Fisherman, which is scrambled eggs, sausage, peppers, onions, and jalapeno cheese with a Portuguese English muffin. If you’re watching your cholesterol, you can have an omelet made with just one yolk and three whites, filled with spinach, tomatoes, mushrooms, peppers, onions, and carrots, with health nut toast on the side.
Lunch is not a mere footnote. There are fine, big hamburgers, world-class fried clams, and superb Southern New England Style clam chowder. That’s the clear-broth variety, steel-gray and briny, loaded with tender nuggets of clam — a great winter-warm-up meal.
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| Price | $$ |
| Seasons | All |
| Meals Served | Breakfast, Lunch |
| Credit Cards Accepted | No |
| Alcohol Served | No |
| Outdoor Seating | Yes |
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Kitchen Little Recipes
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What do you think of Kitchen Little?
One Response to “Kitchen Little”
Elaine Kalweit
December 12th, 2007
My husband and I went to Kitchen Little for the $12 hot lobster roll that was listed on Roadfood.com. We didn’t care that it was a small place to eat with no frills. We walked in, sat down, and ordered the hot lobster roll, which we were dying for. We never looked at a menu, we knew what we wanted. My husband asked for onion rings, they didn’t serve them, only fries. We said fine. Service was quick and the lobster was served on a toasted split hotdog roll. There was a fair amount lobster, a combination of tail and claw meat, flavored with a small amount of garlic and melted butter. It was a good lobster roll.
We each received about five french fries each and the fries were good, crisp and golden, but a little greasy. However, the problem wasn’t the lobster roll, it was the price. The lobster rolls were $19.99 each. To top it off, I didn’t get a fork. We won’t go back. Disappointing!