Great Food from Scratch Signature of Kiss the Cook
Creamy grilled cheese sandwiches, a signature pancake recipe and proprietors who want to know customers by name are all part of the charm of Kiss the Cook.
Kiss the Cook is not a short-order cook kind of restaurant where catching a quick bite is all you need. Instead, it's a homey, comfortable diner where each dish is prepared from scratch and to order. The restaurant opened in July at the corner of Taylor and Durand Avenues because the timing, owner and Sturtevant native Kookie Niemiec said, was right. "My dream was to open a coffee shop with four or five tables," she explained. "But one morning I was taking my grandkids to school and this building had a 'for rent' sign so I thought, 'Well, why not?' I didn't want to say 'shoulda, woulda, coulda' in a few years." Kiss the Cook is a family affair where the proprietors want every customer to feel like family. Almost every position manned at …
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12:18 am on Thursday, April 11, 2013
Thanks Urban Pioneer! I hope you enjoy the dinner as well. We will be offering a 5% discount to those Patch readers that stop in Thursday night to enjoy our dinner menu from 4-8 P.M. to show our appreciation for all the Patch has done for us ... see you there! more ›