Gary's Harvest Restaurant (on Main St) has returned to Wilton and opened up a new restaurant in late 2016 along Main Street in the former Antonia's Greek Kitchen space. The new Gary's is under new ownership, same family and owned by the son of the former owners of the old Gary's Harvest Restaurant, which used to be located along Route 101 in West Wilton at the bottom of Temple Mtn. Their old restaurant building was taken over by Oliver's.
The place was renovated into a casual full service breakfast and lunch restaurant, which has rows of booths & tables and counter seating in the back, and like the old Gary's, each table has a vase of colorful flowers and a tricky triangle peg game. The walls are painted royal blue with white painted wood trim, floors are hardwood and the walls are decorated with various framed Boston sports posters.
The menu offerings are similar to the old Gary's restaurant. The breakfast menu offerings include egg dishes (benedicts, 3 egg omelettes, skillets), hash, pancakes, French toast, muffins, bagels, and sides. The lunch/dinner menu offerings include appetizers, homemade soups & chowders, salads, sandwiches, wraps, burgers, chicken, seafood dinners & baskets, comfort dishes, and homemade desserts. A kids menu (12 & under) is offered and daily specials are posted in the back. On the back of the menu, there are several prayer verses from the Bible.
I stopped in here for lunch very recently after watching the local parade. It was seat yourself and I found an open table in the front window, which has a great view of the Town Hall Theatre across the street. The waitress promptly arrived to take my drink order and I requested a lunch menu, though breakfast is served anytime. I took a few moments to decide on lunch. I was leaning towards fish & chips or a reuben with chips & pickle, but I ultimately went with the Veggie Lasagna ($10.25) served with Side Salad & Texas Toast. The food took about 30 minutes to be served after ordering, though the place was steady with customers, some larger groups finishing up. The Veggie Lasagna was served very hot with layers of soft noodles, cheeses, carrots, spinach, topped with melted cheddar jack & parsley. The side salad on the same plate had fresh leafy greens, tomato, red peppers, red onions, & creamy bleu cheese on the side. The slice of thick Texas toast was soft and buttery.
After I finished, the waitress was all set to bring the check, but I requested dessert. I ordered the Fried Dough French Toast Sundae ($5.99) with topped with vanilla ice cream, maple syrup and whipped cream, sprinkled with powdered sugar & cinnamon sugar. This dessert was excellent and yummy! The thick slice of Fried Dough French Toast was deep fried quick, coated in a thin crispy layer on the outside. This breakfast dessert strikingly reminds me of the Corn Flake French Toast breakfast dessert served at "famous" Koko Head Cafe in Honolulu, which is a deep fried thick slice of French toast coated with corn flakes topped with billionaire's bacon and frosted flake gelato. The Gary's version has no bacon, but topped with whipped cream and less than half the price ($5.99 here) of the very popular Hawaiian brunch place ($14 there).
Overall, I enjoyed the food at the new Gary's Harvest Restaurant on Main St, which was tasty and the portions were just right. The service here was laid back, no hurry. I would definitely return here for breakfast and lunch and probably order that same dessert again!
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