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Perkins Restaurant & Bakery launches new menuPerkins Restaurant & Bakery launches new menu

New items include skillets, burgers and benedicts

Bret Thorn, Senior Food Editor

March 1, 2018

2 Min Read
Perkins Restaurant & Bakery Launches new menu
Perkins Restaurant & Bakery

Memphis-based Perkins Restaurant & Bakery has launched a new menu featuring new breakfast and supper skillets as well as burgers and a variation on eggs Benedict.

The new items are:

California Avocado Benedict: Two basted eggs, avocado, Applewood smoked bacon, roasted tomatoes, pepper Jack cheese, hollandaise sauce and garlic seasoning atop an English muffin, served with hash browns and fruit, $10.79 may vary by location

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Three breakfast skillets have been introduced, priced at around $9.49-$9.99

Spinach & Mushroom Skillet: Spinach, onions, cremini mushrooms and roasted tomatoes with egg whites over homestyle seasoned potatoes
The Everything Skillet: Diced grilled ham, cremini mushrooms, green peppers, tomatoes, onions and American cheese with two eggs over homestyle seasoned potatoes
The Big Country Skillet: Pork sausage, applewood smoked bacon, smoked ham, American cheese and cream gravy with two eggs over fried smashed tots

Three supper skillets, available at lunch and dinner, have been introduced, priced at around $10.79-$12.99.

Balsamic Glazed Salmon Skillet: Atlantic salmon with sautéed cremini mushrooms, sweet red onions, zucchini, summer squash, red bell peppers and oven roasted tomatoes served over fresh spinach and herb rice pilaf with white balsamic vinaigrette
Kickin’ Chicken Tortilla Skillet: Black bean and sweet corn relish topped with Cajun pulled chicken, sour cream, tortilla straws, American cheese and avocado in a seasoned broth, served over herb rice pilaf
Steak & Peppers Skillet: USDA Choice steak tips with red bell peppers, caramelized onions, cremini mushrooms and beef gravy, served over homestyle seasoned potatoes

Perkins has also introduced five new burgers all with Angus beef prepared medium well priced at $9.99-$10.99 with choice of fries or a cup of soup:

The Breakfast Burger: Topped with seasoned hash browns, maple bacon, cheddar cheese and a fried egg on a warm brioche bun
The Frisco Burger: Two beef patties, fried onion rings, American cheese, lettuce, tomato, sweet red onions, pickles and Thousand Island dressing on Parmesan sourdough bread
A1 BBQ Bacon Burger: Topped with a blend of A1 steak sauce and barbecue sauce, caramelized onions, pepper Jack cheese, black pepper bacon and Onion Tanglers on a warm brioche bun
Sweet ‘N Spicy Sriracha Burger: Topped with candied jalapeños, poblano queso, Sriracha bacon, cheddar cheese, smashed tots, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles and sweet red onions on a warm brioche bun
Classic Cheeseburger: Topped with cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, sweet red onions, pickles and signature sauce on a warm brioche bun

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About the Author

Bret Thorn

Senior Food Editor, Nation's Restaurant News

Senior Food & Beverage Editor

Bret Thorn is senior food & beverage editor for Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality for Informa’s Restaurants and Food Group, with responsibility for spotting and reporting on food and beverage trends across the country for both publications as well as guiding overall F&B coverage. 

He is the host of a podcast, In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn, which features interviews with chefs, food & beverage authorities and other experts in foodservice operations.

From 2005 to 2008 he also wrote the Kitchen Dish column for The New York Sun, covering restaurant openings and chefs’ career moves in New York City.

He joined Nation’s Restaurant News in 1999 after spending about five years in Thailand, where he wrote articles about business, banking and finance as well as restaurant reviews and food columns for Manager magazine and Asia Times newspaper. He joined Restaurant Hospitality’s staff in 2016 while retaining his position at NRN. 

A magna cum laude graduate of Tufts University in Medford, Mass., with a bachelor’s degree in history, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Thorn also studied traditional French cooking at Le Cordon Bleu Ecole de Cuisine in Paris. He spent his junior year of college in China, studying Chinese language, history and culture for a semester each at Nanjing University and Beijing University. While in Beijing, he also worked for ABC News during the protests and ultimate crackdown in and around Tiananmen Square in 1989.

Thorn’s monthly column in Nation’s Restaurant News won the 2006 Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award for best staff-written editorial or opinion column.

He served as president of the International Foodservice Editorial Council, or IFEC, in 2005.

Thorn wrote the entry on comfort food in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, 2nd edition, published in 2012. He also wrote a history of plated desserts for the Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets, published in 2015.

He was inducted into the Disciples d’Escoffier in 2014.

A Colorado native originally from Denver, Thorn lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Bret Thorn’s areas of expertise include food and beverage trends in restaurants, French cuisine, the cuisines of Asia in general and Thailand in particular, restaurant operations and service trends. 

Bret Thorn’s Experience: 

Nation’s Restaurant News, food & beverage editor, 1999-Present
New York Sun, columnist, 2005-2008 
Asia Times, sub editor, 1995-1997
Manager magazine, senior editor and restaurant critic, 1992-1997
ABC News, runner, May-July, 1989

Education:
Tufts University, BA in history, 1990
Peking University, studied Chinese language, spring, 1989
Nanjing University, studied Chinese language and culture, fall, 1988 
Le Cordon Bleu Ecole de Cuisine, Cértificat Elémentaire, 1986

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