King is a restaurant in the South Village neighborhood of Manhattan, in New York City.^[1] King opened in September 2016. King serves French and Italian food.^[2]

Jess Shadbolt, Claire de Boer, and Annie Shi founded and own King.^[3] Shadbolt and de Boer met while they both worked at The River Café in London,^[4] and later met Shi, who was then working at The Clove Club.^[5] Before opening King, Shi and de Boer managed a "supper club" together, first in London and then in New York.^[5] The restaurant's interior was designed by de Boer's mother.^[6] King's operators originally searched for a space in Chinatown.^[7] King opened in September 2016,^[7] in a location previously occupied by the restaurant Mekong.^[8]

de Boer has compared the challenges of operating her upstate New York restaurant, Stissing House, to the challenges associated with operating King, saying that King has "no room" but a large number of potential diners, while Stissing House has "loads of room" and a much smaller pool of potential diners.^[9]

Shadbolt, de Boer, and Shi opened a second restaurant, Jupiter, in 2022.^[10][11]

The menu at King changes daily, and staff determines what the restaurant will serve each morning.^[3][7][8] Many dishes do not contain protein, focusing instead on vegetables.^[8] Shadbolt, de Boer, and Shi have said they source ingredients from Union Square Market.^[6] The restaurant consistently features panisse on its menu, which de Boer attributed partially to the fact that the staff enjoys eating it with "a cold drink".^[12]