What Goes Here: The King George Inn

For more than 200 years, the intersection of King George Road and Mt. Horeb Road has been the place to go. After the last occupant, the Torino Restaurant, closed last summer, the building has been empty while the property owners seek a buyer or new tenant.

So we wondered what residents thought would be good in its place—the property is up for sale with a liquor license included, but a new owner could sell the license and use the property for something else.

Or maybe turn it into a disco...

According to the Warren Historical Society, parts of the current building were built around 1786 as a homestead for an early family. Its first use as an inn and tavern didn't come about until John Smalley bought it for that purchase in 1804.

From time to time, the inn served as the township's meeting place: the Township Committee met there in 1818, 1831 and 1845. After the Civil War, the inn was also a popular getaway for wealthy New Yorkers...and before the stone chapel was finished the Our Lady of the Mount Catholic Church, the inn was home for the church.

And in the late 1990s, it was "Chez Cheese," a gourmet and cheese specialty shop.

So what would you like to see in the inn? If you think another restaurant would be the best idea, what kind would you like to see?