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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; One reviewer said the meat was succulent, another reported the food was &#8220;pretty flippin&#8217; fantastic,&#8221; and a third offered this rather extreme tribute: &#8220;If I were sentenced to death, my last meal request would be a King of King gyro.&#8221;</p><p>All of these remarks, and hundreds of others, all written on colorful Post-it notes, spill over 18 billboards and fill several scrapbooks at King of Kings Gyros, a compact take-out restaurant Eric Negron of Hanover Township owns with his father, Ed, and twin brother, Jason.</p><p>Many of the notes, collected during the past four years since the restaurant opened on Public Square, offer opinions about the food. Others, Eric Negron said, are &#8220;just people leaving their mark, like &#8216;John Doe was here.&#8217;&#8221;</p><p>Some writers leave their mark with a cheerful thought such as &#8220;Mr. Sun came up and smiled at me;&#8221; others with something more cryptic, such as&#8221; Hollywood nwo 4 life,&#8221; which could be a reference to the New World Order of professional wrestling. &#8220;I have no idea,&#8221; Negron said.</p><p>One philosophical type wrote &#8220;How do you keep an idiot in suspense?&#8221; alongside an arrow directing the reader to turn the note over. The other side has the identical message.</p><p>As for artist customers, some of whom Negron considers &#8220;Picassos,&#8221; they&#8217;ve drawn everything from a detailed, all-seeing eye to cartoon characters such as Spongebob Squarepants or Fred Flintstone. One crafted from paper a three-dimensional overstuffed gyro to add to a note.</p><p>Negron&#8217;s own artistry, he said, is making edible gyros &#8212; some from chicken, some from a blend of beef and lamb that he carves from a vertical spit, many of them flavored with a yogurt/cucumber/garlic tzatziki sauce.</p><p>The gyros have lots of fans, but two King of Kings customers who stopped by on a recent Thursday afternoon praised the pierogies, too.</p><p>&#8220;The pierogies are awesome,&#8221; said Rhonda Carl, a King&#8217;s College student who hails from Hegins in Schuylkill County. &#8220;I live close to where Mrs. T&#8217;s Pierogies are made (at the Ateeco facility in Shenandoah) and these are better than Mrs. T&#8217;s.&#8221;</p><p>A fan of both pierogies and gyros, fellow student Melissa Colon of Bethlehem admitted she drew the detailed eye on a Post-it note. She also compiled the scrapbooks at King of Kings Gyros, so while you&#8217;re waiting for Negron to fill your order, you can find plenty of reading material organized into neat categories.</p><p>If you&#8217;re so inclined, you can add your own mark to Negron&#8217;s collection; he tends to keep blank Post-it notes available for the next batch of artists and writers.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Eric Negron looks through a scrapbook of his favorite messages customers have left on Post-it notes at the King of Kings Gyro shop on Public Square. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/web1_TTL102315Gyro1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Eric Negron looks through a scrapbook of his favorite messages customers have left on Post-it notes at the King of Kings Gyro shop on Public Square. </caption0><photoCredit0>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/web1_TTL102315Gyro2.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Pictures and comments on multi-color Post-it notes decorate the walls at King of Kings Gyros. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/web1_TTL102315Gyro2.jpg</photo1><caption1>Pictures and comments on multi-color Post-it notes decorate the walls at King of Kings Gyros. </caption1><photoCredit1>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/web1_TTL102315Gyro3.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">A three-dimensional note featuring an overstuffed gyro is among the most eye-catching Post-its. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/web1_TTL102315Gyro3.jpg</photo2><caption2>A three-dimensional note featuring an overstuffed gyro is among the most eye-catching Post-its. </caption2><photoCredit2>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/web1_TTL102315Gyro4.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Eric Negron holds out one of the King of Kings Gyros that inspire so many comments. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/web1_TTL102315Gyro4.jpg</photo3><caption3>Eric Negron holds out one of the King of Kings Gyros that inspire so many comments. </caption3><photoCredit3>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit3></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/web1_TTL102315Gyro5.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">A writer who signed his name as Raul added his tribute to King of Kings Gyros. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo4>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/web1_TTL102315Gyro5.jpg</photo4><caption4>A writer who signed his name as Raul added his tribute to King of Kings Gyros. </caption4><photoCredit4>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit4></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p><strong>By Mary Therese Biebel</strong></p><p>mbiebel@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta><p><strong>IF YOU GO:</strong></p><p><strong>What:</strong> King of Kings Gyros</p><p><strong>Where:</strong> 37 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre</p><p><strong>When:</strong> 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.</p><p><strong>Call:</strong> 570-991-8630</p><p><strong>Online:</strong> <a href="http://eatmoregyros.com/" target="_blank">eatmoregyros.com</a></p></factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Mary Therese Biebel at 570-991-6109 or on Twitter @BiebelMT</p></shirttailMeta></div>

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King of Kings Gyros customers contribute hundreds of notes/reviews to growing collection at Public Square restaurant in Wilkes-Barre