The areas around Elizabethtown have so many quaint restaurants, coffee shops, farmer’s markets, breweries, wineries, dinner theatres, and local PA Dutch foods! Farm fresh eggs, local honey, maple syrup, scrapple and – try some shoofly pie and whoopie pies for your sweet tooth!
Enjoy family friendly restaurants or get fresh groceries to cook yourself!
The saying “You have to taste a culture to understand it” certainly holds very true for the PA Dutch cuisine. Food in the Lancaster area is an tantalizing to the palette and and portions are generally generous. Here are our top picks of places to experience authentic PA Dutch and other local cuisine:
(717) 366-4041
45 N Market St
Elizabethtown, PA 17022
This Elizabethtown restaurant is housed in an over two hundred-year-old colonial-style building in the heart of downtown. As the Elizabethtown’s oldest restaurant, this establishment serves up delicious food prepared according to traditional American recipes. Enjoy such specialities such as Lucky Duck Fries, Creamy Crab Bisque, Black Bean Veggie Burger, English Beer Battered Fish and Chips and a kids menu.
Opening hours:
Mon–Thu 11:00 AM–Midnight | Fri–Sat 11:00 AM–2:00 AM | Sun. 11:00 AM–10:00 PM
LITITZ FAMILY CUPBOARD RESTAURANT AND BUFFET
(717) 626-9102
12 West Newport Road
Lititz PA
With breakfast, lunch and dinner buffets you will be sure to get a taste of local foods! Or order from their menu and give dishes such as Pulled Pork Benedict, LFC Super Patty Melt, or a Peppermint Crunch Brownie. Something for everyone here!
Opening hours:
Monday – Saturday 6:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Friday Breakfast Buffet 6:30 AM – 10:30 AM | Saturday Breakfast Buffet 6:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Friday & Saturday Dinner Buffets 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM (Friday night: Seafood Buffet, Sat night: PA Dutch Buffet)
(717) 944-3301
1 North Union Street
Middletown PA
One of our family’s top favorites for delicious, reasonably priced food for breakfast, lunch or dinner. The restaurant is inside a converted bank from the 1800’s. The salads are so fresh and is perfect as a side or a meal. I love the fried chicken and family members love the battered fish and the large selection of sandwiches. Breakfast portions are filling and the service cant be beat!
Opening hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 7AM – 8 PM | Tuesday CLOSED | Sunday 8AM – 8PM
CAMPUS RIDGE FARM MARKET
(717) 361-2398
1241 Campus Road
Elizabethtown, PA 17022
Located on Campus Road, just outside of Elizabethtown, this locally owned and family operated hidden gem is open seasonally for business, from April through November, offering customers a full range of wholesome produce selections that are grown in the farmsteads fields and gardens.
Opening hours:
Please contact the market for seasonal hours
(717) 367-1246
33 N. Market Street
Elizabethtown, PA 17022
“Groff’s Meats is a local butchershop located in Elizabethtown Pennsylvania and run by the family’s fourth generation owners. Groff’s Meats sells retail and wholesale meats including; beef, pork, poultry, deli items, and specialty foods. These include both fresh and smoked meats.” We absolutely love their bacon and kielbasa and keep some on hand at all times!
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday – 7:30AM to 6:00PM | Friday 7:30AM to 7:00PM
Saturday 7:30AM to 5:30PM | Sunday – CLOSED
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