I remember stopping more than once with my family at Roadside America in Shartlesville, Pennsylvania. The area is tinged with Pennsylvania Dutch and Amish signs, sights, and food; the attraction itself houses a miniature America and was first opened in its present location in 1941; the display has been unchanged since the early 1960s.
When I lived in Philadelphia in the 1990s, stopped by a few times in transit, always adding a meal at Haag's Hotel and Family Restaurant. From their website: "Haag's Hotel and Family Restaurant on old U.S. Route 22 (Hex Highway) just off I-78 in the center of Shartlesville, PA, 45 miles East of Harrisburg, PA, has been serving Pennsylvania Dutch Food for six generations under the ownership of the same family." Essentially German food served up country or farmer style, usually including a wide variety of meats and sides and enough to feed a small army. Let's not forget birch beer and shoe-fly pie!
At some point, a little more on Amish country and on the Roadside America books (though not affiliated with the Pennsylvania original), guides to usually offbeat attractions throughout the USA.
Today's Rune: The Self.
At some point, a little more on Amish country and on the Roadside America books (though not affiliated with the Pennsylvania original), guides to usually offbeat attractions throughout the USA.
Today's Rune: The Self.
2 comments:
Erik, I typically do not care for German food, but beer and shofly pie(?) works for me!
I never knew that shofly pie was German. The mini America sounds neat.
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