Dutch Country: Pit Stops 5 Beautiful Drives
During your scenic road trip through Pennsylvania Dutch Country check out these great restaurants and hotels.
Where to Eat
Pennsylvania Dutch-style dining is a family affair. Diners sit at long wooden tables, passing heaping platters of fried chicken, sausage, buttery noodles, green beans, smoked ham, sauerkraut, potatoes, stuffing, apple butter, thick brown gravy and other lard-laden delights.
Miller's Smorgasbord Restaurant and Stoltzfus Farm Restaurant
For a meal you won't soon forget, stop in Miller's Smorgasbord near Bird-in-Hand, or the Stoltzfus Restaurant, a mile southeast of Intercourse.
Miller's Smorgasbord Restaurant
2811 Lincoln Highway East (Route 30), Ronks, PA 17572
www.millerssmorgasbord.com
Stoltzfus Farm Restaurant
P.O. Box 407, Gordonville, PA 17529
www.stoltzfusmeats.com
Hershey Farm Restaurant & Inn
Near Strasburg and well worth the ride the Hershey Farm smorgasbord features an added bonus: The restaurant's entrance is overlooked by "Amos," a 15-foot barefoot Amish farmer.
Route 896, P.O. Box 159, Strasburg, PA 17579
www.hersheyfarm.com
800-827-8635
Where to Sleep
Farmhouse bed and breakfasts and quaint country inns are scattered throughout Lancaster County, particularly around Paradise, Manheim and Mount Joy.
Amish View Inn & Suite
One of the area's most convenient lodging options is the Amish View Inn & Suites at Bird-in-Hand's Plain & Fancy Farm (www.plainandfancyfarm.com).
3121 Old Philadelphia Pike (Rt 340), Bird-in-Hand, PA 17505
www.amishviewinn.com
866-735-1600
Witmers Tavern Inn
Built in 1725, Witmers Tavern Inn is Pennsylvania's only pre-Revolutionary War inn still lodging travelers.
2014 Old Philadelphia Pike, Lancaster, PA 17602
717-391-9563
The Red Caboose
Near Strasburg, rooms at the Red Caboose Motel are built inside old railroad cars.
312 Paradise Ln., Ronks, PA 17579
www.redcaboosemotel.com
888-687-5005
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