Pennsylvania

Some people drive two hours for a concert. Others wait two hours on a holiday weekend for a…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 19

Some people drive an hour just to buy a box of cold pizza with no cheese on top.…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 19

Pennsylvania takes Halloween seriously, and some of its best scares sit hours apart. From Lancaster County farmland to…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 19

Some road trips are planned around scenic overlooks. Others are planned around a hot dog. Drivers on Interstate…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 18

Some of the best pancakes in Pennsylvania get ordered at 6 p.m. A lot of restaurants cut off…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 18

Route 873 does not look like a road that hides a breakfast legend, but it does. Out near…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 18

Some families plan road trips around national parks. Others plan them around a parking lot so full it…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 18

Some sandwiches are lunch. Others are a two-day project that comes with its own carry-out bag. In a…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 17

Philadelphia has argued about cheesesteaks for generations, and the debate never seems to cool off. Ask a local…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 17

Pennsylvania takes its cheesesteaks seriously, and every region has its own opinion about how one should be built.…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 17

Plenty of diners list soup of the day on the board, but not every pot starts from scratch.…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 17

Pennsylvania has no shortage of breweries, but some of them quietly run kitchens that steal the whole show.…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 16

Most pharmacies feel like a chore you squeeze in between errands. One small shop in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, has…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 16

Some sandwiches are so big they need two hands and a plan. In South Philadelphia, there is a…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 16

Some burger fans will circle a busy Pittsburgh block three times just to find a parking spot, and…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 16

Some sandwiches fit neatly in your hands. Others refuse to follow the rules at all. In Pittsburgh’s Strip…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 15

Some towns ask you to drive somewhere else for the good stuff, but this one puts a trout…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 15

Some pancakes fit on a plate, and some pancakes need a plate that can barely hold them. On…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 15

Some of the best meals in western Pennsylvania are served a few minutes off the interstate, in places…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 15

Some restaurants chase trends every season, and some simply keep doing the same good thing until people cannot…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 14

Some meals come with a side of history, and in Scranton, that history is made of stainless steel.…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 14

Some towns are famous for a chocolate bar. This one built an entire hilltop resort around the idea.…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 14

Some dinners end with a to-go box, and in Pennsylvania that box often holds a slab of prime…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 14

Some people in Harrisburg set their weekend plans around a single sandwich, and they are not shy about…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 13

Some dinners are worth planning a whole evening around, and this one comes with a catch: it only…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 13

Every October, a hillside farm on the edge of Harrisburg fills up with families hunting for the right…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 13

Some Pittsburgh shops open and close before anyone learns their names. This one has been on the same…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 13

Some parks hand out maps. This one hands out a workout, a color-coded trail system, and eight separate…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 12

Ask anyone from south central Pennsylvania what to eat on a gray January afternoon, and chicken corn soup…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 12

Ask someone from Scranton where to get pizza, and the answer usually comes with a short drive south…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 12

Pennsylvania still has places where a root beer float comes from a real fountain and you can grab…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 12

Pittsburgh takes its pierogies seriously, and that is not a small statement in a city where dumplings show…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 11

Some hotels hand you a key and a Wi-Fi password. The inns on this list hand you a…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 11

In Pennsylvania, Friday night has its own menu, and it usually starts with a big piece of fried…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 11

Some towns were built around a church or a courthouse. This one was built around coal, rails, and…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 11

Some Pittsburgh breakfast spots chase every new trend, and some simply keep the grill busy and the coffee…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 10

Some Pittsburgh traditions involve football, bridges, and a lot of black and gold. This one involves a paper…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 10

Philadelphia has a counter where the breakfast question gets a strange and wonderful answer: donuts and fried chicken,…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 10

Two soft chocolate cakes with a thick layer of sweet cream in the middle might be the most…

By Logan Lancaster · Oct 10