Pennsylvania Dutch

>>Someone wrote:
>>
>>> I recall stopping by a Pennsylvania Dutch restaurant, probably somewhere
>>> between Allentown and Harrisburg. It had a full bar and a little motel
>>> attachted to it. Does anyone know the name of this place. I think all of
>>> the booths around the edge had little phones for calling card calls. The
>>> service was so-so, but the food outstanding. I'd like to stop there next
>>> week, but need to know the name and where it is.

I've heard a lot about the Shartlesville Hotel - exit 8 on Route 78.  They have family style dining with great food.

Sara

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-> From: [email removed] (Sara Kelley)
-> >>In article ,
-> writes: >>
-> >>> I recall stopping by a Pennsylvania Dutch restaurant, probably
-> somewhere >>> between Allentown and Harrisburg. It had a full bar and
-> a little motel
Sara K. wrote:
-> I've heard a lot about the Shartlesville Hotel - exit 8 on Route 78.
-> They have family style dining with great food.
        In Shartlesville, there are two great hotels alive and well
today that have been operating for years, perhaps over 100. Shartlesville Hotel and Haag's Hotel are both so popular that many times we've attempted to eat at them but didn't want to wait several hours for a table.
        These are both on the main street just off I-78/US-22.
        Right on the Interstate (separated by a fence) is the Blue
Mountain Restaurant Diner which is usually crowded.  We've eaten there a few times but weren't impressed with the service because it took so long.  But we won't hold it against them, because the times were always when they were invaded by the tens of thousands of people heading for Koziar's Christmas Village with it's 500,000 Christmas lights (all c-9 bulbs not the mini's).
        Tiny Shartlesville is also home to the world famous Roadside
America which is one of the largest and oldest indoor miniature villages with "O" gauge (Lionel type) trains.  It's housed in a building the size of a small supermarket.
        Come to think of it the Blue Mountain is by the Fort Motel.