How many Pennsylvania towns have a food guide on this site?

Eight Pennsylvania places outside the two biggest cities have their own set of guides here: State College, Lancaster, Bethlehem and Allentown, Erie, Harrisburg, Scranton, Gettysburg and New Hope, plus pages for the whole state. Every page is listed in one place, grouped by town.

What's the best way to keep track of restaurants I want to try in Pennsylvania?

Mosey is a food app for keeping track of where you have eaten in Pennsylvania and sharing the good places. For a Pennsylvania trip, make a list, add each place with a note on why it belongs and invite friends to add theirs. Follow friends to see what they rate, and tag each rating to find it again.

What does food in Pennsylvania look like town by town?

Pennsylvania eats by region. Lancaster County and the Lehigh Valley carry Pennsylvania Dutch and Moravian traditions, Harrisburg and Gettysburg sit in the middle with a farm show and orchards, Scranton has Eastern European tables, Erie has the lake, and State College has a university creamery.

Which Pennsylvania foods are worth traveling for?

Hard pretzels from Lititz, whoopie pies and farm stand produce in Lancaster County, Peeps and candy around Bethlehem, Farm Show milkshakes and baked potatoes in Harrisburg, pierogi and nut roll in Scranton, apple cider near Gettysburg and lake perch in Erie each have a story behind them.

Can I rate Pennsylvania places that are new to the Mosey app?

Yes. In the Mosey app, places new to Mosey are added when you rate them or add them to a list, and the app checks their details. You only need the place and a rating to start, then you can add the dish, tags, a photo and a few words.

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Food in Pennsylvania: A Guide to Every Town We Cover

Mosey · November 11, 2026 · 4 min read

Food in Pennsylvania spreads from Dutch country farm stands and coal region pierogi to college-town ice cream, lake perch and the markets of the capital. This page links every Pennsylvania food guide we cover outside the two biggest cities, town by town, and the Mosey app lets you rate what you eat by the dish and keep lists to share. It sits within the US food guides.

What does food in Pennsylvania look like by town?

Think in regions, because the state is long and each corner cooks differently. Lancaster County and the Lehigh Valley carry the Pennsylvania Dutch and Moravian traditions, with pretzels, whoopie pies, candy and farm markets. Harrisburg and Gettysburg sit in the middle, with the state capital's farm show and the orchards of Adams County. The northeast has Scranton and its Eastern European tables, the northwest has Erie and the lake, and State College anchors the center with a university and its creamery. Bucks County and New Hope sit near the Delaware, a day trip from two big cities.

The guides for each town are short and specific, and each starts from something local: a market, a candy factory, a farm show, a creamery or a church kitchen. Go straight to the town on your route, or read across the state if a loop is on your mind.

Which Pennsylvania towns to eat in have a guide?

All of the pages are gathered below by town, alphabetically, with the state-wide pages first. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh have their own guides in the wider US collection.

Pages for all of Pennsylvania

Food in Allentown

Allentown Restaurants on Hamilton Street and Downtown

Food in Allentown, Pennsylvania

Allentown and Bethlehem food guide

Food in Bethlehem

Food in Erie

Food in Gettysburg

Food in Harrisburg

Food in Lancaster

Food in New Hope

Food in Scranton

Food in State College

How can you rate places in Pennsylvania with the Mosey app?

Plenty, and none of it is hard. Rate a place with just the place and stars, then add the dish and a few words when you feel like it. Tag the people at your table, collect the stops of a day into a list and share it with the relatives who are coming. If you are in a borough with few ratings, answer the Best in town questions for it, and when Top 3 reaches your town, name your three favorites. The more modest the town, the more a single rating counts.

The app will also add places it has not met yet, once it has checked their details. No page claims a result for any town. A church-sale pierogi, a roadside whoopie pie and a diner breakfast are exactly the sort of food that deserves a rating from the people who ate it.

Which pages are about the tools?

Three entries cover the app and not a town. One explains the quick Best in town questions. One explains Top 3 and the Local Champion title. One covers the tags raters use, from Farm Producer and Market Stall to Diner and Group Dining. Pick whichever suits your next trip.

How should you choose a first town?

By the weekend you have in mind. A family visit to a university points to State College, a long drive through farm country to Lancaster, a history trip to Gettysburg and a lake weekend to Erie. Whichever you pick, rate what you eat while it is fresh, since the next traveler is standing exactly where you stood.

Carry the Mosey app to your next Pennsylvania table, rate what you ordered and start a list of the towns you would like to visit after this one.

Questions

Common questions

How many Pennsylvania towns have a food guide on this site?
Eight Pennsylvania places outside the two biggest cities have their own set of guides here: State College, Lancaster, Bethlehem and Allentown, Erie, Harrisburg, Scranton, Gettysburg and New Hope, plus pages for the whole state. Every page is listed in one place, grouped by town.
What's the best way to keep track of restaurants I want to try in Pennsylvania?
Mosey is a food app for keeping track of where you have eaten in Pennsylvania and sharing the good places. For a Pennsylvania trip, make a list, add each place with a note on why it belongs and invite friends to add theirs. Follow friends to see what they rate, and tag each rating to find it again.
What does food in Pennsylvania look like town by town?
Pennsylvania eats by region. Lancaster County and the Lehigh Valley carry Pennsylvania Dutch and Moravian traditions, Harrisburg and Gettysburg sit in the middle with a farm show and orchards, Scranton has Eastern European tables, Erie has the lake, and State College has a university creamery.
Which Pennsylvania foods are worth traveling for?
Hard pretzels from Lititz, whoopie pies and farm stand produce in Lancaster County, Peeps and candy around Bethlehem, Farm Show milkshakes and baked potatoes in Harrisburg, pierogi and nut roll in Scranton, apple cider near Gettysburg and lake perch in Erie each have a story behind them.
Can I rate Pennsylvania places that are new to the Mosey app?
Yes. In the Mosey app, places new to Mosey are added when you rate them or add them to a list, and the app checks their details. You only need the place and a rating to start, then you can add the dish, tags, a photo and a few words.