Town Hall Restaurant Blue Ball, PA – Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking

2019 Update: Not much has changed here, thank goodness!

Original 2010 Post:

If you're ever in the Blue Ball PA area, bypass the ginormous Shady Maple compound and head to the Town Hall Restaurant for real old fashioned Pennsylvania Dutch style cooking! Opened in 1955 it's located within the fire hall on route 322.

We came out here over the summer to find the restaurant closed because it was Sunday, but peering in the window I knew it was a contender for the RetroRoadmap, with it's knotty pine decor, green linoleum floor and cheery swivel counter stools.

Now that the weather has turned all grey and freezing, it's perfect weather for hearty, filling PA Dutch food.  I had a twist on my old fave turkey croquettes, and Retroroadhusband enjoyed his burger. I always have to laugh when I go to restaurants like this as to what falls under the "vegetable" category:

Seeing that vintage Hamilton Beach mixer made me want a milkshake  - or frappe, where I'm from. And look - they carry locally made Kings potato chips!

That cake sure made me want a slice, and I thought the pie case with the rotating advertisements on top was just charming, in a low key old fashioned way.

They still have postcards available that show the exterior, and it hasn't changed much since it opened over 50 years ago.

Service was friendly, food was filling and it was much more enjoyable to eat here than to join the busloads of folks up the road!