Food East Earl, Lancaster

Shady Maple Smorgasbord

Name: Shady Maple Smorgasbord
Price range: $$

A place to eat in East Earl, Lancaster, moderately priced ($$) and worth about 1.5 hours. Best time to go: Dinner.

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Shady Maple Smorgasbord in East Earl, Lancaster — Photo: FossilDS · CC0

Why go

Huge Pennsylvania Dutch buffet in East Earl with roast turkey, chicken pot pie, shoofly pie and dozens of other dishes.

It is one of 8 curated places we feature in Lancaster, alongside 2 activities, 2 sights and 2 shops. The closest of our other picks is Kitchen Kettle Village, 6.8 mi away as the crow flies.

Type: Food
Neighborhood: East Earl
Price: $$
Time needed: 1.5 hr
Best time: Dinner

Nearby

The 6 closest curated picks in Lancaster, measured as straight-line distance.

1
Kitchen Kettle Village
Cluster of shops in Intercourse selling jams, relishes, quilts and crafts, in the heart of Amish country.
Shopping · 6.8 mi straight-line
2
Strasburg Rail Road
America's oldest operating short-line railroad, running steam trains through Amish farmland, with Santa trains in December.
Activity · 12 mi straight-line
3
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
State railroad museum across the road from the Strasburg Rail Road, with a hall full of restored locomotives.
Sight · 12 mi straight-line
4
Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery
Lititz bakery opened in 1861, the first commercial pretzel bakery in the US, with short tours and a hand-twisting lesson.
Activity · 14 mi straight-line
5
Lititz Moravian Church
1787 church on Lititz's Church Square, the heart of the town's Moravian settlement, with candlelight services at Christmas.
Sight · 14 mi straight-line
6
Lititz Springs Inn
Historic inn on the main square of Lititz, long known as the General Sutter Inn, with the Bulls Head pub downstairs.
Stay · 15 mi straight-line

On these curated routes

Shady Maple Smorgasbord is a stop on our Philadelphia, Longwood & Lancaster route. Open it to see the full day-by-day plan.

Philadelphia, Longwood & Lancaster
Market stalls, garden lights and steam trains
5 daysStop 3 of 3Best Late Nov – Dec

More to do in Lancaster

Shady Maple Smorgasbord is our only food pick in Lancaster; here is what else we recommend there. See the full Lancaster guide.

Lancaster Central Market
Brick market hall that calls itself the oldest continuously operating public farmers market in the US, with Amish and Mennonite stands.
ShoppingDowntown$

When to go

Average daily highs in Lancaster run from 37°F in January to 86°F in July; June is usually the wettest month. For Shady Maple Smorgasbord itself, we suggest: Dinner.

Modelled monthly averages for Lancaster from NASA POWER, not a forecast. Full Lancaster weather by month.

Getting there

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Coordinates: 40.11855, -76.03229
Destination: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Website: shadymaple.com