In quiet Dallastown, Pa., check out these signs of change
Linked in/Neat stuff: Eating in York, Pa.: York Peppermint Patties & Bricker’s Fries
The opening of the Krua Thai Cafe signals change in Dallastown. First, it’s a productive reuse of an older building – a former bank building. Notice the neat effect of the vault in the background. The exit of the bank from Dallastown several years ago was lamented by some. It was then Dallastown’s only bank. Further, this is probably the first exclusively Thai cuisine to be offered from an eatery in the borough, showing the changing tastes of a changing population in Dallastown and in that southeastern York County region that was historically Pennsylvania Dutch. (See a picture of the cafe’s exterior below and additional photos in this gallery). Also of interest: Basket making and cigar rolling helped put Dallastown on the map.
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Dallastown’s main street – Route 74 – has a couple of Italian restaurants and a Roburritos, whose name suggests the content of its menu. For more about Dallastown’s population, check out this U.S. Census map. And check out this Middletown restaurant that also operates from an old bank building.
Other neat, unrelated stuff from all over … .
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A commenter on a York Peppermint Pattie story on this blog raises an interesting question about the candy invented in York and now made in Mexico.
Mark Galloway wrote:
If you can help Mark, please comment below or on the peppermint pattie story.
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Over at the Fixing York Facebook page, there’ a discussion about a Frank Sinata tribute show at York Little Theatre in December. That caused me to call up this clipping from a local newspaper about Sinatra’s visit to York with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra at the beginning of the singer’s career. They performed at the Valencia in York.
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Iconic Adams County place: This memorable Biglerville business is up for sale
Estate of Marion Thomas Harbaugh, owner of Thomas Bros. Country Store, will be up for auction http://t.co/vQnnHvDH3r pic.twitter.com/VBekfsK8Tq
— YDR online (@ydrcom) July 9, 2015
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History Mystery: More about eating in York County, Pa.
History Mystery: If you’ve been around #YorkCountyPa for even a short time, you’ve probably enjoyed Bricker’s Fries…
Posted by York Daily Record/Sunday News on Friday, July 10, 2015