Taylor Haus Restaurant

My Family and I moved to Stewartstown last month and we have been exploring the restaurants in the area. This weekend we chose to try Taylor Haus just south of town on RT24. On pulling up it looks pretty old school with a walk up ice cream window in the front kinda like Friendlys or Dumsers. Entering through the side entrance the space is divided into a dining room and a less formal breakfast diner looking space. The wait staff are all pretty young giving the impression of a true family run restaurant. They were all very friendly as we're our fellow dinners as conversations were struck up from table to table. Definitely a very nice family atmosphere of genuine locals who all seem to know each other.

On to the food. The menu is pretty  traditional American Fare.

I ordered the Turkey Platters and got exactly what I was looking for: a generous portion of thick sliced roast turkey covering a big scoop of stuffing with turkey gravy with sides of fries and apple sauce with cinnamon.

My wife ordered one of the specials; a half Broasted Chicken. We'd been hearing about this since we moved up to PA, and decided to finally try it. So the idea is that its breaded liked fried chicken but cooked in a pressure cooker. So the concept itself produces a product that in our opinion is kinda neither here nor there. It's not fried chicken it's not roasted, its a big bowl of OK. This is not a criticism of Taylor at all, I think we just aren't going to be fans of Broasted Chicken.

My 2 year old daughter wanted spaghetti and meatballs, they told us they were out of meatballs, we said OK anyway, then someone in the kitchen went out of their way to make her meatballs, which was very thoughtful and nice!

Upon paying the check at the counter one of the waitresses asked how we liked it. I said it was all very good, to which she replied then you should come back for breakfast as that's what they are best known for. So we'll be making a point to give that a shot!

As we left we noticed the marquis outside says they'll be having Sour Beef and Dumplings at the end of the month. Being a personal all time favorite of mine I'll be sure to check that out!

The take away: Genuine friendly informal family local atmosphere with a menu to match. Well executed traditional American Menu at very reasonable prices.

This place is great for a local "Mom and Pop" restaurant.  The breakfast is always on time and never wrong, anyway you want it Taylor Haus will serve it up, and when the Sour Beef and Dumplings come....look out they make the trip even more worth it.

I present my review of Taylor Haus ("Taylor Hole") in haiku form:

A camouflage cap
For breakfast, get 'er done
Pomp and circumstance