While in Gettysburg, we joined one of the town’s newest tours: the Savor Gettysburg Food Tour. Led by Lori Korczyk, you better come hungry to this three hours of culinary goodness. We enjoyed stops at seven locations in downtown Gettysburg.
Garryowen Irish Pub
As I mentioned in Tuesday’s post, I’m usually skeptical of “Irish pubs” in the U.S., but Garryowen is the real-Irish-owned-&-operated-deal. Our first nosh of the tour was courtesy of them, & it was an awesome individual sized shepherds pie. The shepherds pie was so good, in fact, that B later had a full sized giant dish of it for dinner. Garryowen has live music on most weekends &, according to Lori, the “second best burger in town” (I second her recommendation!). There are reports of General Buford sitting on the steps of the building that is now home to Garryowen, which is a testament for how old the buildings in downtown are.
Gettysburg Baking Company
As a self proclaimed carb-a-holic, Gettysburg Baking Company was my favorite stop on the tour. They’ve been making bread in Adams County since 1996 & man is it awesome. While there, we enjoyed a few different tastes from them: a parmesan crostini with their tomato & smoke mozzarella soup, a slice of baguette with a schemer of honey butter (so simple, so good), & a twisted cinnamon-raisin brioche. On our way out of the bakery, the hubcap-sized, beautiful pictured above caught my eye focaccia. They sell out of it daily & I’m bummed I missed my opportunity to get some!
One Lincoln
One Lincoln is attached to the Gettysburg College-owned Gettysburg Hotel, but this is not your typical hotel restaurant. Chef Holmes describes the restaurant as casual comfort & there’s arguably no better comfort food than mac n’ cheese. Throw in some crab & you have one heck of a dish. Also on the menu are two of President Lincoln’s favorite dishes: chicken fricassee & chicken pot pie (our 16th president clearly knew good food!).
Hauser Estate Winery Tasting Room
Hauser Estate Winery has a tasting room right on Lincoln Square where they serve flights & full glasses of their red & white wines, as well as Jack’s Hard Cider. We sampled one of each: Jennie Wade White, a 100% Vidal which is aged in steel tanks, resulting in a crisp, clean table wine; Devil’s Den Red, a super fruity cab franc which went perfectly with a piece of chocolate; & Helen’s Blend, a hard cider made with honey crisp apples. We enjoyed all of them, but surprisingly, the cider was my favorite.
Cafe on the Square
Cafe on the Square is a little sandwich & ice cream shop right on Lincoln Square. We enjoyed tastes of a turkey sandwich on ciabatta & a traditional corned beef sandwich on rye. The sandwiches were excellent & the high school kids working behind the counter were friendly.
Cafe Saint Amand
We had an excellent brunch at Cafe St. Amand, but the real meal that took the cake (pun very much intended) was the slice of flourless chocolate cake we had there during the food tour. This sinfully decadent cake is almost worth driving to Gettysburg to order a slice. Washed down with some of their strong coffee & you have the makings of an awesome afternoon.
Mr. G’s Ice Cream
The last stop on our trip was Mr. G’s for ice cream. At first I was thinking ‘I’m freezing. This place looks kind of far away. I don’t really want to walk there.’ But once we got there, woah nelly. Their homemade ice cream was awesome, even when eaten with a winter coat on. Even better, their history is super interesting with one of Gettysburg’s few “witness trees” on their property (these are trees that were around during the Civil War). I’m looking forward to returning to Mr. G’s when the weather is much warmer outside!
Know if you go…
– be prepared to walk, although the walking isn’t too strenuous (about a mile over three hours). Note that the tour runs rain or shine, hot or cold, so dress for the weather. The day we took it, the weather was cold & windy & we were definitely feeling it toward the end.
– I’d say the tour is maybe one stop too long – in our case, we would have been okay skipping the sandwich stop (which was very good, but we were getting pretty full…).
– seriously: come. hungry. You won’t be getting a full sized meal at any one place, but all that food adds up to more than what you’d normally eat for lunch.
Our tour was provided compliments of Savor Gettysburg Food Tour; however, all opinions are my own. It was a great way to try a lot of tastes around Gettysburg!
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