Wood smoke drifting over a small-town street in Pennsylvania is the best kind of road sign. I followed that scent more than once and ended up in plain little shops that turned out to be some of the most delicious stops I have ever made.
These smokehouses and butcher counters still cure, smoke, and slice meats the slow, old-fashioned way. Bring a cooler and an empty stomach, because these seven spots are worth the drive.
1. Seltzer’s Smokehouse Meats Store, Palmyra, PA
Since 1902, the folks behind Seltzer’s have been turning out all-beef Lebanon Bologna the slow way, over real wood fires. Four generations later, the family still runs the show from Palmyra.
Few food traditions in Pennsylvania can claim that kind of staying power…