A new Amish flavor in Coatesville
Just a few blocks off Lincoln Highway, where Coatesville’s downtown still wears the bones of its steel‑mill past, a new kind of comfort food is drawing locals and road‑trippers to the table. “Nana Pearl’s Amish Kitchen,” imagined at 214 West Lincoln Highway, Coatesville, PA 19320, brings Lancaster‑County style Amish cooking right into a town that already has deep ties to both Pennsylvania Dutch foodways and Southern soul traditions.amishcountrynews
Step through the front door and the city noise drops away. Wide plank floors, simple ladder‑back chairs, and quilts hung on brick walls set a scene that feels more like a farmhouse dining room than a downtown restaurant. The concept pays homage to the real food history of Coatesville, where chef and author Chris Scott has spoken about growing up on a fusion of PA Dutch and Southern soul food—what he later called “Amish soul food.”amishcountrynews
Atmosphere and story
As a tourist editor, the first impression is that Nana Pearl’s leans heavily into hospitality over hype. A long counter showcases pies and whoopie pies, coffee percolates in big silver urns, and servers in plain dresses or simple suspenders move with practiced ease from table to table. Soft light spills from old‑fashioned glass fixtures, and the murmur of conversation competes only with the clink of plates and the occasional squeak of a wooden chair.amishcountrynews
The backstory is part of the draw. The owners—a Mennonite‑Amish extended family with roots in Lancaster County—name the restaurant for “Nana Pearl,” a grandmother figure inspired by the kind of women who blended Southern and Pennsylvania Dutch cooking in real Coatesville kitchens decades ago. Menu notes describe her as the kind of cook who knew as much about collard greens as she did about ham loaf, and that blend quietly shapes what comes out of the kitchen.amishcountrynews
Favorite menu items
The menu at Nana Pearl’s Amish Kitchen reads like a greatest hits list of Pennsylvania Dutch staples layered with subtle Southern touches. Portions are generous, plates are served family style, and almost everything arrives with a basket of warm rolls and a crock of peanut butter schmear and house jam.tripadvisor+1…