Food Scene
What a neighborhood gem for coffee, breakfast and lunch. Very quaint and family-friendly, with fresh-made bread. You MUST try their biscuit breakfast sandwiches ($4-5). I recommend the brie, spinach tomato sandwich. It's one block away, towards downtown.
28 locals recommend
Yellow Bird Cafe
1320 N 3rd StWhat a neighborhood gem for coffee, breakfast and lunch. Very quaint and family-friendly, with fresh-made bread. You MUST try their biscuit breakfast sandwiches ($4-5). I recommend the brie, spinach tomato sandwich. It's one block away, towards downtown.
Garden Vietnamese Restaurant
304 Reily St$9 PHO!
Dalicia Bakery and Coffee Shop
105 S Market StSweet treats from the sweetest lady
A regional destination which showcases Central Pennsylvania’s wonderful artistic talents as well as our region’s bountiful, sustainable agriculture. With our “hyper-local” approach, we look forward to being a part of Midtown Harrisburg’s renaissance, supporting local growers, local artists, and local businesses.
79 locals recommend
Millworks
340 Verbeke StA regional destination which showcases Central Pennsylvania’s wonderful artistic talents as well as our region’s bountiful, sustainable agriculture. With our “hyper-local” approach, we look forward to being a part of Midtown Harrisburg’s renaissance, supporting local growers, local artists, and local businesses.
Harrisburg's indoor Broad Street Market is one of the oldest continuously operating farmers markets in the country. Coffee, international food vendors, Harrisburger, local produce, Amish offerings
92 locals recommend
Broad Street Market
1233 N 3rd StHarrisburg's indoor Broad Street Market is one of the oldest continuously operating farmers markets in the country. Coffee, international food vendors, Harrisburger, local produce, Amish offerings
Comfortable farm-to-table eatery serving American dishes made with local ingredients. Outdoor patio seating.
38 locals recommend
Home 231
231 North StComfortable farm-to-table eatery serving American dishes made with local ingredients. Outdoor patio seating.
Stylish bistro & bar specializing in creative combinations of Asian & American flavors.
16 locals recommend
Cafe Fresco Center City
215 N 2nd StStylish bistro & bar specializing in creative combinations of Asian & American flavors.
American brasserie in a 1913 riverfront mansion with an elevated menu & lounge with a full bar.
10 locals recommend
Char's Tracy Mansion
1829 N Front StAmerican brasserie in a 1913 riverfront mansion with an elevated menu & lounge with a full bar.
Stock's on 2nd
211 N 2nd StWednesday is $5 whiskey nights and apps (its a whiskey bar)
Great happy hour specials, amazing house wine, good brick pizza
8 locals recommend
Bacco Pizzeria and Wine Bar
20 N 2nd StGreat happy hour specials, amazing house wine, good brick pizza
the smallest, coziest, rarest restaurant you'll ever come across. Bhutan doesn't allow tourism, so it's so special to have the food available locally.
Yak N Yeti Bhutanese Restaurant
213 3rd Stthe smallest, coziest, rarest restaurant you'll ever come across. Bhutan doesn't allow tourism, so it's so special to have the food available locally.
Arts & Culture
Susquehanna Art Museum
1401 N 3rd StDrinks & Nightlife
Outdoor bar/music venue with tiki lights, gazebos, beer-pong, volleyball. Attracts a young professional crowd. Offers free concerts throughout Summer.
8 locals recommend
Sawyer's
210 N 2nd StOutdoor bar/music venue with tiki lights, gazebos, beer-pong, volleyball. Attracts a young professional crowd. Offers free concerts throughout Summer.
Pool tables! Every weekday from 5-7pm, draft beers are $3 (with a hard-to-find selection!) and wings are half price. Wing Wednesdays and Taco Tuesdays.
17 locals recommend
The Midtown Tavern
1101 N 2nd StPool tables! Every weekday from 5-7pm, draft beers are $3 (with a hard-to-find selection!) and wings are half price. Wing Wednesdays and Taco Tuesdays.
A local craft bar that welcomes outside food, right around the corner! You can get growlers (64oz) and crowlers (32oz) filled here and take them nextdoor to Midtown Cinema for a movie!!
21 locals recommend
Zeroday Brewing Co
250 Reily StA local craft bar that welcomes outside food, right around the corner! You can get growlers (64oz) and crowlers (32oz) filled here and take them nextdoor to Midtown Cinema for a movie!!
Open, airy brewery serves housemade beers & craft sodas alongside chicken pot pie, burgers & more.
16 locals recommend
Appalachian Brewing Company
50 N Cameron StOpen, airy brewery serves housemade beers & craft sodas alongside chicken pot pie, burgers & more.
Arooga's
210 N 2nd StOpen airy bar with TV's everywhere for sports, events.
Diverse club offering live music & a professional-league dart room, billiards, plus BBQ & a long whiskey list.
7 locals recommend
River City
819 S Cameron StDiverse club offering live music & a professional-league dart room, billiards, plus BBQ & a long whiskey list.
H*MAC building currently houses three venues, which provide patrons with a variety of options for dining, entertainment, and enjoyment of the arts. They usually have live music (jazz, piano, drummers, ect) in the evenings, with various beer specials.
30 locals recommend
Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center
1110 N 3rd StH*MAC building currently houses three venues, which provide patrons with a variety of options for dining, entertainment, and enjoyment of the arts. They usually have live music (jazz, piano, drummers, ect) in the evenings, with various beer specials.
A converted row house features multiple bar rooms, intimate settings, huge food portions and a super price and an ever-rotating hand-to-find tapped beer selection.
19 locals recommend
The Sturges Speakeasy
400 Forster StA converted row house features multiple bar rooms, intimate settings, huge food portions and a super price and an ever-rotating hand-to-find tapped beer selection.
Sightseeing
Pennsylvania State Capitol
501 N 3rd StPennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center
2300 N Cameron StThe Pride of the Susquehanna Riverboat is an authentic stern-driven paddle wheel riverboat built 28 years ago that tours the beautiful Susquehanna River. They have a bunch of themed events, everything from blues night, crab feasts, children's events (princesses, pirates, ect).
34 locals recommend
Pride of the Susquehanna
11 Championship WayThe Pride of the Susquehanna Riverboat is an authentic stern-driven paddle wheel riverboat built 28 years ago that tours the beautiful Susquehanna River. They have a bunch of themed events, everything from blues night, crab feasts, children's events (princesses, pirates, ect).
Parks & Nature
This is a great place if you want a nice easy hike with a lot of wildlife. we come here quite often, sometimes with our dogs. much of the path is paved, the other part is very compact crushed stone.
Wildwood Lake Trail
Wildwood Lake TrailThis is a great place if you want a nice easy hike with a lot of wildlife. we come here quite often, sometimes with our dogs. much of the path is paved, the other part is very compact crushed stone.
The 1,025-acre Boyd Big Tree Preserve Conservation Area straddles Blue Mountain and is the habitat of large trees of numerous species, which are homes for deep forest birds, especially warblers. In the summer and fall, the old field is filled with blooming wildflowers like butterfly weed. In late-July and early-August, the flowers attract field birds and many varieties of butterflies.
18 locals recommend
Boyd Big Tree Preserve Conservation Area
401 Fishing Creek Valley RdThe 1,025-acre Boyd Big Tree Preserve Conservation Area straddles Blue Mountain and is the habitat of large trees of numerous species, which are homes for deep forest birds, especially warblers. In the summer and fall, the old field is filled with blooming wildflowers like butterfly weed. In late-July and early-August, the flowers attract field birds and many varieties of butterflies.
Entertainment & Activities
Outside The Box Escape Room is an entertainment complex for adults and corporate groups. A theme based three dimensional adventure game in which adult players are locked inside a room and must solve a series of puzzles and clues to escape the room within a set time limit.
Outside the Box Escape Room
717 N 2nd StOutside The Box Escape Room is an entertainment complex for adults and corporate groups. A theme based three dimensional adventure game in which adult players are locked inside a room and must solve a series of puzzles and clues to escape the room within a set time limit.
Indie cinema showing foreign & smaller-release films accompanied by premium theater snacks & coffee.
43 locals recommend
Midtown Cinema
250 Reily StIndie cinema showing foreign & smaller-release films accompanied by premium theater snacks & coffee.
Hersheypark is a family theme park situated in Hershey, Derry Township, Pennsylvania, United States, about 15 miles east of Harrisburg
406 locals recommend
Hersheypark
100 Hersheypark DrHersheypark is a family theme park situated in Hershey, Derry Township, Pennsylvania, United States, about 15 miles east of Harrisburg
BEST BURGERS!!! THEYRE HUGE!!!
EXTENSIVE TAP SELECTION (40+)
ARCADE, BOARD, VIDEO GAMES THROUGHOUT
JB Lovedraft's MicroPub
225 N 2nd StBEST BURGERS!!! THEYRE HUGE!!!
EXTENSIVE TAP SELECTION (40+)
ARCADE, BOARD, VIDEO GAMES THROUGHOUT
Getting Around
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
2222 Paxton StFirestone Complete Auto Care
700 N 2nd StReliable auto repair
Amtrak Intercity Rail + There are three intercity bus operators (Greyhound Lines, Fullington Trailways, and Susquehanna Trailways) that provide service to the station.
Harrisburg Bus Station
411 Market StAmtrak Intercity Rail + There are three intercity bus operators (Greyhound Lines, Fullington Trailways, and Susquehanna Trailways) that provide service to the station.