New restaurant — with outdoor seating — set to open in Bald Eagle Valley. Here’s a sneak peek
It will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner Wednesday through Sunday. Ashley Snook and Danielle Snyder, longtime Centre County friends, are set to officially open The Junction 144 restaurant at The Historic Davidson Inn in Bald Eagle Valley, Pennsylvania. The restaurant is set to serve breakfast, lunch and dinner at the former site of the Mountain Valley Diner, which was destroyed by a fire in 2021. The co-owners plan to serve a variety of dishes, including soups, salads, sandwiches, and 3-4 entrees such as ribeye steak and a pork chop with apple chutney. They hope to appeal to the entire community and offer a fresh, different eatery. The venue will also feature a coffee bar and a picturesque porch/patio.
公開済み : 11ヶ月前 沿って Josh Moyer の Science
Four years ago, longtime Centre County friends Ashley Snook and Danielle Snyder sat on a back porch and discussed their dream of opening a new restaurant.
In a few days, that dream will finally become a reality.
The co-owners are set to officially open The Junction 144 restaurant Wednesday at The Historic Davidson Inn (850 S. Eagle Valley Road), which also houses apartments and another business. The rebuilt restaurant in Boggs Township is at the former site of the Mountain Valley Diner, which was destroyed by a fire in 2021.
“I’d like to call this an ‘upscale’ diner,” Snook said, adding it won’t be “too fancy.” “It’s different. People want different. It’s not the same.”
The Junction 144 plans to serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. It will also boast a coffee bar, along with 44 seats inside and a picturesque porch/patio that can seat another 52 outside.
The two friends were still finalizing the menu on a recent afternoon but said to expect soups, salads, sandwiches, appetizers and 3-4 entrees such as ribeye steak and a pork chop with apple chutney.
Breakfast will be served until 10:30 or 11 a.m. and will include one of Snook’s specialties — peanut butter and jelly stuffed french toast. “That’s the one I’m excited about,” she said.
Snook, a trained chef with a culinary arts degree, spent some summers cooking on the Alaskan tour train for Royal Caribbean. She’s not new to different kinds of cuisine, and she plans to open the restaurant with a one-page menu.
“Quality over quantity,” added Snyder, who co-owns Big D’s Cones and Shakes in Milesburg with her husband.
Snook and Snyder hope to appeal to the entire community. They want their restaurant to be versatile enough to feel welcoming to Bald Eagle Area students after school while still feeling inviting to the couple looking to celebrate their anniversary later that night.
To cater to the community’s tastes, the friends even agreed to serve a roasted turkey dinner — a staple at the past diner located there — with stuffing, mashed potatoes and corn.
“Even though we were hesitant on that, a lot of people asked for it,” Snyder said. “So we’re bringing it back here.”
In a lot of ways, The Junction 144 is meant to celebrate community. The modern rustic interior is dotted with antique items and historical photographs — including subjects like the original Milesburg fire truck and the inn from the 1920s.
Both also have roots here. Snook attended Bald Eagle Area growing up, and Snyder worked as a teenage waitress in the same spot she now owns.
“One thing about this community is they’re all like family and very close,” Snyder said.
Because of that, the friends can’t go anywhere without getting asked when they’ll open. Snook nodded when Snyder said she’ll hear the question at least 50 times a week. The two even had to start turning off the lights and locking the door during the day because community members kept walking in, either because they thought it was already open — or because they wanted to ask when it was opening.
They understand. After all, the restaurant was initially supposed to open its doors last winter. But construction issues, such as a problem with the sprinkler system, kept pushing the date back.
But, now, Snook and Snyder are just days away from living out those back-porch dreams. They worked with an architect on the design, drove to West Virginia for tableware and tested a number of potential menu items. And they’re hoping to give the greater community another much-needed eatery option.
“If you talk to anybody, they’re sick of the same old foods,” Snyder said. “I think this is giving the community somewhere else to eat. They’re burned out of the same old thing.”
The Junction 144, located not far from the southern end of PA 144, tentatively plans to open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. It will be closed Mondays and Tuesdays, and it’s BYOB.
The restaurant is housed in The Historic Davidson Inn, which also contains apartments and a hair/nail salon called Inspirational Styles by Liv.
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