The stand with the lighthouse is the new home of Smittie's Soft Pretzels. It replaces the shack that was home of the York County delicacy for decades. The location is the same: Route 74, north of Dover. (See photo of shack below.) Background posts: York area full of memory-spawning landmarks, Interstate lined out Melvin's swan song and Before Geno's made news in Philly, Gino's headlined in York.
Smittie's Soft Pretzel's shack never offered the dramatic visual treat put forth by the Lincoln Highway's Shoe House, east of York, or the windmill restaurant, east of Lancaster.
But the old structure was an local icon, and its culinary offering delighted motorists along another old highway - Route 74 - for generations.
The shack is now gone, replaced by a small structure marked by a lighthouse.
Why a lighthouse in the landlocked Dover area?
Brent Burkey's York Daily Record/Sunday News story (8/17/08) explains:
Continue reading Lighthouse marks site of landmark Dover Township soft pretzel stand.
