Hollis Family Kitchen Lancaster, Pennsylvania
A dark wooden table laid with chicken pot pie, chicken-fried steak, mashed potatoes, fresh-cut fries and a slice of shoofly pie.

Family-run since 1986

Hollis Family Kitchen

Chicken pot pie, slow-roasted pork and sauerkraut, chicken-fried steak and shoofly pie, all made from scratch in our own kitchen.

Opening hours

Tuesday to Saturday: 11am to 9pm
Sunday: 11am to 7pm
Closed Mondays

See today's lunch specials

A cook spooning pan gravy over a slice of chicken-fried steak on a white plate. A cook arranging fresh-cut fries and a pickle beside a sandwich on a diner plate.
Carl Hollis in a denim apron, standing in the kitchen with his arms folded.

Discover

Our history

Walt and June Hollis opened the doors in 1986 with a handwritten menu and one fryer. Their son Carl and his wife Marisa cook here today, and the recipes June wrote on index cards still hang by the pass.

Nearly everything starts from scratch. The fries are cut by hand each morning, the pot pie noodles are rolled in the back, and the produce comes from farms around Lancaster County.

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Today's lunch specials

A different plate every day, from 11am. Ask your server what came out of the oven this morning.

A cast-iron skillet of slow-roasted pork and sauerkraut with mashed potatoes alongside.

Served today

  • Chicken pot pie

    Hand-rolled noodles, pulled chicken and vegetables in a rich broth, baked under a buttermilk crust.

  • Slow-roasted pork and sauerkraut

    Pork shoulder roasted overnight with Lancaster County sauerkraut, with mashed potatoes.

  • Chicken-fried steak

    Tenderized steak in a peppery buttermilk breading, pan gravy and fresh-cut fries.

  • Shoofly pie

    Baked this morning. Wet bottom, crumb top, warm if you ask.

Sundays

Dinner, served family style

A long table set family style with platters of roast chicken, bowls of green beans and glasses of iced tea.

Sunday, 11am to 7pm

Platters that go round the table

On Sundays the food comes out on platters and everybody helps themselves: roast chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans and a basket of rolls. Bring the family and take your time.

Call to reserve a table

What people

Say about us

“We have been coming here on Fridays since the pot pie was on the first menu. My kids order the same thing I ordered when I was their age.”

Dana R.Lancaster

Good to know

Plan your visit

  • Reservations

    Tables are booked by phone. Call (717) 555-0123 and we will find you a seat.

  • The private room

    A room off the dining room seats up to 30. Birthdays, church suppers and family reunions.

  • The kids' menu

    Smaller plates of the same food: pot pie, grilled cheese, fries and a scoop of ice cream.

  • Sunday dinner

    Served family style from 11am to 7pm. We seat 90, so it pays to call ahead.

Marisa Hollis at the pass in the kitchen, wooden spoon in hand.

The word from

Our kitchen

Carl Hollis grew up cooking in this room, standing at the stove next to his mother. He and his wife Marisa run the kitchen now, and the recipes June wrote on index cards still hang by the pass.

The stock simmers overnight. The fries are cut before we open, the noodles are rolled here, and the pies go in at six in the morning.

Carl and Marisa Hollis

Owners and cooks

Reserve

A table

A table set for dinner with a folded napkin, water glasses and a candle, the dining room blurred behind.

Reservations by phone

Tell us how many are coming and whether you would like the private room, and we will hold the table for you.

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(717) 555-0123
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Hours
Tuesday to Saturday, 11am to 9pm
Sunday, 11am to 7pm
Closed Mondays

Call (717) 555-0123