2 PA 'Hole-In-The-Wall' Restaurants Listed Among Best In America

PENNSYLVANIA — If you're looking to get breakfast or lunch somewhere off the beaten path, there are at least two restaurants in Pennsylvania that can give you what you want.

Two restaurants made The Daily Meal's list of "America's 75 Best Hole-in-the-Wall Restaurants" for 2019.

A restaurant had to meet these criteria to make the best hole-in-the-wall restaurants list, according to The Daily Meal: It is small and does not look like much on the outside but provides delicious fare and a sense of "that feeling that this is the place and that there's nowhere else quite like it" on the inside.

Both PA eateries on the list are in Philadelphia. They are Ishkabibble’s and John's Roast Pork.

Here's what The Daily Meal said about Ishkabibble’s:

A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania institution since 1979, Ishkabibble’s is a hole in the wall with a few seats at the counter inside and a walk-up window facing the shaded sidewalk. While they pride themselves on being the inventor of the increasingly ubiquitous “chicken cheesesteak” (made with chicken tenders instead of steak), you should still order their cheesesteak. A fresh loaf of bread is lightly toasted and piled with steak that’s grilled with onions and chopped to order. While purists can stick with the Whiz, a combination of both Whiz and provolone takes this sandwich to the cheesesteak stratosphere.

And this is what The Daily Meal said about John's:

Since 1930, the corner of Weccacoe and Snyder avenues has been home to a tiny one-story building housing John’s Roast Pork, a South Philly institution if ever there was one. Their roast pork sandwiches — made with an old family recipe and house-roasted daily — are the stuff of legend. But their cheesesteak is every bit as good as the roast pork, and arguably better.

See The Daily Meal's top 75 "hole-in-the-wall" restaurants list here.