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Dining out should be more than grabbing a bite to eat. It should be an experience.
There are a handful of restaurants scattered throughout Pennsylvania that offer a true food experience, but only one is known far and wide as the best of the best!
This Pennsylvania staple offers such a delicious variety of menu options, that leftovers are unheard of!
According to a list compiled by Yelp, the best restaurant in Pennsylvania is Chellas Arepa Kitchen in Lancaster (5). This restaurant was also named among the best in the country. Other Pennsylvania restaurants named among the top 100 include Fat Salmon in Philadelphia (90).
Here's what Yelp had to say about compiling the data to discover the absolute best restaurants in America for 2025:
"Step up to this tiny food truck, and you’ll find a solid menu of Latin American arepas filled with goodies like honey-roasted BBQ pork and grilled chicken in chimichurri. Sibling owners Diego and Lewis Quiroz credit their recipes to grandma Chella, for whom the place is named. The duo have been slinging “top-notch,” scratch-made arepas from their stationary vehicle since 2018, and shooting up the Yelp best-restaurants lists ever since (including Top Peruvian Restaurants in 2024). Bowl versions of every filling option are available, as are sides like yuca fries, sweet plantains (dusted with cotija cheese), and pineapple-glazed Inca Sprouts (a Peruvian riff on Brussels sprouts)."
For a continued list of the best restaurants in the U.S. for 2025, check out yelp.com!