We'd like to suggest a Halterman side trip: Johnny Appleseed Restaurant in New Market, VA. It is one of those places we've always intended to stop on our journeys "up I-81," and on a recent outing to Shenandoah Caverns, we finally made it. The restaurant's exterior is somewhat famous; there's a large Johnny statue at the door that also graces the cover of Weird Virginia.
The restaurant, a family-oriented place inside a Quality Inn, has some standard-but-still-tasty fare but serves exceptional complimentary apple fritter bites as an appetizer. As you might expect, the decor is full of apples; uniquely, there is an interior wall made of apple crates. There's also a gift shop that sells postcards of the giant statue! In talking to the waitstaff, we learned that this location is the sole surviving establishment of a Johnny Appleseed chain and that it is locally-owned. For a friendly, casual meal with a side of nostalgia, we recommend it. The reasonably-priced restaurant is a good "stopping place location" on the Roanoke-to-DC drive and is near the major valley caverns.
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Johnny Appleseed Restaurant
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