Fickle Pickle in South Mountain, PA

During this past summer we drove by a small shop in South Mountain, PA a number of times and didn't know what it was.  One day I couldn't stand to not know what it was any longer so I stopped and checked it out.  Lo & behold it was a sub shop owned and operated by a local lady by the name of Judy.  We had been wishing there was a sub shop near the cabin all summer and never knew it was there.

Gerry and I decided to try it out to see if we liked it.  Plus, they had Dirty Chips with Sea Salt and Vinegar on the rack.  Yummy!  We picked up a ft long sub and were hooked.  We became regulars at her shop and eventually met her daughter Jessica who works there part-time while she attends Penn State College at Mt. Alto.   Great gals and interesting to talk to.

If you are ever in the area of South Mountain, make sure you stop in and try one of her subs.  Tell her that Gerry sent you.  We tried a number of them and all were great and we can't decide which sub was the best.  I will have to give an A+ to every one we tried.  In the Fall when it cools down she makes homemade soups and you have to get there early in order to buy one.  They are equally as tasty as the subs.             

Judy on a good hair day!

                                       

Jessica and Judy

                                                          

Daughter and Mother

Judy has a card that she punches each time you purchase a Hoagie and when you reach 20 you receive a free one.  We went through one card and are started on the 2nd one already.  Looking forward to filling the card up next summer when we are back in the area.

 

South Mountain Restoration Center

We have owned the cabin here in South Mountain since 1979 and never have driven through the Restoration Center located nearby.  It is a huge facility with more than 15 large buildings including one that is about 6 stories tall and about a block long.  The Restoration Center has been many things in it's over 100 year history.  It started out as a TB sanatorium and then was an old age home, mental health care and a drug rehab center over the course of those many years.

Rather than explain it's history I am including a link to an article about the Center.  

 South Mountain Restoration Center

As a side note, when we lived in Costa Rica the Embassy nurse was a friend of ours and in the course of a conversation it came up that we had a cabin in South Mountain.  Her eyes lit up and she said one of her first jobs was working as a nurse at the Center.  Small world isn't it?

I was wondering if they could restore me to my past glory, however they said I was way past restoration.  Gerry had to talk a long time to get them to let me leave.  I don't think I will ever go back there.

You surely can tell when a blogger is running out of interesting things to write about when the subject is a sanatorium.