Eat and visit in Henderson

Raystown Country Bar & Lounge is at 11979 William Penn Highway, with a Huntingdon postal address. The Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau listing says it will be debuting Nov. 7th and will be open Friday and Saturday evenings from 4 to 9 pm.

The listing says the dinner menu changes from week to week and that a bar menu is always available. The Raystown Country Lodge listing calls the bar its onsite restaurant, where guests can have dinner and drinks without leaving the property.

A Huntingdon Daily News article dated 18 February 2026 names the bar among the restaurants taking part in Raystaurant Week, scheduled for 21 February through 1 March 2026. The bureau listing gives no year for its Nov. 7th date, so these pages do not settle when the bar opened.

• Listing says it will be debuting Nov. 7th, with no year given. source
• Open Friday and Saturday evenings, 4 to 9 pm, according to the listing. source
• Dinner menu changes from week to week, according to the listing. source
• The Raystown Country Lodge listing calls the bar its onsite restaurant. source
• Named among Raystaurant Week participants in a Huntingdon Daily News article dated 18 February 2026. source

“Our dinner menu will change from week to week giving our customers an ever changing variety to choose from.”No byline (listing text for Raystown Country Bar & Lounge), Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau (raystown.org)

“guests also have the convenience of our onsite restaurant, Raystown Country Bar & Lounge. Enjoy dinner and drinks without leaving the property”No byline (listing text for Raystown Country Lodge), Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau (raystown.org)

The business's home page, captured on 16 March 2026, gave its address as 12144 William Penn Highway, Huntingdon, PA 16652, and its phone number as 814-641-9466. The Visitors Bureau listing marks it as serving lunch and dinner, year round, with credit cards accepted.

Reviewers quoted on the restaurant's own press page mention Philly cheesesteaks, the JD Steak Subs and a zucchini dinner dish. One reviewer described the menu as extensive, and another called the food very good.

The bureau listing and the restaurant's own home page agree on the street address and phone number, but they print different hours. The hours shown here come from the home page copy captured on 16 March 2026.

• Serves lunch and dinner, year round, with credit cards accepted, per the Visitors Bureau listing. source
• Grill closes 30 mins before closing, as the home page prints it. source
• A reviewer quoted on the press page mentions the JD Steak Subs. source

“Excellent and extensive menu. Unique items not found in most other restaurants. Prices are acceptable and I believe most items are homemade.”Dominic Galliani, Speck's Gourmet Pizza, own website (press page)

“From out of town and stopped here for dinner after a hike based on the reviews. The food was very good and great service! We had the Zucchini Dinner dish and a cheesesteak. Both were so satisfying.”Kelly Watsom, Speck's Gourmet Pizza, own website (press page)

The Village Tavern Bar & Grill is at 9459 Main Street in Huntingdon, in Henderson Township. The Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau describes the menu as paninis, a variety of homemade soups, salads, burgers, cheesesteaks and wings. Its listing prints a happy hour from 5 to 7 p.m., Monday to Friday.

A 2021 tasting tour on the bureau's blog covered wings and included the tavern. The writer, Liza Gutshall, recommended the Smith n' Wesson wings or a crab cake sandwich with buffalo chips, and said winter is a good time to sit by the stone fireplace.

The Swigart Museum's dining list gives the same street address and phone number. The hours on this page are the ones the bureau's listing prints.

• Happy hour Monday to Friday, 5 to 7 p.m., per the Visitors Bureau listing. source
• Credit cards accepted, per the Visitors Bureau listing. source
• Smith n' Wesson wings and a crab cake sandwich with buffalo chips, named in a January 2021 tasting tour post. source

“The ambiance is amazing any time of the year (especially in winter next to the stone fireplace.)”Liza Gutshall, Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau (raystown.org blog, Tasting Tour), 20 January 2021

Top's Diner was on State Route 22 east of Huntingdon.

Its About Us page, archived in February 2019, said the diner had been at its present location since 1959 and described fresh-cut French fries and home-baked pies. The same page said it began catering in 2010 and won a Taste of Huntingdon award in spring 2013. Its Pending Coffee program, started in December 2013, let customers donate toward a free home-cooked meal for families in need.

The street address, 12151 William Penn Highway, appears in a 2011 Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau listing. The domain topsdiner.net now forwards to the website of Riverbank Campground, a different business. Whether the diner has reopened is not known, so its status is unverified.

• Its About Us page, archived in February 2019, says it has been at its present location since 1959. source
• Its About Us page says it began catering in 2010. source
• Its About Us page says it received a Taste of Huntingdon award from the Chamber of Commerce in spring 2013. source
• Closed for good in October 2020, according to the Huntingdon Daily News. source

“A longtime local eatery has closed its doors for good.”KYLIE YOUNG, Staff Writer, Huntingdon Daily News, 23 October 2020

Holiday Bowl is an 18-lane bowling alley on William Penn Highway in Henderson Township, with a Huntingdon postal address. The Visitors Bureau listing adds video games and a snack bar to the lanes. The business's own home page says it offers leagues, open bowling and birthday parties.

The hours and rates page prices regular bowling at $4.50 a game per person or $25.00 an hour per lane. Glow Bowling is listed at $5.50 a game per person and $27.50 an hour per lane, and shoe rentals are $3.00 a pair. The page also lists Special Tuesdays, noon until 5 pm, at $3.00 a game per person. The bureau listing says Glow Bowling runs Friday and Saturday evenings from 7pm.

The snack bar serves burgers, dogs, chicken sandwiches, chicken strips, nachos and fries, among other items. The party page also names hand-dipped ice cream and Pepsi products. The website says B.Y.O.B. is allowed, though the business reserves the right to refuse entry, or ask a guest to leave, if obnoxious or visibly intoxicated.

• Regular bowling is $4.50 per game per person or $25.00 per hour per lane. source
• Glow Bowling is listed at $5.50 per game per person and $27.50 per hour per lane. source
• Shoe rentals are $3.00 per pair. source
• The snack bar lists burgers, dogs, chicken sandwiches, chicken strips, nachos and fries. source
• The bureau listing says Glow Bowling runs Friday and Saturday evenings from 7pm. source

“People love taking pictures and putting them up there”Steven Rusk, Holiday Bowl manager, Huntingdon Daily News, 21 June 2021

The Isett Heritage Museum sits on Stone Creek Ridge Road, about two miles east of Huntingdon. Melvin and Beulah Isett built the collection over their lifetimes, and Mr. Isett opened it to the public in 2001. The museum's own site puts the holdings at over 40,000 artifacts.

Visitors may browse the buildings at their leisure or join the recommended narrated tour, which normally takes about two hours. The displays include antique radios, pianos, cameras, military uniforms, antique cars and a replica of a local 1850 gunsmith shop. Tour guides answer questions about the exhibits as they go.

In April 2025 the Isett family and Juniata College announced that the museum and its surrounding property are being donated to the college. The museum announced a temporary hiatus beginning April 6, 2025. The home page lists a 2026 season from June 4 to October 31, open Thursdays and Saturdays, with free admission during regular hours. Private tours can be booked outside those hours through a Juniata College contact.

• Free admission during regular hours; donations toward operations are welcome source
• Open Thursdays and Saturdays, 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM, for the 2026 season from June 4 to October 31 source
• The narrated tour normally takes about two hours; plan to arrive by 4:00 p.m. for a full tour source
• The museum's About page says it has 400 vintage cameras for viewing source
• Juniata College announced in April 2025 that the museum and its surrounding property are being donated to the college source

“Walking into the first building reminded me a bit of walking into an antique shop.”Jim Cheney, Uncovering PA, 30 November 2015

“The fact that this is the collection of one man makes the tens of thousands of items here even more impressive.”Jim Cheney, Uncovering PA, 30 November 2015

“Melvin and Beulah Isett built a wonderful museum for our community.”James A. Troha, president of Juniata College, Isett Heritage Museum, 1 April 2025

The Swigart Museum sits on Route 22 at 12031 William Penn Highway, a few miles outside downtown Huntingdon. The museum says its car collection began in 1920. Jim Cheney of Uncovering PA, writing in 2015, said the current building dates to 1957 and looks plain from outside, but the cars themselves carry the visit.

The museum shows 30 to 35 cars at one time from a larger collection, and it changes the displays each winter. Its holdings include cars and carriages dating back to 1896. Other displays include a Tucker, the Herbie the Love Bug car that the museum says was in two of the Herbie movies, automobile emblems and license plates, vintage Fisher-Price toys and Jim Beam decanters.

Adult admission is $10.00, seniors 65 and over pay $9.00, children aged 6 to 12 pay $5.00, and children under 6 are free. Group tours of 20 or more guests need a reservation, made by calling (814) 643-0885. The museum says it is open from Memorial Day weekend through the end of October.

• Herbie the Love Bug is on display, and the museum says it was in two of the Herbie movies. source
• Group tours of 20 or more guests need a reservation, by calling (814) 643-0885. source
• The current building on Route 22 dates to 1957, according to a 2015 Uncovering PA article. source
• The museum shows 30 to 35 of its cars at one time, drawn from a larger collection. source
• The automobile collection was started in 1920, according to the museum. source

“Despite being very prized today, there were only 51 Tuckers ever produced, and the Swigart Museum is the only place in the world where you can see two of them side by side.”Jim Cheney, Uncovering PA, 15 July 2015

“The Swigart Museum collection contains automobiles and carriages dating back to 1896.”Swigart Museum, 2026

“Instead, they let the very high quality of their car collection speak for itself.”Jim Cheney, Uncovering PA, 15 July 2015