Scott was amazing and really helpful. He has a great personality! The restaurant looks very nice…read moreand the food was delicious! 10/10 would recommend!

if you are in the area or close to..... This place should be on your list. First of all the…read morebuilding is beautiful and the space is co habited with many different artists and their studios.... whats better than that.... oh i know, you can grab a drink at the bar and browse the studio's! drink menu is amazing and delicious, great NA /mocktail drinks! Gluten Free Pizza was seriously the bets I've had the crust was chewy and a little crunch to it. i questioned like 3 times if it was really gluten free.... Cant wait to come back on my next visit yo Harrisburg. .

Place is big and clean on the out side was closed day I stoped.next time I am in town I will try…read moreagain but looked interesting on the out side building

The museum is staffed by friendly volunteers, many of whom are former firefighters, who are…read moreknowledgeable and eager to teach. The museum itself includes original artifacts, replicas, and live demonstrations. It is compact and can be easily toured in 1-2 hours.

This building is an absolute stunner. They do offer free tours. The history of it is fascinating…read more It's pretty easy to navigate with plenty of directional signs and an employee at the main desk who is happy to help. The rotunda alone is fabulous. There's a cafeteria with plenty of options and a stand alone coffee bar as well. If you don't take the time to go inside you are definitely missing out. The grounds are also beautiful with a stunning fountain that may be dyed for certain months - aka pink for breast cancer awareness. There's plenty of parking options nearby. An absolute must see if you're in the area.

Lovely time at the guided-tour of the Capitol Building…read more Free 30-minute guided tours are available throughout the day between 8:30am and 4pm on weekdays, but are less frequent on weekends an holidays. Be sure to check their website to reserve a spot. After entering through the Rotunda area on North 3rd Street you will have to go through a TSA-style metal detector. You can then wait in that area for your tour to begin. There are bathrooms and a coat rack in this area if needed. Our tour guide was great. She took us through the building, offering some interesting facts of the different sections: main rotunda, House of Reps, Senate an Supreme Court. Photography is allowed but video is NOT. Great experience. Highly recommended to all visiting the area.

The PA Coalition for Breast Cancer provides an excellent yearly reminder about the importance of…read moreearly detection with mammograms. The pink water is not only a reminder of awareness, but also a reminder of the survivors and those we lost to breast cancer.

This capitol building is by far the best one for artwork in the US that I have seen and I have seen…read morethe capitol in DC and Madison, for example. Absolutely stunning artwork throughout with mind blowing senate and house rooms! The detail blew me away! What a dream of a place to work! My group did the guided tour, had a fantastic time, and learned a lot. We walked up to the front desk a few minutes before 11 am on a Friday and asked if there were any tours going on, and within a few minutes, we had our own private tour. So cool! I recommend checking this place out for all that can. It will not disappoint!

The first useless review of this bridge shall be mine! It works really well when there's no traffic…read moreand everyone is driving their cars and not texting or taking pictures while driving, just like I did. Don't be like me, kids. Hopefully the dreaded toll plan proposed by Penndot to replace the aging structure will not happen and we simply pay with increased taxes and our time stuck in traffic during reconstruction. Good for now, but make sure to use it before they start charging!

Congratulations, and how fortunate for my husband's friend, Dr. Eliseo Rosario, who retired as a…read moreCarlisle pediatrician, to have his second photography exhibition in the lobby of the Harrisburg MLK City Government Center. This exhibition, titled "From City to City," encompasses Dr. Rosario's travels, which include NYC and Juno Beach in West Palm Beach. Unfortunately, all my photos have a light glare, so it's hard to appreciate them.

People have a lot of things to say about the City of Harrisburg, but I'm always one to give credit…read morewhere credit is due -- and the City absolutely deserves credit for putting together a really great Ice & Fire Festival in 2026. This was the 9th annual M&T Bank Ice & Fire Festival, held on Saturday, March 7 from 11am-7pm. The free event featured more than 60 large and small ice sculptures placed throughout the city along with a downtown street festival that included a giant ice slide, fire dancers, live ice carving demonstrations, fire pits with s'mores, live performances, kids activities, food trucks, and an artist market with local makers. The sculptures were scattered along the downtown festival path and extended out to locations like City Island, Midtown, Italian Lake, Shipoke, and Reservoir Park. Starting at 5pm, the sculptures were illuminated for the evening crowd. One thing the City did particularly well was helping visitors plan ahead for parking. Their website listed a wide variety of parking options in advance, which made it easy to gameplan before heading into the city. I ended up finding an excellent parking spot on City Island overlooking the river, which was honestly a surprise. I had expected parking to be chaotic, but there were actually plenty of spots available when I arrived. That immediately gave me hope that the festival might not be as overwhelmingly crowded as I had anticipated. One of the activities I was most excited about was the ice sculpture scavenger hunt. Participants could scan QR codes located at each sculpture to enter for a chance to win gift cards and prize baskets from local businesses. There were supposedly around 60 sculptures total across the city, but not all were within walking distance. I ended up visiting 23 sculptures, happily darting from sculpture to sculpture scanning codes and submitting entries along the way. The event also offered free s'mores kits at the top of every hour, and I happened to be near the distribution tent right when they were handing them out, so I grabbed one to bring home. A nice little bonus. I also spent some time browsing through the vendor areas set up throughout the festival. There was a great mix of local makers, artists, and small businesses participating, and it was fun to stop and chat with a few vendors and support some of the local offerings while I was there. The variety of vendors added a nice element to the festival experience and made it feel like more than just a walk-through event. One of the nicest surprises of the day was that the festival wasn't nearly as crowded as I expected. I was able to move around comfortably, see plenty of sculptures, visit vendors, and enjoy the experience without feeling overwhelmed or stuck in massive crowds. This was my first time attending the Ice & Fire Festival, and honestly it ended up being one of the better organized and thoughtfully laid out events I've attended in Harrisburg in quite a while. The scavenger hunt was a particularly fun way to explore the city and gave the whole event an interactive feel. Yes, it was cold -- but walking from sculpture to sculpture kept me warm. I also felt perfectly safe exploring the festival by myself and had zero anxiety even with the crowds. All in all, this was a really fun way to spend a chilly early-March afternoon in the city, and the Ice & Fire Festival has definitely earned a spot on my list of events to attend again next year!

One of the two essential city bridges connecting downtown Harrisburg with the west shore, this…read morecantilever structure provides 4 lanes of vehicular traffic and two outside lanes for pedestrians and bicycles. Speed limit is 50 but everyone knows you can go as fast as you want across this bad boy. It's a nice looking structure with solid construction and is used by numerous vehicles every day. It's in great shape following a renovation and painting about 15 years ago and should last for many more generations.

The Taylor bridge was completed in 1952 and then widened between 2001 and 2004. It is a steel…read moregirder bridge over the Susquehanna River and it connects downtown Harrisburg with the West Shore. The bridge is named for a politician who served in the Pennsylvania Senate from 1941 to 1964 including President pro tempore from 1945 to 1964. He was Acting Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania for a short period in January 1947 under circumstances that are confusing to me but would make sense if I spent more time on research. Interestingly, the bridge was named for the man by a 49-0 vote (Taylor abstained) of the Pennsylvania Senate. There are other bridges nearby including the one to the north that carries I-81 and the one to the south that carries I-83. The Walnut Street Bridge goes to City Island. [Review 12130 overall, 1914 of 2019.]

Who doesn't like talking a stroll or bike ride over old shaky? Hard to believe Walnut Street Bridge…read morewas once open to vehicular traffic back in the day considering the size of cars way back when. Great views from on or under the bridge allow you to enjoy the river and scenery. Nice walk to city island to enjoy a baseball game or just recreate. Highly recommend a walk through Riverfront Park to enjoy all the area has to offer.

Someone was like, are you reviewing ALL the bridges, and I was like... "walnut ALL of them."…read more The bridges over the river Susquehanna are absolutely gorgeous. You can't really imagine a more beautiful sight in downtown Harrisburg, than these stunning bridges crossign the river. This is one of the beautiful old bridges that spans this gorgeous stretch of water. The cool thing is, this is a pedestrian bridge! How awesome is that? I bet you didn't even think those existed in the US. It no longer crosses the river because portions collapsed in 96 due to flooding, and it was never restored. Now it's open to pedestrians, basically as a long pier on either side.

This copper statue on a tall base is located near downtown Harrisburg along Front Street and the…read moreSusquehanna River. Dedicated to firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty. The nearby marker reads, "This statue, plaza and site perpetually commemorate the past and present dedication,s kill and contribution o the men and women of the fire service of The City of Harrisburg and of this Commonwealth and Nation." There's more, which you can read in the posted photo. The date noted on the plaque is September 11, 2002. [Review 12141 overall, 1925 of 2019.]