Craft Eats

Craft Eats is a restaurant in Hanover, PA. It operates as an old-fashioned deli and grocery focused on hand-crafted sandwiches, with a menu built from scratch-made, time-tested recipes and local vendors used whenever possible. The kitchen serves classic corned beef and roasted turkey sandwiches, including the Reuben, the Glazed and Dazed with hand carved roasted turkey, American cheese, house made jalapeno peach jam, pickled pinos and pecan smoked shoulder bacon, the Topless Turkey with mashed potatoes and gravy, and the Rachel and Ronnie. Beyond sandwiches, Craft Eats offers grab-and-go family-sized dinners and sides, homemade sides such as mashed potatoes, slaw, carrots, pickled beets and the signature Craft-Hash, ice cream floats, selections from Reading Soda Works, all-day breakfast, lunch and dinner specials, and desserts. It holds a rating of 4.90 based on 205 reviews.

John and Ingrid Schmidt bring more than 40 years of food service experience to Craft Eats, spanning independent restaurants, chains, and food programs for schools and corporate staff. Their approach is to deliver value using the best products available and to keep the menu simple by making only what they love. The corned beef is the clearest example: the recipe came from a small piece of paper found in an old cookbook among Ingrid's family effects while the couple prepared to marry in the 1990s, and it has been tweaked and perfected over the years with secret ingredients and an unorthodox methodology.

Craft Eats sits on Poplar St, about 0.2 miles from Good Field and roughly 0.4 miles from Wirt Park and the Neas House museum. High Street and Frederick Street are each about 0.3 miles away, and 3rd Street is about 0.4 miles away.

The restaurant is known for its strong local reputation, reflected in consistently high customer ratings, and for an established track record built on a large base of customer reviews. Customers describe the corned beef and slow roasted turkey as standout items, and the homemade side dishes as entirely made in house.

For Hanover, Craft Eats pairs four decades of hospitality experience with a scratch kitchen and a signature corned beef recipe, making it a distinctive stop for hand-crafted deli fare in the area.