Embers Café was built around a simple idea: campground food can be better.
Too often “campground food” means frozen products shipped in from a distributor and pushed through a fryer. Fast, cheap, and forgettable.
That’s not how we do things here.
Our fries are cut fresh.
Our chicken tenders are hand-breaded.
Our salads, parfaits, and baked goods are made in our kitchen.
Our coffee is ground fresh before it’s brewed.
Every weekend our kitchen prepares dinner specials from scratch—real meals cooked by real people who care about what they’re serving.
But the food is only part of the story.
The people working in this café aren’t just staff. They’re campers too. They share the same spaces, the same fires, the same weekends that everyone else here comes to enjoy.
That matters to us.
We believe the people who cook and serve the food deserve to enjoy camp life as well. That’s why we run a late-night kitchen for a short window after the bonfire—just enough time to feed the crowd that’s still hungry, but not so long that our team misses the very experience everyone came here for.
Because a good campground should be fun for everyone—customers, staff, and owners alike.
We care about the quality of the food we serve.
We care about the people who make it.
And we care about the campers who walk up to our counter expecting something worth their time and money.
Embers Café isn’t just a place to grab food.
It’s part of the camp.
The Coffee We Chose to Serve
Great coffee serves as a social lubricant, bringing people together for great conversations and simply to enjoy each other’s company. Clearly, lubricant, great conversations, and enjoyment are all things we know a lot about at Hillside.
To ensure we can deliver a coffee worthy of you, we will be sourcing our whole coffee beans from one of the oldest coffee roasters in PA, The Gerhart Coffee Company, located in Lancaster for us to grind just in time for each freshly brewed pot.
This is just one instance of our ongoing commitment to guarantee premium food choices and outstanding service.
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