Breakfast Quest: We Have A Champion

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Breakfast Quest: We Have A Champion

Twenty nominees. One county. A summer our arteries won't forget. You nominated them, we ate them, and the Breakfast Quest is officially over. Here is your podium.

🥇 First place: Savoy Truffle (398 Harrisburg Ave., Suite 250, Lancaster). The order: bacon, egg, and cheese on an everything bagel. The bagel came out perfect and crispy, a genuinely great bagel. And the bacon sealed it: just a little bit of sweetness to it, nice and buttery, a great bite from the first one to the last. That's a champion.

🥈 Second place: Gracie's on West Main (264 W. Main St., Leola). The from-scratch Leola institution came within a bite of the crown.

🥉 Third place: Speckled Hen Coffee (141 E. Main St., Strasburg). Strasburg's cafe rounds out the podium with a locally sourced breakfast sandwich worth the drive.

The full results, the official rules, and all 20 nominees now live at our new Best Breakfast Sandwich in Lancaster page. Thank you to everyone who nominated, argued, and ate along with us. The words Breakfast Quest shall now rest. Until the next quest.

A Penn Manor teacher publishes his own debut novel

Scott Hertzog spent 24 years teaching English at Penn Manor High School, where he ran an independent study that helped eight of his students write and publish their own books, coaching them through outlines, edits, and roughly four chapters a week. Now the retired teacher is finally taking his own advice: his debut novel, The Last King of Äncale, releases August 25 in hardback, paperback, and audiobook. It's an epic fantasy about a sickness plaguing a fictional world and a king forced to reckon with what fear asks of him, and whether it justifies cruelty.

"I like to think that my entire life has been leading up to this moment," Hertzog said. Twenty-four years of grading everyone else's chapters. This one's his.

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Wednesday

Castañeda's Library Fundraiser | Dine out and 10% of proceeds benefit the Adamstown Area Library. | 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM | Castañeda's Mexican Restaurant, 323 Main St., Denver | Free admission, food off the menu

Model Train Storytime | Stories plus model trains for kids and families. | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Adamstown Area Library, 110 W. Main St., Adamstown | Free

Music Trivia & Dinner | Music trivia night with dinner beforehand. | 6:30 PM dinner, 7:00 PM trivia | Station House Tavern, 1335 Fruitville Pike, Lancaster | Free to attend

"WHAT'S NEXT?!" Workshop | Interactive workshop on making bold decisions, with a personalized action plan. | 6:30 PM | Vine Bar, 237 N. Prince St., Lancaster | $81.88

Thursday

Lancaster Beer Gardens at Buchanan Park | Opening night: Lancaster Rec's traveling beer garden lands in Buchanan Park through Saturday. | 4:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Buchanan Park, 901 Buchanan Ave., Lancaster | Free admission; food and drinks for purchase

Art Battle Lancaster | Painters compete in 20-minute rounds while the audience votes and bids. | 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM | West Art, 816 Buchanan Ave., Lancaster | $20 advance, $25 door

Dina Hashem Headlines West Art | Stand-up from the Comedy Central and HBO Max comedian. | 8:00 PM, doors 7:00 PM | West Art, 816 Buchanan Ave., Lancaster | $28.52

BLUME en Blanc | Wear-white summer party with cocktails, vendors, giveaways, and a charity raffle. | 6:00 PM | Blume House of Aesthetics and Wellness, 1608 Lititz Pike, Lancaster | $20

Trivioke Night at Southern Market | Music trivia meets karaoke, with Southern Market gift cards for winners. | 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Southern Market, 100 S. Queen St., Lancaster | Free; $1 off beer and wine 7-9 PM

The Egg Roll Lady Food Pop-Up | Egg roll pop-up vendor parks at the library all morning. | 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Milanof-Schock Library, 1184 Anderson Ferry Rd., Mount Joy | Free entry; food for purchase

Jigsaw Puzzle Night | Bring a puzzle or borrow one from the Puzzle Swap. | 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Columbia Public Library, 24 S. 6th St., Columbia | Free, registration required

Warehouse District Beer Garden | Rubber Soul's outdoor beer garden pours local drafts near the stadium. | 4:00 PM - 11:00 PM | Warehouse District Beer Garden, 595 N. Charlotte St., Lancaster | Free admission; food and drinks for purchase

Now Playing

Joshua | Sight & Sound's panoramic staging of the Bible's battle-tested leader, running through December 31 (heads up: sold out through mid-August, next open seats around August 19). | Tue-Sat showtimes | Sight & Sound Theatres, 300 Hartman Bridge Rd., Ronks | $82-$104 adults, $44 children

Mary Poppins | The practically-perfect Disney musical with dinner buffet, running through August 8. | Wed & Thu 7:30 PM · Fri & Sat 7:30 PM · 1 PM matinees · Sun 7 PM twilight | Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre, 510 Centerville Rd., Lancaster | $78-$83 dinner & show, $55 show-only

1776 | Tony-winning musical about the Declaration of Independence, final performances through August 1. | Thu 7:30 PM · Fri & Sat 8:00 PM | Ephrata Performing Arts Center, 320 Cocalico St., Ephrata | $35-$54 plus $3 fee

Live music

Wednesday

Flamin' Dick and the Hot Rods | '50s and '60s rock 'n' roll oldies | 7:00 PM | New Holland Community Park, 400 E. Jackson St., New Holland | Free

Thursday

The Cosmic Honky Tonk | Cosmic country and honky tonk | 7:00 PM, doors 6:30 PM | Zoetropolis, 112 N. Water St., Lancaster | $10 advance, $15 day of show

Jazz Thursdays | Live jazz in the restaurant and bar | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Plough, 25 S. Queen St., Lancaster | Free

The Dave Wilson Quartet | Jazz on the Patio | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | The Barn at Paradise Station, 312 Paradise Lane, Ronks | Free, no cover