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Voted the Publisher Weekly’s Bookstore of the Year

Today Eva and I visited Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg, Pa, the state capital. I am headed to Washington D.C. to meet my friend M with whom I will travel to Dublin later this week.

Eva is technically delivering me to D.C. (even though I drove) and then returning home tomorrow night. M and his family are out of town until late tonight so they asked me to arrive tomorrow. Eva wants to visit D.C. and does not wish to do the 3.5-hour, one-way trip twice in one day so she wanted to come down today.

I would have easily taken the train from Philly, but Eva is spoiled.

So we left this morning and stopped in Harrisburg to visit the well-known Midtown Scholar, house in a former movie theater.

The staff was super friendly, and while the store brags of its large size, it doesn’t feel that big. They have a big, well-merchandised used book section, most of which aren’t really that much of a bargain. But they also have discount mass market paperbacks, rare books and an impressive nonfiction area with a lot of “history” whether that be American, Art, etc.

Their café has a broad array of beverages.

Across the street is Harrisburg’s Broad Street Market, which “consists of the oldest continuously operated market houses in the United States” dating back to the Civil War.