The Palms

First time at The Palm. Great home cooking. Had the broiled haddock and it was delicious. The Pecan Bread Pudding is fabulous!
A great find in a small town!

Chose this place based on other Unilocal reviews & though it worked, it definitely didn’t live up to the hype. The overall feel of the place was rather glum & I definitely felt like an outsider throughout our lunch experience. This was largely due to the service, though efficiently quick — just not very friendly. It is what it is, but the combination between the older patrons dining at that time & our rather smug server had me on my very best behavior, using all my manners! Almost like having dinner at your grandma’s house. Speaking of which, the food reminded me of my grandmother’s cooking… the one that cooked without seasonings & the one that I’d just rather visit, not partake in a meal with. So though my crab cake with mixed vegetables, as well as the Maryland crab soup had potential it fell short on what it could be. Kids were happy with their fries & chicken tenders, but fried food sells itself. There doesn’t seem to be too many local dining choices for this area, but there certainly has to be better ones.

My wife and I love the Palms for breakfast! The owners are very kind as well. The free jumbo hot dogs and sour kraut during the blizzard of early 2010 was a tremendous blessing to me. My advice is to get there early on the weekends because the place will fill up quick! The Palms is definitely the best place for breakfast in northern Frederick county!

We came here for breakfast, and found it totally packed. Good sign, right? It was about a 15-​minute wait to be seated. When we got the food, though, we were underwhelmed. The blueberry pancakes were tough, pre-​mixed affairs with just enough blueberries to remind you that you had paid extra. The eggs were greasy, the home fries incredibly so. Requested milk for coffee and never got it. Took a long time to get the check. Meh. I will say that the home fries were well-​seasoned.

Thursday lunch special, the turkey skillet, is old school excellent! If you like real food in a real dinner, this is the joint for you.
And cocktails!

Easily the best place for breakfast in the area. The omelets are fluffy & fantastic… The Palms omelet is a fresh cheesesteak… The Crab omelet is stuffed & spiced… asparagus/​feta …on & on. Delicious. Check out the board for specials. Home fries are really good. Great Service with a smile too!

The crab omelet is absolutely amazing! Also, their link sausage is some of the best I have had. The only thing I didn’t care for was their pancakes, they were too dense.

My family stopped in here to eat last weekend while we were busy getting the house ready for the holidays and we had to eat — I refused to give in to the child whining about wanting chicken nuggets again. Again. We were going to have a real sit-​down dinner for some real food, dagnabbit (does anyone say that anymore? hmmm, did anyone ever say that?).
The major positives to the Palms are that: what they do well they do very well, they are a good value, and the folks who work there are wonderfully friendly and attentive. The atmosphere is very small-​town casual, and there is a warm and cozy bar in a room attached to the restaurant.
My wife had the crab cakes and they were indeed terrific — all meat as well. I had some of their specials, which included a cup of delicious lobster bisque soup (wish I had gotten the bowl!) and my entrée was their stuffed shrimp (wish I had also ordered the crab cakes). And my son got the pizza. The pizza was really very disappointing. It was somewhere less than supermarket freezer pizza like Tombstone and hovered near elementary school cafeteria pizza. He had one bite, would not eat more. He asked me to try and I had a bite and saw what he meant, but we took the rest and boxed it to go — but not sure why, as it was thrown out.
Then we had deserts — oh my, deserts are definitely a highlight here. And you do have to watch the specials board, they run out of the popular selections. The Red Velvet Cake and the Chocolate Cake with PB Icing was gone sometime after we saw the specials board and before we ordered desert (maybe one should order desert before it is time to eat it?). I believe they pretty much either make or locally order their deserts. So I got the Raspberry Chocolate Cheesecake and my wife had something I honestly cannot remember but they were both awesome. I vaguely remembered eating here before a couple of years prior, and the one thing I remembered form that meal was their 3 berry pie.
A good place to eat in the area, and a good value. I am sure I will eat there again, but like me you should stick to what they do well. And I hear that does include breakfast, but I have not tried that there yet.

Great place for lunch. Good food and very affordable. Be sure to ask about their weekday $ 5 lunch special, great deal!

We stopped here for breakfast on our way up 15 and it was delicious! Service was great and eggs were cook perfectly.

*3.5 stars*
We made a very random stop here for lunch on our way from DC to Harrisburg, PA. It was a pleasant stop and the server was very friendly and helpful, although they did take a lot longer than we would have liked to bring out our sandwiches for lunch. Here’s a rundown of our meal:
Cream of crab soup — Tasty, not particularly spicy and a little too salty
Prime Rib sandwich — DEEEELICIOUS. Really, really good.
Crab cake sandwich (Jumbo lump) — Really was all meat! Very good :)
Thanks Unilocalers, this was a nice find!

I love this homey little place. If you are in Emmittsburg (for some strange reason) and you are hungry, I would make my way to The Palms ASAP
They have a small dinning area, but it fits more than you would think… the wait staff are super friendly, and you can always count on this place for some down home comfort food.
This place is not fine dinning, but it does the trick (especially if you are nursing a hangover.)
They have a small bar on the opposite side of the dinning room which is quaint and well stocked:)
Lots of crab-​themed foods (its maryland, people) whwich are always delicious…2 different kinds of crab soup-​both are yumm!
Get the corn fritters!
Vegetarian friendly.

The Palms is not fancy… but its good. Prices are reasonsable, atmosphere is homey, and people are warm and considerate.
The large white board displays the specials of the day. They are ALWAYS a good choice.
The table in front of the board is not a good choice, unless you’re looking to meet people (because everyone will stand at your table to read the specials.)

Yay! I’m the first to review this place!
I adore the Palms for its down home delicious food. It’s what I’d imagine a grandmother who is a very very good cook to be able to whip up. It’s not prentious and there are hot dogs on the menu but that doesn’t mean its not a great place to get a bite to eat. The specials and sides and other changes to the menu are posted on a white board in the dinning room. The dinning room is tiny by the way and mostly full of older people. The prices are reasonable and the service is usually very good. My parents complain that they charge you for each cup of coffee though, so go figure. The specials sometimes feature country classics that you won’t be able to find them any where else. Hot cakes and pork puddin’ anyone (pancakes and pork’s liver sausage)?
The truth is, my parents live in Emmitsburg and I try to get them to come here whenever I visit.
I think my last meal (if I were to ever have the misfortune of choosing one) would be the Palms pan-​fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and stewed tomatoes.