Empty basket at the former Tomato Barn [View all]

When I last visited the Tomato Barn in 2017, it was a thriving business with many employees and table upon table laden with many varieties of local tomatoes. Washington Borough, in Lancaster County, PA, is known for its tomatoes, grown in the rich soil of the Susquehanna River Valley. When I returned to the site earlier this month I found that the name had changed and the business had gone completely self-service, with a scales and an honor box but not a human in sight. There were only three long tables of tomatoes. I'm guessing the business never fully recovered from Covid.