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The Acropolis serves authentic Greek fare with dishes from the childhood memory of owner Bill Diamond, a native of Greece. (47 E. Main Street, tel. 301-689-8277)

Gandalf’s Restaurant & Pub serves exotic, organic and vegetarian fare from Ethiopian to Thai, along with micro-brews. Open for dinner Monday-Saturday. (20-24 E. Main Street, tel. 301-689-2010, www.gan­dalfs.org)

Princess Restaurant has been open since 1939 and is now operated by the family’s third generation. The restaurant once served Harry ­Truman and his wife, Bess, in one of their casual diner booths, which bears a small plaque commemorating the visit. (12 W. Main Street, tel. 301-689-1680)

Tombstone Café, in a gothic-style stone building that housed tombstone manufacturers for more than a century, unabashedly proclaims it serves “food and drink to die for.” Simple, yet eclectic gourmet food and coffee, and brunch served daily. Depending on the season, sit inside by the fire, or outside on the lawn. (60 E. Main Street, tel. 301-689-5254)

For a quick bite, Kramer’s Deli offers gourmet sandwiches. (105 E. Main Street, tel. 301-689-5353)

Lodging

Failingers Hotel Gunter is an 1896 hotel with 14 guest rooms, each decorated with a unique Victorian theme, and a museum in the basement. (11 W. Main Street, tel. 301-689-6511, www.hotelgunter.com, $)

Pet-friendly: The Savage River Lodge is in the heart of the vast 53,000-acre Savage River State Forest, just a few miles southwest of Frostburg. The 800-acre resort has 18 luxury cabins and a gourmet country restaurant. Some cabins can accommodate pets; there is a fee of $20 per night, which includes a gourmet pet treat, a game of Frisbee and a doggy Happy Hour on Saturday at 4 pm in the meadow. You can hike, fish or get a massage – or hike, fish and then get a massage. (1600 Mt. Aetna Road, tel. 301-689-3200, www.savage­ri­ver­lodge.com, $$$$)

Pet-friendly: The Frostburg Inn is a motor lodge with 16 rooms. Pets can stay in the smoking rooms, with an additional fee of $5 per night. There’s The Outback Lounge for dining and cocktails. (147 E. Main Street, tel. 301-689-3831, www.frostburginn.com, $)

Chain hotels in Frostburg include a Hampton Inn with an indoor pool and whirlpool (tel. 301-689-1998, $$), and a Day’s Inn & Suites (tel. 301-689-2050, $$), both near Frostburg State University.

Information

Historic Frostburg, a Maryland Main Street Community, tel. 301-689-6900, can provide information about lodging and dining as well as history.

Allegany County Convention & Visitors Bureau, tel. 800-425-2067, www.mdmountainside.com.

TIP: Tickets for the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad are purchased at the trip’s start in Cumberland. (tel. 800-TRAIN-50, www.wmsr.com) See the Cumberland section, page ###.

Grantsville

Around Town

We were initially told not to expect much from Grantsville. We’re glad we ignored that advice. We found it a relaxing respite off Interstate 68, good for a stop-off or an overnight, mostly due to the existence of a ­private effort that dates back nearly a half-century. It’s called the Penn Alps Restaurant and Craft Shop and its adjacent Spruce Forest Artisan Village, which offers visitors a glimpse of folkways and handmade crafts.

If you spend the day browsing Spruce Forest’s historic log cabins, where local artisans work in open-view, then spend the night at the nearby Elliott House, a delightful Victorian B&B, you’re left feeling as if time has slipped back a century or two. The laid-back pace of the 19th-century soothes 21st-century nerves. The rhythm of the loom or potter’s wheel slows down your pace. The aromas of citrus, eucalyptus and coconut envelop your senses. It is a time to appreciate the meticulous handwork of how things were made before mass-production.

The dozen historic log and frame structures have all been relocated to this spot from within about a 20-mile radius. The late Alta Schrock, a Mennonite and native of the Allegheny Mountains, moved them here to create a market for local cottage industries and to preserve the handcrafts, music, history and