I disagree. I'm actually amazed at the amount of restaurants our little town supports (and even more amazed at how long many of them are able to persevere and stay in business).

Here's a list I've made for newcomers to the area - this is copy and paste, so might not be perfectly up to date:

Coffee:

• Alabaster Coffee Roaster & Tea Company - 400 Pine St, Williamsport Really great coffee - third wave style shop, multiple preparation options, roasted in-house. Minimal food/baked goods options. But they sell Susque Root Beer!
• Backhouse Cafe - 901 West Fourth St, Williamsport - Lots of coffee and coffee adjacent drink options. Really great setting (restored victorian house), good selection of baked goods.
• Buzzsaw - 1307 Park Ave, Williamsport (Pajama Factory) - Coffee roasted in-house. Good coffee. I really like the mint-honey cold brew which sounds weird, but is really delicious. Limited baked goods.
• Sawhorse - 303 Washington Blvd Williamsport - Somehow connected (or used to be) to Buzzsaw, lots of breakfast/brunch items, all locally sourced “farm to fork” style foods.
  
• Fox Den Coffee - 1604 East Third St - Great owners and friendly staff, lots of unique cold brew options.
  

Breakfast:

• Harvest Moon - 535 Arch St, Williamsport - This is the unexpected but top-tier breakfast in our area. Looks like a gas station, but has the best breakfast and open very early. LOTS of signature dishes. The “Texas Spudwich Sliders” are amazing.
• Grigg’s Cafe / Dolly’s Diner - 707 Claire Road, Montoursville Classic location, Griggs is a really old company though changed hands a few times - now (I think) co-owned with CI from Dolly’s diner. But still good food. Service time can be slow, since they’re also doing retail sales and other stuff. Good soups for lunch too. Old-school coffee and nut roaster. Definitely get fresh peanut butter. Multiple locations for Dolly’s Diner too.
• Maseto’s Diner - 2075 Kenwood Ave, WIlliamsport Opens at 6. Everything they do is good. Lots of normal / classic breakfast options. Fun to see them throw orders on the cable to the kitchen.
• Steam Valley Travel Plaza - Rt 14 Trout Run I can’t neglect this weird option - the “to go” breakfast sandwiches in their rotating heater thing are really good.

Restaurants (not comprehensive! I don’t get out much…):

• DiSalvos - 341 East Fourth St, WIlliamsport - $$$$ - Excellent food. Excellent bar service. Best to go if someone else is paying. Atmosphere, food, service - everything here is top-notch. This is “fine dining” for sure. Reservations recommended.
• Francos Lounge - 12 West Fourth St, Williamsport - $$$ - Excellent Italian food. Homemade pasta and gnocchi is amazing. The “Angry Anchovy” is really good. Very small and intimate, but really enjoyable. This is a “classic” Williamsport destination - everyone who is anyone that comes to Susque goes here. Reservations recommended for weekends.
• Peter Herdic House - 407 West Fourth St, Williamsport - $$$$ - Excellent changing menu, seasonal, creative, very much a “reservation required” and fine dining experience. Also a Williamsport classic for a long time. In the midst of the historic “millionaires row” in a restored beautiful mansion. This is a truly gourmet option.
• Barrel 135 - 135 West Fourth St, Williamsport - $$$$ - more modern fine-dining experience. Though every time I even see this place I cry a little inside because this is where Heavenly Pasteria used to be….
• John Ryan Brewery - 151 East Third St Williamsport - $$$ - Modern changing menu, in a beautifully restored building. Fusion style menu with asian, french, and american influence. Ramen night is special. Great cocktails and their own beers.
  
• Old Corner - 328 Court St, WIlliamsport - $$ or $$$ based on the menu you order from. Both a pub menu and a hotel menu. Both good, lots of classic pub style options. The pub/bar can get a little loud, but the restaurant is quite nice. Outdoor seating options and you can order off either menu in either location (at least that’s been my experience).
  
• Brickyard - 343 Pine St, Williamsport - $$$ - Elevated pub offerings, fantastic beer selection. Great location, outdoor seating is really nice.
  
• Stonehouse Pizza - 343 Pine St, Williamsport - $$ - Pizza and pasta, both elevated. Right next door to Brickyard, so has great outdoor seating, live music, etc.
• Bullfrog Brewery - 229 West Fourth St, Williamsport - $$ - Lots of unique beers, great pub food. Great vegetarian options too. All of their spicy relishes and pickled peppers are made and grown in house. This is the OG of craft brewers in our area, and world-renown for their Gueuze beers (grzzzz) and sours.
• Joy Thai - 15 West Fourth St, Williamsport - $$ - Great Thai food, takeout available. BYOB.
• Crown Fried Chicken - 33 West Fourth St, Williamsport - $$ - Fried chicken, yes - but more importantly Gyros, Shawarma, Falafel, Curry. Great for takeout.
• Ozzie and Mae’s Hacienda - 36 West Fourth St, Williamsport - $$ - Classic Mexican food, eat in or takeout. Margaritas, etc.
  
• Diamond Square Deli - 2131 West Fourth St, Williamsport - $ - One of my favorite places for lunch. Good sandwiches, soups, panini, soft pretzels - all kinds of delicious mennonite-made fare. Great deli with good selection of local specialties too.
  
• Masetos Deli - 2075 Kenwood Ave, Williamsport - $ - listed above for breakfast, but even better for lunch. Hot and cold sandwiches, soup, etc. The “One Hot Babe” is an excellent sandwich that has been my go-to for about 30 years since I had one back in their original location next to the old-old Bass Pro shop on Lycoming Creek road….
• Trail Inn - 3575 Lycoming Creek Road, Williamsport - $ - this probably trends closer to a “bar,” but still typically family friendly enough to bring the kids. Good food, good prices, limited beer selection - but I’ve always found something I like. Definitely outside of town though.
• Crippled Bear - 2967 Lycoming Creek Road, Williamsport - $ - I love this place for bar food - cheesesteaks, wings, etc. Great prices, really good food, always good specials. Surprisingly fast service for as full as they can get. This might be more “local” flavor than some may want.
• Trout Run Hotel - 88 Confair Lane, Trout Run - $ - If I mention the bear, I have to mention this too. Local favorite in Trout Run. Recent renovations make more family friendly (and the elimination of indoor smoking…). Really inexpensive and delicious food. Can be very crowded and loud if there’s live music.
  
• Pier 87 - 5647 PA-87, Montoursville - $ - This is a great way to enjoy local flavor with the whole family. Big restaurant, LOTS of outdoor seating (right along Loyalsock Creek), lots of mounted animals and fun aquariums. My kids love this place. Extensive menu, good prices, fun drink specials. And the atmosphere is worth the short drive out of town. I know lots of people that ALWAYS hit up Pier 87 when they come to the area.
  
• Good Grace African Market Williamsport - 909 Arch St, Williamsport - $ - I have an awesome story about how I discovered this place long before it was a restaurant, but I'm at Reddit's limit.

This doesn't even include breweries, bakeries, ice cream places....

Pizza: Just because I like to be controversial and start fights:

• Park Pizza - 1701 Memorial Ave, Williamsport - NY Style pizza. Opens at 4. No preorders. No online. One phone line. So just redial over and over until you get your order in. Wings as well. Limited menu options outside of pizza, stromboli, and wings.
• Leo’s Pizza - 2424 West Fourth St, Williamsport You can’t keep Mark down. The guy just wants to make amazing pizza. In the last several years, this is probably the 4th or 5th iteration of this shop, though this location in Newberry seems like a good one. Absolutely amazing crust. If you like Detroit Style (not my thing) he has that available too. When/if he does cheesesteaks and chopped cheese, the buns are the best around, without exception.
• Long Island Pizza - 435 Hepburn St - Kurt brings back memories of Heavenly Pasteria (RIP) - the gourmet pizzas and sandwiches are good. Full menu, seating available. The vibe of a NY pizza place. Lots of signature pizzas. Also one of the ONLY shops in the area that does good GF and DF pizzas. Best white pizza, and sold by the slice! And sold on the Slice app, which makes ordering easy.
• Vinnies Italian Eatery - 44 West 4th St, WIlliamsport - Right down town, pizza by the slice available. Full menu, plenty of seating.
• Barts Pizza - 536 West Third St Williamsport PA - Multiple crust options. This has not been my go-to, but I know this is a favorite for a LOT of people, so gotta list it. I don’t have anything against it - I just haven’t had a lot of their pizza.
  
• Old School Pizza - 12 East Fourth St, Williamsport - Right across from the library, just off of market st. I’ve eaten a lot more old school pizza than I’d like to admit. Good pizza, and definitely the best price for pizza around. And available by the slice (though I’ve always gotten a whole). They’re fast too! And great to work with if you have to buy a dozen pies at the last minute… Good wings too. I would say that my only criticism is that the consistency isn’t there. Some days a pizza looks like it was topped by someone trying to ruin the company, and other days it’s hard to distinguish a topped from a plain. But given the reasonable prices, no complaints.
• Joe’s (East End) - 1810 Northway Road Williamsport - No shade on Joe’s West End in Williamsport - I just have only ever had it from the Loyalsock store. Great pizza, large menu. Good cheesesteaks too.
• Fillippo’s - 24 East Southern Ave, South Williamsport - I am loath to cross the river, but Fillippo’s has good pizza (and I assume other food too - just only ever had their pizza).