The title compound, C19H19NO2, is non-planar with the phenyl ring of the phenethylacetamide residue inclined to the benzofuran ring system by 84.8 (3)°. The methyl group lies in the plane of the fused ring system [C—C—C—C torsion angle = −179.6 (3)°]. In the crystal, N—H...O hydrogen bonds link the molecules into chains along the a-axis direction. π–π stacking interactions with a centroid-to-centroid distances of 3.497 (3) Å further stabilize the structure, stacking the molecules along a.
