1969: The first Der Dutchman Restaurant (with only 75 seats) opened in Walnut Creek, Ohio, the heart of Ohio’s Amish country. “They’ll never make it,” the locals said.

Der Dutchman also provides meals for up to 300 in its banquet facilities on the ground floor of the Carlisle Inn next door. But the business also can accommodate groups as small as 20 for ...

A Sarasota business with nearly four decades of history in the area has been voted the best buffet restaurant in the country. The Der Dutchman Restaurant in Sarasota has been chosen as the No. 1 ...

The Der Dutchman Restaurant in Sarasota has been chosen as the No. 1 buffet in the country as a result of voting by the readers of USA TODAY in the publication's 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards ...

Editor's note: Sarasota's Der Dutchman was voted the No. 1 buffet in the country in June 2023 by readers of USA Today. In 2018, writer Bob Plunket "staycationed" in Pinecraft, the Amish and ...

Today, I'm embarking on a 3-hour road trip to check out what's been dubbed "America's BEST Buffet" at Der Dutchman. Located in the picturesque Amish country, Der Dutchman is renowned for its ...

When she was working as a waitress at the Der Dutchman in 1987, Mast said the restaurant added a bakery and gift shop sales room in the building. As a few years went on, the gift section grew and ...

It used to be there were few evening options for visitors to Holmes County, Ohio's Amish mecca, other than having a huge family-style meal at places like Der Dutchman or Mrs. Yoder's Kitchen, and ...

T here are stops at the fair, Cabin Creek Golf, Farm at Walnut Creek, West Holmes High School and Lake Buckhorn, and restaurants like Der Dutchman, Amish Door and Boyd & Wurthmann.

From a single restaurant starting in 1969, Der Dutchman has grown in to have seven restaurants, a hotel chain and Ohio Star Theater in Sugarcreek.