Shipshewana Restaurants

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Last visit August 2010

Whenever we make the 2 hour trek out to Shipshewana, we head over to Essenhaus in nearby Middlebury for their Amish family style lunch. We recently also had visited Zehnder's in Frankenmuth Michigan which is the same style of food, Essenhaus is SO much better!

After you are done with your meal, you can go next door to the bakery and bring home some of the delicious baked goods or my personal favorite, the sweet and sour dressing served at the restaurant. If you can still walk after eating all that food, there are also gift shops that are in walking distance from the restaurant and there's a hotel as well should you want to spend the night in the area.

Favorite Dish: Food in the main dining room is served family style for $16.95 per person, everyone gets fried chicken and you can add beef, steak or ham for an extra $1 and the meal comes with bread and Amish peanut butter or apple butter, side dishes of mashed potatoes, corn or green beans, salad (be sure to try the sweet and sour dressing), bread, egg noodles and stuffing. Lunch/dinner is then topped off with a piece of pie so save a little bit of room or you can also take it to go.

It's all you can eat except for the dessert. If you are not very hungry or are a light eater, there is another section of the restaurant where you can order off the menu.