We had a feeling we were at the right place when we saw the horse drawn Amish carriages outside.
Have you ever been to Amish country? I hadn’t been to an Amish restaurant since my parents had taken me to one as a child. The food was delicious and the atmosphere is appreciably different. When my friend Peggy and I were exploring the backwoods of Amish country near Lakeview, we heard about an Amish fish fry that night. We jumped at the chance to go… So here’s the dilly…
First off, it’s all word of mouth, the only indication that there is a fish fry at the actual location is that there are cars and horse drawn buggies outside. Plus, you need the address, there’s not even a sign at the road. When we arrived at the fish fry, we were greeted with the sight of this red building on the left, on the right was a small 2-story white farmhouse and a bunch of parked cars by the house. As we entered through the back door, we were greeted by Amish women dressed in long dresses with white aprons and hats.
Some of the patrons directed us to a room with long wood tables and bench style seating. Everyone sat together and the servers came along every so often to provide refills of delicious home fried fish, baked or fried potatoes, cole slaw, home made biscuits and all the fixings. There was even a great selection of pies to choose from. As we left, there was a metal box out for cash donations to pay for the meal. Your choice of how much to pay.
The fish fry is held on the 3rd Friday of every month from 3:30 pm – 8:00 pm, in addition, breakfast is available on Saturdays from 7:00 am – noon. The location is at 5882 Stutzman Drive, Lakeview, MI. Here’s a google map link to the location. Turn onto the dirt drive and pass the first house on the left. Continue until you see the red building pictured here, the fish fry is in the white 2 story house in the back (on the right).
I have more photos coming of the Amish community, so I hope you will check back to see more soon.
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