East Earl, Pennsylvania 17519
USA
Phone: 717-354-8222
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Shady Maple Smorgasbord Description:
This is an all-buffet restuarant that specializes in Pennsylvania Dutch cusine. The restaurant's genesis began with the opening of the Shady Maple Farm Market in 1970. The restaurant aspect began with a small lunch counter that opened in the late 1970s. In the fall of 1984 construction began on the smorgasbord. The restaurant opened in July 1985 with a buffet theme. The restaurant had over 300 seats in the smorgasbord (top level), with a gift shop and fast food restaurant on the lower level.
In April 1989 the Smorgasbord had 180 employees and over 500-seat capacity.
In September 2000 the new Smorgasbord building opened. The building has two levels with the Smorgasbord on the top level and the 30,000 sq. ft. Gift Shop and Fast Food Dutchette located on the lower level. The restaurant can now seat 1,200 people which includes space for special occasions, special meetings, bus tours, etc., and they employ over 250 people in the new facility. The Fast Food Dutchette seats approximately 225 people. The smorgasbord features over 120 feet of food.
The original Smorgasbord building is now a furniture store.
Despite the enormous size of this restaurant waits can be excrutiatingly long on weekends and at all times during tourist season.