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Dutch Valley Days
Dutch Valley celebrates grand opening of renovated restaurant with Dutch Valley Days Dutch Valley Restaurant will celebrate its grand opening following a major renovation on Friday and Saturday, June 20-21 at the Dutch Valley campus in Sugarcreek. As part of the celebration, the restaurant will join with the Carlisle Inn, Dutch Valley Gifts, Dutch Valley Furniture and Dutch Valley Market for Dutch Valley Days. The restaurant is emerging from the construction dust with an expanded bakery retail area, beautifully expanded and renovated restrooms and a face lift for the dining room and lobby. “Our goal in this project was to help enhance our guests’ experience when they visit us, and we’re pleased to say that we’ve accomplished that,” said Mike Palmer, president of Dutchman Hospitality. “It was really amazing how everyone worked together – from the general contractor, to our decorators, to our staff, to make this a reality.” The celebration will kick-off with a ribbon cutting at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 20, and will continue throughout the weekend. Palmer said some 6,000 guests are expected throughout the two-day event. “This is the first in what will be an annual event on the Dutch Valley Sugarcreek campus,” Palmer said. “It’s going to be a great weekend because all the properties are coming together to throw a really great celebration.” Guests will receive a small shopping bag, which they can take to each division on the Dutch Valley campus for a free gift. There will also be a wide variety of delectable samples from the bakery and café, live music, balloons for the kids and a live radio remote. Visitors also can register to win a grand prize, which includes a one-night stay in a deluxe room at the adjoining Carlisle Inn Sugarcreek, with dinner for two at Dutch Valley Restaurant, a $20 gas card and $50 voucher for use at Dutch Valley Gifts and Dutch Valley Furniture. Other prizes are first prize, which includes a hot air balloon ride from Amish Country Balloon Adventures and dinner for two at Dutch Valley Restaurant; second prize, four tickets to a Cleveland Indians baseball game and dinner for two at the restaurant; and third prize, two tickets to an Indians game and dinner for two at the restaurant. In addition, kids can register to win a bicycle, and the restaurant will give away free pies and gifts to every guest whose check number ends in “00.” Regarding the construction project, Palmer said the renovations make the restaurant complex more family-friendly and handicap accessible. The project, which had a budget of more than $1 million, included a major expansion of the restrooms, which now are almost double in size. “We really wanted to make a statement with the restrooms – they’re really beautiful, large, and easy for everyone to access,” he said. Also included is a new 2,700-square-foot retail area in the bakery that accommodates a complete array of Dutch Valley’s famous pastries and pies, as well as a new line of homemade specialty focaccia and cheese breads. The new space is connected to the restaurant with a new hallway, but is also easily accessible with a new, separate customer entrance, eliminating the need for customers to go through the restaurant lobby to get to the bakery. A porch on the east side of the restaurant also was enclosed for better indoor access. “The bakery turned out even better than we expected,” Palmer said. “It’s bright and very appealing, and the involvement of our staff has been great in helping us to be more customer-friendly.” The restaurant also received significant upgrades, including a new entrance, an expanded lobby, redesigned seating areas and all new flooring, wall coverings and ceilings. Palmer said the room has been reconfigured for both large gatherings, and more intimate spaces. The décor also has been freshened with new quilt wall hangings and artwork that help link the customer experience to Dutch Valley’s heritage and culture. Finally, the project includes expanded retail space in the restaurant’s entry and the hallway between the restaurant and bakery. Palmer praised the work of Ivan Weaver Construction, general contractor, as well as the work of interior designer Maribeth Gatchalian of Columbus and design coordinator Suzanne Catlette of Tallmadge, for bringing it all together. “It’s really great to see what can be done when people pull together,” he said. “I’m inspired by how our staff and all the vendors came together to make this happen. We couldn’t be happier with the results.” |
Address: 1343 Old Route 39 NE Sugarcreek, OH 44681 330-852-4627 Visit Us: M-Sat, 7 am-8 pm
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