LANCASTER, Pa. (WHTM) — A popular Lancaster County-based smorgasbord is celebrating 95 years of operation right here in the Midstate.
Miller’s Smorgasbord , which is best known for offering a vast variety of home-cooked meals that are steeped in Pennsylvania Dutch tradition, has announced that they are officially celebrating 95 years of operation.
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According to Miller’s Smorgasbord, they first debuted in 1929 when Enos Miller established a truck repair gas station on Lincoln Highway East (before Route 30 even existed).
His wife Anna, who had a knack for home-cooked meals, began offering her food to Enos’ customers. Over time, word spread about Anna’s Pennsylvania Dutch specialties, such as her Chicken and Waffles, and eventually, Anna’s dining area expanded and took over the truck repair shop.
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Photo of Managing Partner Dan Strauss in his younger years outside of Miller’s Smorgasbord -
In 1948, the Miller’s sold the restaurant to their long-time employees Beatrice and Thomas Strauss. After several years of running the establishment, the Strauss’s renamed the restaurant ‘Miller’s Smorgasbord’ in in 1957.