A look back at our history

Behind The Amish Door Village is a family who imagined a wholesome, family-first travel destination. Milo and Anna Kathryn Miller first poured coffee and served broasted chicken for dinner guests in March 1977.

Recently returned from a long stint as missionaries in Mexico, Milo, Anna Kathryn and their five children (Joe, Steve [now deceased], Carol, Tom and Yvonne) did everything needed to serve hearty Amish style meals. They began in a little restaurant named Stucki’s (now a small part of The Market). Their location at one
of the main entrances into Amish Country soon inspired a new name for the restaurant: The Amish Door.

You can find the most popular dishes – many of them originals – on today’s menu, marked as Amish Door Signature dishes. In 2006, USA Today’s visit produced a flurry of excitement, and their choices are marked on the menu, too. Locals had always known Amish Door favorites, but it was nice to be “discovered”!

Today, Amish Door is an entire village with an inn, conference facilities, shops and much more. Dinner theater, children’s events and buggy rides make Amish Door a magical place, perfect for special family occasions like weddings and anniversaries. On any day of the year (except Sunday) Amish Door is the ideal way to enter Ohio’s Amish Country.

Through the years we have trusted in God’s grace to guide us, and we share this prayer with you:

“God, we bow to thank you for our daily bread. Amen.”

The Millers have continued their mission work, traveling once or more every year for almost 50 years until recent drug-related violence has made travel to the area too risky. Their efforts have been focused on helping a small city just across the Texan border named Reynosa, where the family has helped start churches and build a bible school and two Christian day schools.