Article: Buffet draws hungry guests, business to Holmes County

By CHRIS KICK

Staff Writer

It could be weeks before officials determine if it truly was the world's biggest, but the buffet held Saturday at the Holmes County Amish Flea Market was definitely big, and so was the crowd of hungry guests who came to enjoy it.

By about noon, some 300 different dishes had been brought to the buffet. The number to beat was 510, according to Elaine Straley, regional internship coordinator for the Ohio Restaurant Association. That record was set last year at the Las Vegas Hilton.

Dish after dish of meatballs, pasta, beef, ham, mashed potatoes and much more lined the inside of the building.

"I think it's too much at one time," said Dennis Pratt, of Beach City, joking ...

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