Marlena Ballinger: "What's for dinner? Ask The Dough Hook to prepare it for you!"
The Dough Hook introduces a new option for dinners in Bluffton, according to Marlena Ballinger.
The Main Street meat market, deli and bakery is located at 117 N. Main St., Bluffton. Phone orders are accepted at 419-369-4264.
“If you are tired of going through a drive-thru for dinner, call us and we’ll provide a hot, delicious dinner for you,” she said, introducing The Dough Hook’s home cooked meals.
Ballinger said that orders should be placed by noon of the day of the dinner. All meals are prepared in a disposable pan.
“Some can be made in your own crock pot,” she said. “Simply drop off your crock pot by 8:30 a.m. of the day you want the meal and we will fill it up for you.”
The menu (listed below and on the Icon menu page) includes:
(All meals incllude a dozen dinner rolls)
• Pork chops and dressing
• Beef roast, potatoes and carrots
• Beef stew
• Lasagna with breadsticks
• Chicken breast with rice
• Meat loaf
• Vic’s ham loaf
• An assortment of soups
Dessert options:
• Fruit pies
• Cream pies
Also:
• Cinnamon rolls
• Sticky buns
• Donuts
• Donut holes
• Cookies
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