Dining & Meal Service
Homemade Meals
Homemade meals and a salad bar are available for all groups in the dining room of the Craigville Inn. We provide a full-service menu of homemade, delicious, and healthy meals served buffet style. The Dining Hall has heat and air conditioning, so it is always comfortable.
Please have a look at the sample menu below, or feel free to use this printable PDF.
Options for Preparing Your Own Meals
The cottages have kitchens, which allow groups to do their own cooking if preferred. During the summer, groups can also do their own cooking in the Manor.
Simple Wholesome Meals
We aim to have simple, wholesome meals that appeal to a broad audience. We will serve meals for individual dietary needs, allowing guests to customize. Protein and carbs will form the basis of the meal, with various sides, including a full salad bar or fruit and yogurt bar.
Special Dietary Needs
The menu is chosen considering each group's specific needs, including any dietary restrictions. All allergies and dietary needs are of the utmost importance to us, so we ask for this information in advance to allow for menu planning. Guests are welcome to contact us to discuss menu planning.
Orientation
At their first meal, each group will receive a detailed orientation to the dining room. We’ll explain the procedures for obtaining dietary alternative meals and answer any questions. This typically also serves as the main introduction for the group, including rules for housing and emergency procedures; it usually takes 5-10 minutes at most.
Dining Hall Availability
The dining room is generally unavailable to guests between meals, allowing staff time to clean and reset. However, a coffeemaker and other amenities are available in each meeting space for guests’ self-service between meals (plan to bring your preferred coffee grounds or tea). If a group is utilizing the dining room as a meeting space, some kitchen noise is unavoidable, but staff will do their best to keep quiet. Details of the meeting room must be arranged with Craigville Retreat Center in advance.
Sample Menu
The sample menu below should give a good idea of the basics of each meal. There are always minor variations, and the entrees offered are examples. We do not guarantee a menu in advance; the menu is chosen with all guests in mind and provided in advance only in some cases.
Served at all meals: a cereal selection, hand fruit, bread/toast, condiments as appropriate, and hot sauces.
Breakfast
Eggs, mini-hashbrowns, pancakes, turkey sausage, French toast, pork sausage, fruit juices, milk, water, ice, coffee, and a tea bar. A fruit bar (melon, pineapple, grapes), unsweetened Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, and hardboiled eggs. Hot oatmeal, raisins, brown sugar, honey, granola, syrup, and condiments.
Lunch
Pizza, soup, sandwiches, potato bar, burgers, fries, chicken sandwiches, fries, burrito bar. Fruit juices, milk, water, ice, coffee, tea bar. Lemonade and iced tea. Salad Bar - spring mix, 3-5 vegetables, protein sources such as chickpeas and kidney beans, assorted dressings. Craisins, croutons, condiments, etc.
Dinner
Pasta with two sauces, lasagna, coconut curry chicken, teriyaki chicken stir fry, lemon pepper chicken, meat loaf, etc. (Dinners typically include 1-2 vegetable sides and rolls). Fruit juices, milk, water, ice, coffee, tea bar, lemonade, and iced tea. Salad Bar—spring mix, 3-5 vegetables, protein sources such as chickpeas and kidney beans, assorted dressings. Craisins, croutons, condiments, etc.
You can use this printable PDF.
