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DAVE DEGEORGE and Gerri DeGeorge of DeGeorge's Lakeway Restaurant at 729 Lake Ave. in Ashtabula.
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Tami McCullough has been a waitress at Lakeway for 15 years.
“This is my family away from home and I love the customers,” she said.
“All of our waitresses are very professional and efficient, and Tami is certainly one of our best,” Dave said.
Another key to Lakeway’s success is the excellent product that they serve everyday.
“Everything is homemade fresh. We make our own sauces, grind our own meat, all vegetables are fresh, never canned; and all of our soups are homemade,” Gerri said.
In fact, Gerri creates all of the pies and Dave makes all of the cheesecakes.
Lakeway also features another chef, Michael Pierce, who studied at the Baltimore International Culinary College, Maryland.
Gerri’s signature dish is the lasagna and oyster stew, while Dave’s signature dishes feature pasta.
There are three new pasta dishes on the menu that are sure to tempt the palate by Dave, including the Pasta Puttanesca, Tuscan Chicken and Zesty Bow Ties.
“The Pasta Puttanesca has exciting flavors of Italian sausage, chicken, red peppers, onions, spinach and fresh tomatoes, tossed with penne pasta,” Dave said.
A fun key to Lakeway’s success is tourists love to plan their meal-time stops at Lakeway because travelers want to sit down, relax and enjoy great food at reasonable prices, Gerri said.
“This is absolutely the most fantastic place to come to,” said Karen Sukel, of Washington, Pa., who was traveling with her brother Ed Sukel and his wife Donna.
“The first time we came here, we stopped by accident. When we travel we like to try family restaurants because their aren’t any where we live, just chains,” Karen Sukel said. “We thought this looked clean and there were cars in the parking lot, so we came in and we have been hooked ever since.”
The Sukel’s said sometimes they make the long drive just eat at Lakeway Restaurant.
“I got the cream chicken over biscuits and it was out of this world and I am very particular about my cream chicken,” Ed Sukel said.
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