Sportster’s Pizza

In the spirit of full disclosure, when I am in Geneva on the Lake, Ohio, I focus on few things besides the beach and the lake.  One is Capo’s Pizza, I grew up eating it summer after summer and I consider it tops anywhere.  The other, I added another pizza to the list, Sportsters.  It was a 9 inch pie for three dollars. We added pepperoni and my daughter was very happy.  They run a special on Tuesdays or Wednesdays.

Much to my wife’s pleasure and my consternation, she snapped a few pictures of me not only eating the pizza, but enjoying it.  Oh well, Capos does not open until later in the day during the week, so we could not have eaten there for lunch anyway.  I must begrudgingly admit, that there are now two pizzas I can enjoy when up in Geneva on the Lake.

Dinner at the Old Firehouse Winery

As part of my summer blogging practice I am writing about various topics.  This week is discussion about my vacation and where we eat.  I am not receiving anything for free from the establishments I am reviewing, although if I play my cards right, I may be able to in the future.

We ate dinner last night at the Old Firehouse Winery in Geneva on the Lake, Ohio.  The winery sits lakeside on the western side of the strip.  The food was excellent, as was the entertainment.  The dining area is outside, many tables under individual umbrellas or larger canopies.  We sat on a slightly elevated deck where we could see the lake and the band that was playing.  We were about 150 to 200 feet away from the lake.  There is a fairly steep drop off to the lake, but you can see the water and it is a pretty cool view.

We started off with nachos grande as an appetizer, with a “hold the onions” request for my wife.  The mixed chips, some seasoned, would have qualified as a meal on their own.  They were stacked high with ground meat,diced tomatoes, jalapeno’s, olives, shredded and and melted cheese.  We left a good bit in the plate.  You did need a fork for them, they were heaped high with toppings, but we had many bits and fragments too, they were hard to pick up and eat.

My daughter, Arianna, had the build your own taco from the kid’s menu.  Once again their was more food than a kid could eat, 2 soft tacos with ground meat and a plate of toppings to add on your own.  The toppings were shredded cheese, tomatoes, olives, salsa, sour cream, and lettuce.

I had a steak wrap, chunks of steak marinated in Chambourcin wine, fresh green peppers, tomatoes, shredded lettuce and cheese wrapped in a tortilla.  The steak was medium-well and melted in my mouth…fantastic.  My wife had a comparable chicken wrap. I do not know if the chicken was marinated in wine, but it was incredible.

During our dinner the winery had a live band, Just George, an acoustic duo playing an eclectic mix of music from the 1960’s through today.  The music covered many genre’s, they would be a band I would gladly see again.  The band consisted of a guitarist/vocalist and a drummer.

After dinner my daughter and I took a ride on the ferris wheel that overlooks the lake.  The ride lasted several minutes and offers a fantastic view facing westward.

The only drawback to the evening was a lesson in  poor parenting…a lady let her two kids ride scooters and run around in the dining area.  I explained to my 3 and 1/2 year old that just because there were other kids carrying on, it did not mean she could also.  I do not blame the kids, they do not know any better, I put in on the parents.  If I ran the winery, I would probably have said something, but then again I don’t, so I didn’t.  Certain things just annoy me, bad parenting is pretty much at the top of my list.  Sitting on the deck of our cottage overlooking Lake Erie as I type this makes the poor parenting less annoying…

The link to winery can be found here.

The link to the band, Just George, can be found here.