McGarvey's Landing

Near this site, the widely celebrated McGarvey's Restaurant, a boat drive-in, stood from 1929 until 2000, when the property was purchased by the Vermilion Port Authority and razed to provide transient dockage and make way for the construction of a new restaurant. Originally known as Helfrich's Cafe and Boathouse, it was purchased by "Charlie" McGarvey in 1938 and later renamed McGarvey's Restaurant. After McGarvey's death in 1944, Charles Solomon purchased the Riverside Cafe and, with his wife Regina and son Eddie, successfully made it into one of the most unique and visited restaurants on the southern coast of Lake Erie.

Vermilion, Ohio · United States