The Strip at Geneva-on-the-Lake
15 min drive
Ohio's first summer resort: a mile of arcades, custard and neon, fifteen minutes east.
Geneva-on-the-Lake has been a summer resort since the 1860s, which makes it the oldest in Ohio, and The Strip is the mile of Lake Road that has carried it ever since. Arcades, mini golf, custard, bars with the doors open, and a great deal of neon after dark.
The Boardwalk arcade has been running since 1947 and still has Fascination, a hybrid of skee-ball and bingo played on rolling boards that dates to 1918 and survives in very few places anywhere. Madsen Donuts and Eddie's Grill are institutions in the literal sense: same families, same recipes, decades on.
It is loud, unfashionable and completely itself. Most of it runs Memorial Day to Labor Day; the shoulder weeks are quieter and half the shutters are down.
From the innkeepers
Go on a weekday evening in July. Weekend nights in high summer are a different, much busier proposition.
Season
Mainly Memorial Day through Labor Day
Good for
Families, nostalgia, evenings out
Address
5311 Lake Rd E, Geneva-on-the-Lake, OH 44041
Common questions
What is there to do at Geneva-on-the-Lake?
The Strip runs about a mile along Lake Road with arcades, mini golf, go-karts, ice cream, bars and live music. The Boardwalk arcade dates to 1947 and still runs Fascination, a game from 1918. Most of it operates from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
How far is Geneva-on-the-Lake from Vincent William Wine?
About fifteen minutes east along the shore road.
Vincent William · Madison, Ohio
Good food. Estate wine.
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Wednesday
12 to 9 pm
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Sunday
11 to 8 pm · Brunch to 2
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