On our family’s annual fall pumpkin excursion out Route 20 toward Madison, we decided to stop for dinner on our way back home. We decided on Perry Family Restaurant, which is actually in Painesville Township.

“Family excursion, family restaurant,” we thought. Fitting.

My wife, son and I were among few guests on that late Saturday afternoon and were seated in the dining room brightly lit by the brass chandeliers hanging from a drop ceiling. The neutral walls were adorned with prints, and the floor was covered in a carpet you might expect to see on the floor of an old Vegas casino.

In other words, it was almost exactly what you’ve come to expect a family restaurant to look like.

Read more in correspondent Mark Koestner's review Dining Out: Perry Family Restaurant in Painesville Township offers predictable but solid meal.

Dreamz Sweet Shoppe has opened at 1525 Madison Ave., Painesville Township.

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Jean Bonchak has written a story about the new business — opened by self-proclaimed chocoholic Jack Tarantino and her husband, Rich. Read more about it at Chocoholic opens Dreamz Sweet Shoppe in Painesville Township.