She laughs as she recalls sneaking into the restaurant kitchen to snag some shrimp, which she used as bait while
fishing for carp.

Her father’s erratic schedule — tailored around the restaurant — made life interesting and unusual, she said.

“My mom was a typical homemaker and my dad was a blast. He worked hard and played hard and always took me
and my girlfriends to Cedar Point and to Perkins Pancake House on (Route) 254 at 3 in the morning when he got
off work,’’ Prueter said.

Everybody loved him . . .
For years, Prueter dabbled in a variety of jobs. She was a restaurant consultant when she helped to open Great
Lakes Brewing Co., and then she and her husband, Jim, worked to expand their veterinarian business, which they
sold after 22 years. After that, she spent two years as the director of enterprise development for Lorain County
Community College, and she was the managing director of the Great Lakes Innovation & Development Enterprise,
a public-private partnership based at LCCC that helps foster growth in new and established businesses.

In 2002, however, she decided to devote herself to Rave Reviews full time, although she continues to help LCCC
with various endeavors.

She admits going out on her own wasn’t easy — she’d always done jobs that focused on specific roles, but she
quickly learned she needed to don many hats to be a self-employed entrepreneur. But even faced with the many
tasks of a business owner, Prueter was compelled to take on one more — opening Cap’n Eddy’s in Lorain, an ice
cream and coffee shop behind the Jackalope Bar & Rotisserie in the spring.

“I named it in honor and memory of my dad, Eddy,” she said. “They called him Cap’n Eddy, and this caricature I
used in my logo was his from McGarvey’s. He was and still is my favorite person in the whole world and everyone
loved him at McGarvey’s. “I did this to meet people again from Lorain and hear their wonderful stories about
meeting at McGarvey’s and hearing my dad’s jokes — getting engaged at McGarvey’s, having bowling banquets at
McGarvey’s. Seems everyone has a McGarvey story, and it warms my heart.

“My dad loved the people. When McGarvey’s closed after 42 years and when my dad was asked if he missed it, he
always said, ‘I miss the people.’ ”

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