HANOVER TWP., Pa. — Right where development meets farmland at the outskirts of Allentown, Bethlehem and Hanover Township, there lies a family-run, family-friendly establishment offering a bit of an escape along Schoenersville Road.
George’s Oasis Family Restaurant — with its classic American menu of burgers, cheesesteaks, hoagies, ice cream and more — will celebrate 40 years in business on Wednesday along Schoenersville Road in Hanover Township, Northampton County.
And who could forget the miniature golf course on site?
Mike Mittman and the iHeartRadio Morning Show will be on site at 7:30 a.m. with a contest for listeners to have a shot at free breakfast and other prizes.George's Oasis Family Restaurant
Customers can come cash in on all-day specials, including 84¢ miniature golf, 84¢ coffee and kid-sized sundaes for $2.50.
Mike Mittman and the iHeartRadio Morning Show will be on site at 7:30 a.m. with a contest for listeners to have a shot at free breakfast and other prizes.
Also for the occasion, get a $10 burger deal on Wednesdays, including a milkshake and fries, or even $8 Cheesesteak Thursdays and $15 Crabcake Fridays.
If that doesn’t do it for you, the menu also includes melts, nachos, potato skins, chicken fingers and more.
There’s also been a move over the past few years to include vegan, vegetarian and non-dairy offerings.
'Like home'
George Sitaras, who manages the operation alongside his father, John, said Wednesday will be a showing of love from his family to yours.
"We’ve kind of run on making everybody feel like home and that they’re part of this. And that’s kind of been what’s helped the business grow this whole time.”George Sitaras, of George's Oasis Family Restaurant
“We’ve kind of run on making everybody feel like home and that they’re part of this,” Sitaras said. “And that’s kind of been what’s helped the business grow this whole time.”
He recommended the burgers and cheesesteaks for those new to the Oasis.
Making memories
Sitaras’s grandfather, the restaurant’s namesake who passed away in 2020, bought the property in the 1980s when it was a drive-in offering basically no table seating and just counter service.
“It was an ice cream shop that had burgers and hot dogs, and then he took it over and made it into a restaurant,” Sitaras said.
The miniature golf course has been on the property since the '50s, Sitaras said, but it’s expanded quite a bit over time since his family took over.
“Families will come here with their kids at a young age, develop the memories here of eating, playing miniature golf, spending their summer nights outside — we’re surrounded by farmland, so you have a nice, picturesque setting. And as time goes on, they want to bring their kids here and develop those memories.”George Sitaras, of George's Oasis Family Restaurant
Sitaras said he’s met folks who drive from New Jersey to take part at George’s, while others move to and from the Lehigh Valley but always seem to make their way back to The Oasis.
“Families will come here with their kids at a young age, develop the memories here of eating, playing miniature golf, spending their summer nights outside — we’re surrounded by farmland, so you have a nice, picturesque setting,” Sitaras said.
“And as time goes on, they want to bring their kids here and develop those memories.”
