Last weekend was the Victoria Day holiday, and we had amazing weather. I mentioned previously that the Victoria Day weekend in Canada along with the Memorial Day weekend in the US marks the unofficial start of summer. The weather was kind of flakey all weekend. It would be beautifully sunny, and then it would cloud…
I went to Brick City again last Thursday and took some more pictures. You can see them in the Brick City gallery.
The title of this post is from the flier that most Niagara Region residents received advertising the new Wolfgang Puck Cafe and Cafe Tu Tu Tango (they share the same building). I mentioned this before and I’ve now scanned the flier. You can see the scans in the Cafe Tu Tu Tango gallery and the…
As we mentioned previously, what used to be Horror Manor has been renovated and is now the Spicy Olive Bar + Grille. I’m not sure when the exact grand opening was, but it has been open since at least last Thursday. I’ve taken a few pictures, and you can see them in the Spicy Olive…
There are some minor changes being made at the Travelodge at the Victoria Avenue/Ferry Street bend. They have eliminated one of their rooms, and it appears they are going to make either another main entrance or perhaps a retail/concession outlet. The area outside the room used to be a garden, and they have put cement…
I posted previously that there was some minor construction happening on Murray Hill across from the Fallsview Casino. The work is progressing, and it definitely seems like it is going to be an expansion of the Coco’s patio. The picture below shows the notice of an application to change the liquor license for that establishment….
As we have mentioned previously, the small strip of land behind the House of Frankenstein on Oneida Lane had applied for a zoning amendment, but it was deferred. At the time we were told that they were just trying to make official what they had already been operating. Well, I haven’t heard that their application…
Another good post from the January 31, 2005 print edition of Buffalo Business First: Divided by a gorge Why is Niagara Falls, Ont., so far ahead of its U.S. neighbor? James Fink Business First Kim Craitor remembers Niagara Falls, Ont. — the way it was and the way it is. Craitor, a lifelong Niagara region…
Continuing on with our reports on the new hotel in Niagara Falls, here is a report from Buffalo Business First: 2 N.F., Ont. projects on track James Fink Business First Canadian Niagara Hotels latest project will tower over Niagara Falls. Literally. The company, which owns hotels, restaurants and entertainment venues in both Niagara Falls, N.Y….
The City of Niagara Falls website has a press release for professional golfer John Daly. Daly plans on making an attempt at being the first person to hit a golf ball across the mighty Niagara. On August 3, 2005, as part of the opening of his Thundering Waters Golf Course, Daly will attempt to prove…