Daredevils get new digs

From the Niagara Falls Review: In a city full of museums, it’s one that’s often overlooked. But you’ll be hard pressed to find one more fascinating. This weekend, the Daredevil Gallery inside the Niagara Falls IMAX Theatre gets a long overdue makeover. For weeks, Toronto company BaAM Productions has been souping up the historic collection,…

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Jury Duty Tour: Vaughn & Niagara Falls

From a blog on the Much Music web site: Jeah! Darrin Rose here, alongside Eddie Della Siepe. Our Video On Trial Jury Duty stand-up tour brought us to Niagara Falls last week. Niagara Falls is awesome. It’s like a mini-Vegas, minus the Cirque De Soleil and the hookers. But I’ve been assured they’re working on…

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Niagara Fallsview Boulevard Welcomes the Tallest Hotel Tower in Canada at Hilton Fallsview

From a press release seen on Hospitality Net: Niagara Fallsview Boulevard adds yet another upscale offering to its ranks with the opening of the new tower at the Hilton Hotel & Suites Fallsview. With the addition of the new tower, Fallsview Boulevard now boasts the tallest hotel tower in Canada with 53 stories.

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Twitter updates for 2009-06-24

I've contacted the new Baymont Inn & Suites (former Lodge Inn & Suites) and hope to post an interview later this week or early next week # I mentioned yesterday about Best Western Fallsview and the new pixel board on one side. Well, they also have one on Fallsview Blvd side, too # Dave &Buster's…

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High Times has new sign

I noticed this yesterday. High Times (beside Capish) has a new sign. It is now white instead of yellow. Once you get past the first few storefronts, there is a stretch of Victoria Ave that just doesn’t look that great.

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Tourism minister pushes ‘stay-cations’

From the Niagara Falls Review: The provincial government is doing its part to help Ontario’s tourism industry, and the roughly 300,000 people who depend on it for all or part of their living, through challenging times. That’s the message Tourism Minister Monique Smith delivered during a luncheon meeting sponsored by the Niagara Falls Chamber of…

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Restaurant recos in Niagara Falls?

Someone posted this on ChowHound this morning: Going to Niagara Falls this weekend with a bunch of girlfriends. Does anyone have any restaurant recommendations for the area?

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Twitter updates for 2009-06-23

Tarboosh on Victoria Ave is open again this year. I contacted them last year but they never got back to me. # @cempey It was their camera at their request, so I think I'm ok 🙂 in reply to cempey # At the top of Clifton Hill on Victoria Ave, something smelled great today… Must…

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Changes at Lodge Inn & Suites yet again

I mentioned last week that there were some changes happening at Lodge Inn & Suites again. Well, it looks like they have changed their name again. The main part of the building will be part of Baymont Inn & Suites. The smaller motel part looks like it will stay as Lodge Inn & Suites.

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