Niagara Falls Shopping

From the Tonawanda News: The Factory Outlets of Niagara Falls mall may be planning an expansion. Town of Niagara board members discussed the mall’s expansion during a budget meeting on Wednesday night but said that they had been offered no specifics by Macerich Partnership L.P., the company that owns the mall. Charles Teixeira, a town [...]

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Graham on August 13th, 2012

The other day I was speaking to someone, and somehow the Coca-Cola store on Falls Avenue (part of Canadian Niagara Hotels) came up. I guess it is technically not a “Coca-Cola” store (perhaps a licensing issue?). The name of the store is Always Refreshing Soda Shop. The person had been working in the falls for [...]

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Graham on July 17th, 2012

Sugar Mountain Candy Store used to take up both sides of the building they were in. It didn’t take long for it to downsize to just one side, but the other side remained mostly empty. This Spring a new store opened beside it. It is both a Crepe de Licious and a Froshberg Gelato location. [...]

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Graham on June 13th, 2012

I have been to, and eaten fudge from the Fudge Factory on Clifton Hill and the Hershey store on Falls Avenue. Until a few days ago, I had never heard of the Niagara Falls Fudge Co. The line under the name says “a second generation family tradition”. I assume they have moved from another location, [...]

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Graham on June 11th, 2012

I saw these souvenirs for sale at Canada Trading Company on Clifton Hill. I would assume that most of the stores around have some sort of Nik Wallenda items for sale.

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Graham on May 29th, 2012

Have you ever seen those little attractions, usually as part of another attraction where kids can “pan” for gold, gems, whatever? My kids did one of those at the T-Rex Cafe at Downtown Disney in Orlando a couple of years ago. Well, one of those same sorts of attractions has come to Clifton Hill, courtesy [...]

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Graham on February 7th, 2012

The new Mac’s convenience store location (former 7-Eleven) is almost ready to open. The gas bar is in place, the store looks stocked, and the parking lot has one layer of pavement on it.

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Graham on January 27th, 2012

The Mac’s convenience store/Shell gas station that will be opening at the corner of Stanley Ave and Ferry St is coming along. The other day the big Mac’s sign went up on the building.

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Graham on January 16th, 2012

I had posted previously that the underground gas tanks at the new Mac’s convenience store location (former 7-Eleven) at the corner of Stanley Ave and Ferry St were being taken out. I was wrong. It turns out they are just cleaning them up. The 7-Eleven used to have a Beaver gas bar with it. I [...]

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