I noticed this yesterday when I was out. The Happy Wanderer, a German-themed restaurant on Stanley Avenue is for sale. This could have been for sale for a while, I don’t know. My best guess is it was back in June or July, based on the dates on recent reviews. I’ve never been, but the…
From the Niagara Gazette: A $25 million hotel project the head of New York state’s development office characterized as a “very important opportunity” and one that should be taken “very seriously” by the city of Niagara Falls has been put on hold, as promised, by a trio of city lawmakers.
From Niagara Falls Review: The laughs have come to an end at Yuk Yuk’s inside Casino Niagara. The casino has confirmed it ended its tenure with the venerable comedy club chain last month. The last show was on Jan. 7. Jennifer Ferguson, Director of Marketing for Niagara Casinos, says the club was closed to make…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Beer and wine drinkers might soon be able to walk among the teetotallers now that Ontario’s Liberals plan to loosen the province’s liquor laws. It’s a move some Niagara Falls tourism operators say will help the industry. Attorney General Chris Bentley announced plans to overhaul the rules preventing Ontario resorts…
Last Thursday I received the following newsletter from Safari Niagara. To subscribe to the “The Wild Times”, the Safari Niagara newsletter, click on the subscribe link at the top of any page.
From the Toronto Star: One spring day in 1963, John Holer, the owner of Marineland, found himself on a Lake Ontario beach in a struggle with a 100-pound sea lion. Jeff, a sea lion that had escaped from Holer’s animal park in Niagara Falls three days earlier, sunk its teeth into Holer’s bicep as it…
From the Buffalo News: In an age long before cell phones, word spread quickly, and soon, hundreds of people were focused on a spot about 850 yards from the Niagara River shore, about a half-mile from the brink of the Horseshoe Falls. Looking back were two men from Buffalo, perched atop a scow they prayed…
Unfortunately I don’t have a website to refer you to, or anything that I can copy and paste into the posting, but I did want to post about this local radio station. CJRN 710 AM is called Tourist Information Radio. Quite frankly, I don’t think there is a whole lot that tourists would be interested…
On Monday I received a newsletter from Falls Avenue: To subscribe, visit the main page and enter your name and email address near the middle of the page.
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission would like people to do more than just drive past the Festival of Lights exhibits. In an effort to expand their list of winter activities and try to get tourists to spend time outside of their cars, the commission has installed a carnival-type vintage carousel to…