Massimo Capra falls for Niagara

From the Toronto Star: Massimo Capra is not a gambling man, but he’s betting his reputation that this tourist town wants better food. The flamboyant Toronto chef and television personality has lent his name, recipes, kitchen wizardry and mustachioed mug to the Crowne Plaza for Massimo Capra’s Rainbow Room Fallsview Restaurant. “I want to be…

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DiCienzos buy two hotels

From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara’s DiCienzo family has picked up two of the best views of the Horseshoe Falls after buying the Marriott Fallsview and Sheraton Fallsview hotels last week. “We’ve been looking for acquisitions for a little while. This move seemed to make sense,” said Dino A. DiCienzo, one of four children of…

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Crowne Plaza Niagara Falls-Fallsview Receives Award as Host of National Leprosy Conference

From a PRWeb press release: The Crowne Plaza Fallsview welcomed delegates from around the globe as the Leprosy Mission of Canada held their bi-annual conference in Niagara Falls in June. The International conference brings awareness to the disease which to this day continues to grip a portion of the world with a child diagnosed with…

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Light/sign problems on Falls Avenue

I don’t post this as any sort of criticism. I can only imagine how hard/costly/time consuming it must be to keep everything working in tip top shape. I just happened to notice this the other day, and figured I’d post about it. There were lots of lights/signs that need some work on Falls Avenue: The…

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See anything missing?

I noticed a couple of weeks ago, and I am not sure if this has been mentioned yet? However the crane tower has been officially taken down inside of the former Crowne Plaza Hotel (stump). This tower located at the corner of Dunn and Stanley has never gone past the initially constructed base. I assume that this means it is officially dead regarding talk…

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