Styrofoam pellets everywhere on Stanley Ave

I’ve posted a couple of times about the construction going on at the former Fallsview Inn on Stanley Avenue. Well, they are putting a new stucco covering on the building. Modern stucco usually consists of a layer of styrofoam first. That styrofoam can be cut/carved/manipulated for a nice design, and then it is coated and…

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First-ever Car-Free Sunday on Niagara Pkwy

From the Welland Tribune: It’s going to be a Car-Free Sunday on Niagara Parkway. For the first time in recent history, pedestrians and cyclists will have a chance to enjoy a stretch of the parkway without having to worry about traffic. The route along the river between Clifton Hill and Murray St. will be closed…

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Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville, the Newest Niagara Falls Restaurant, Opens Friday, June 18 on Fallsview Boulevard

From a PR Web press release: Margaritaville Canada Ltd. announced today that the much anticipated grand opening of their first Canadian restaurant in Niagara Falls, Ontario was greeted by thousands of adoring fans of the popular escapist dining concept. “We’re extremely excited to open our first Canadian location just in time for the summer season…

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Bigger/better Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville signs

It took forever for the old Wolfgang Puck’s (at the corner of Fallsview Blvd and Murray St) to end up with a new sign saying that Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville was coming. When they finally put one up, it was barely readable. Well, now they’ve put some nice, clean, professional-looking signs up on the scaffolding that…

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There is finally a Margaritaville sign up!

I’ve mentioned this on numerous occasions… I found out 8 months ago or so that the old Wolfgang Puck’s was going to become a Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville. Then a month or two ago they formally announced it. I walk by almost every day, and couldn’t believe that there wasn’t a “coming soon” sign (or something…

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