Is everyone ready for CelebrateErie?!
CelebrateErie is the annual weekend where Downtown Erie comes alive on State Street from 4th to 12th Streets with wonderful sights, sounds and smells August, 18-21, 2011.
Taste of Erie kicks of the celebration (I'm gonna need a synonym for this word or I'm gonna be repetitive) in Perry Square from 5-9 p.m. on Thursday, August 18. This year's local vendors are different than in years prior. Taste of Erie will feature: La Bella, Sensory 3, Sluggers, The BrewErie at Union Station, Three B Saloon, and Connie's Ice Cream.
Actually that's almost a completely different line-up.
I sure am going to miss Theodore's crab cakes, Pufferbelly's peanut butter pie, Betrand's seafood mac & cheese, Colony's sweet potato fries, and Latino's yummy smells (I never got to try their booth in all the years they were there).
La Bella was there in 2010 and I think I tried a chicken salad croissant sandwich from them... I think. Apparently it wasn't that memorable. Either Sluggers or BrewErie or both were there before, but I can get bar food (and their bar food) anytime I go downtown on the weekend. So that's kind of unfortunate.
I'm a bit disappointed.
For the last two years, a coworker and I have driven downtown at lunch on Friday to enjoy Erie's tastes. I thought the point to Taste of Erie was to bring fine dining establishments into the heart of the city so we could all enjoy foods Lake City, North East, and Waterford without having to travel there.
It's probably a shorter distance for me to drive to Sensory 3 (in the casino) than it is to drive downtown. Plus I wouldn't have to deal with crowds, metered parking, weather conditions, and cash only payment.
I don't know if I'll be making a special trip downtown just to eat my lunch, but, of course, there is more than just food to bring me downtown for the weekend.
Check out the schedule of events at celebrateerie.com.
What's your favorite part of CelebrateErie?
What do you think about the local food vendors?
Will you go downtown for some of the festivities this weekend?
2 comments:
yay! i want to go see Jerrod Niemann on Sunday but i don't know what time to go! They keep talking about it on the radio but don't say a time! ooh! the website you talked about has it!
The Highmark/Giant Eagle Main Stage
6:15-7:30 Tyler Farr
8:00-9:30 Jerrod Niemann
i'm guessing that's at night? sigh . . i hate late sunday nights out of the home. . .
I've been to La Bella before - really liked it. But I agree with you that it should be restaurants that aren't as easily accessible (downtown). I wish I could go but we'll be busy all weekend!
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