{"id":247,"date":"2012-12-20T12:09:18","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T17:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/food-as-tourism-buffalo-now-has-a-brewery-district.html"},"modified":"2012-12-20T12:09:18","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T17:09:18","slug":"food-as-tourism-buffalo-now-has-a-brewery-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/food-as-tourism-buffalo-now-has-a-brewery-district.html","title":{"rendered":"Food as tourism: Buffalo now has a &#8220;brewery district&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q6qdwwh78AM\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017d3f008a9f970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017d3f008a9f970c-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a>\nIt&#8217;s not all\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/12\/fake-fracking-reports-professor-and-institute-head-quit-other-institute-disbanded.html\">\nfracking shutdowns in Buffalo<\/a>;\nnow for some good news:\nfood and drink as tourism.\nWe could do that!\n<\/p>\n<p>\nDon Postles wrote for WIVB yesterday,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wivb.com\/dpp\/news\/buffalo\/brewery-district-now-open-for-tours\">\nBrewery district&#8221; now open for tours<\/a>,\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\nDowntown Buffalo is looking to attract more visitors, and a new\nconcept called the Buffalo Brewing District could be the answer.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q6qdwwh78AM\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\n<p>\nThe district features the Pearl Street Grill and Brewery, Hotel\nLafayette and the Lofts on Pearl property, which are lofts in the\nJ.A. Webb building, which was built in 1878.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe lofts include 32-boutique suites plus banquet and meeting space\nbelow. Tourism partners from the U.S. and Canada hope these and\nother attractions will draw more visitors from both sides of the\nborder.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nPearl Street Grill Managing Partner Earl Ketry said, &#8220;Our goal is\nnot to try to reach out and grab customers from a Clarence, or East\nAurora; we believe the marketing opportunity is to the Pittsburghs,\nthe Clevelands, the Chicagos, and that&#8217;s our intent. We&#8217;re being\nextremely collaborative with Canada, and that&#8217;s our goal.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nHm, here on I-75 Valdosta (and Hahira, and Lake Park, and Remerton, and Dasher)\ncould reach out to Atlanta and Orlando and yes, Cleveland and Canada\nby advertising, no, not Breadsticks; by advertising local food and goods\nat local restaurants and stores.\nWe already have the local establishments, and a start on local food,\nespecially with Valdosta Farm Days.\nHey, somebody could even open a brew pub!\n<\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s not all fracking shutdowns in Buffalo; now for some good news: food and drink as tourism. We could do that! 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