Officials say this past weekend’s Shop ‘n Save Westmoreland Airshow attracted a record crowd of about 100,000 in and around Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity, and that was a good thing for many local businesses. With the influx of visitors during the two-day show, business at the Valley Dairy
Although the Westmoreland County Airport Authority thought a new lease agreement a year ago put to rest accusations about alleged favoritism shown to DeNunzio’s Italian Chophouse, the authority heard from a new critic Tuesday. Ron Forkey, owner of Racer’s Sports Bar in Derry Township, complained that the airport’s vending consultant
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Staff wait on patrons on April 16 at DeNunzio’s Italian Chophouse inside Arnold Palmer Regional Airport.
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The Westmoreland County Airport Authority is delaying any decision on the future of the restaurant space at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport until its next meeting, rescheduled for June 15.
At Tuesday’s monthly authority session, Solicitor Dan Hewitt read emails submitted by commissioners Doug Chew and Gina Cerilli Thrasher, who asked the airport panel for a closed-door meeting with the commissioners to discuss the restaurant lease before the authority votes on it.
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Airline traveller Wayne Martin enjoys a cocktail at the bar at DeNunzio’s Italian Chophouse on Friday inside the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport before boarding a flight to Myrtle Beach.
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Patrons and waitstaff work in the main dining room on Friday at DeNunzio’s Italian Chophouse inside of the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport.
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A plan to open the restaurant lease at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport for competitive proposals has drawn a social media backlash.
With county commissioners publicly urging the move this week, the Westmoreland County Airport Authority is preparing a request for proposals to lease the terminal space once an agreement with the current occupant, DeNunzio’s Italian Chophouse, expires next year.
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Hoffstot’s bartender Steve DiCocco with newly placed “bar-titions” to open the bar on Sunday, the first day of relaxed pandemic restrictions.
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Ron DeNunzio, owner of DeNunzio’s restaurant in Jeannette, as well as ones in Monroeville and Unity.
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Ed and Joanne Highberger (left) with Ron DeNunzio, owner of DeNunzio’s Italian Restaurants, in Jeannette, Unity and Monroeville, on Sunday.
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