While the economy teeters, and capacity restrictions squeeze restaurateurs, you can t stop the new places from opening in and around the Erie area.
It appears there will be a new barbecue restaurant in the region to meet the warmer weather of spring.
Skinny Nate s BBQ, 10212 John Williams Ave., Albion, is in the works and a Feb. 11 Facebook post hinted at an opening in a couple of months, assuming they don t hit any major snags. Somebody there has a goofy sense of humor because their Facebook posts are pretty hilarious. If you need a smile, give them a look see at www.facebook.com/skinnynates.
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McCall s Cherry Hill Drive-In, 8915 Route 6N, Albion, which has been closed officially since spring of 2020, has a new owner, according to the Facebook page of Michelle Devine, who announced the opening of Chelle’s Cherryhill Chill coming in spring. The announcement said to watch for details on the establishment s Facebook page coming soon.
Cannon s Chophouse, 11142 Highline Drive, Meadville, is teaming up with Flick s TV & Appliance, 16593 Conneaut Lake Road, Meadville, to seek nominations of folks who could benefit from a helping hand. Maybe they lost their job, are a frontline/essential worker or are just generally having a hard time right now, according to an email from Megan DeMaison, co-owner of Cannon s.
Dry January has nothing to do with the weather.
It s a challenge more people every year seem to set for themselves, after the excesses of the holidays, to skip alcohol for the 31 days of January.
According to the original program s website, https://alcoholchange.org.uk/, it started with 4,000 official participants and has grown to more than 100,000 signing up and 4 million taking part in 2020.
The site did not say whether those numbers include just those in the United Kingdom, or people from other countries as well, but you don t have to look far to find those who take the challenge in the United States.
Thursday will be a strange night. New Year s Eve 2020 will see few sparkly dresses, no public parties spilling into the streets, no crowded bars.
DJs will sit at home twiddling their thumbs like most everyone else with plenty to reflect on, learn from, consider and hope for. Times Square in New York City will be eerily quiet, except for occasional musical performances for TV.
There will be no dehydrated, frozen revelers protecting their cubic foot of personal space for the 12th hour in a row.
And as New York City goes, so will go the Erie region.
A historian, an Episcopal reverend, small business owners and plain old Erie residents of all ages will be sheltering in place.