Category: Uniquely Clarence

  • Six Symbols of A Main Street Rising

    Six Symbols of A Main Street Rising

    2017 is coming to a close, but not without some significant good news for the Main Street Clarence Business district. The Town of Clarence adopted the Vision: Main Street plan, which envisions significant zoning changes and planned improvements to the roadway, including sidewalks and nearly seven miles of bike lanes stretching down Main Street from…

  • Creepy Crawler Brings Joy To Main Street

    Creepy Crawler Brings Joy To Main Street

    The heavy rain forecast for Saturday’s creepy crawler caused most revelers to leave their bikes at home, but spirits were high as the crawl made its tour of seven Main Street Clarence establishments – and a secret Halloween stop in the woods – before returning to Penny Lane Café for an over-the-top afterparty that merged…

  • What You Need to Know About Today’s Creepy Crawler

    What You Need to Know About Today’s Creepy Crawler

    Today’s Creepy Crawler Halloween Pub Crawl is the most anticipated event in the history of our bike pub crawl series. A total of 7 stops are planned, including new locations West Shore Brewing Company and AJ’s. Bike it, walk it or – with rain in the forecast – stay dry in our Crawl Shuttle. It’s…

  • Splendid Fall Weather Brings Big Crowds to Pumpkin Farm

    Splendid Fall Weather Brings Big Crowds to Pumpkin Farm

    It may have been a cold, wet summer, but that’s long forgotten as two months of unseasonably warm, mild weather have turned Main Street in Clarence into a fall playground, and nowhere more so than The Great Pumpkin Farm (11199 Main Street). Long lines of traffic have snaked through the Clarence Hollow as families made…

  • Bike Pub Series Continues with 2nd Annual Creepy Crawler

    Bike Pub Series Continues with 2nd Annual Creepy Crawler

    Last year, we let Halloween Expert and Penny Lane Cafe Proprietress Anne Valby talk us into an idea for a Halloween Bike Pub Crawl in Costumes. The result was a magical night of drinks, laughter, and Halloween surprise that caught everyone off guard. On Saturday October 28th, the Creepy Crawler will be back and better…

  • Oinktoberfest BBQ Cookoff is Next Weekend

    Oinktoberfest BBQ Cookoff is Next Weekend

    The days are a bit shorter, and the nights a bit cooler. Despite the beautiful weather, Fall is making it’s way to Western New York. Which means the tangy smell of BBQ almost upon us. That’s right – Oinktoberfest is next weekend, and this year Oinktoberfest is H-O-T. H-O-T as in Heart-Of-Texas. The King State…

  • Next weekend: Return of the Butterfly Release at the Clarence Hollow Farmers’ Market

    Next weekend: Return of the Butterfly Release at the Clarence Hollow Farmers’ Market

    Photos from Clarence Hollow Farmers’ Market/John Leamer Next 11:00 a.m. (weather permitting) Saturday, August 26, 2017 will be the return of the Monarch Butterfly Release Celebration at the Clarence Hollow Farmers’ Market, 10717 Main Street. This playful and interesting activity has been a fan favorite the past few years and attracts quite a crowd. Here…

  • Newly Expanded Penny Lane is a Work of Art

    Newly Expanded Penny Lane is a Work of Art

    Anne Valby never stops. She’s driven. If you didn’t know that before, all you have to do is set foot into the newly expanded Penny Lane Café (10255 Main Street) and watch her in action. When we visited yesterday, she was a blur of motion – constantly cleaning, unpacking, hanging, decorating – all the while…

  • The Notorious D.O.G. is most certainly “The Dog Stuff Destination.”

    The Notorious D.O.G. is most certainly “The Dog Stuff Destination.”

    For almost a year, The Notorious D.O.G. at 8625 Main Street has been living up to their promise as “The Dog Stuff Destination.” Owners Laura LaCongo and Jessica Mbugua have created a “must visit” place for canine owners. The store’s wide selection of foods and an even wider selection of dog accessories is a dog…

  • Main Street eatery named one of the top-ranked burger restaurants in Upstate NY

    Main Street eatery named one of the top-ranked burger restaurants in Upstate NY

    The Hollow Bistro & Brew (10641 Main Street) was recently named one of the “Top 50 Burger Restaurants” in upstate New York by the website NewYorkUpstate.com. Of course, the Bistro is known for a lot more than burgers…but we gotta say, The Hollow Burger is insanely good. The Hollow Burger contains an 8 oz beef patty,…