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Erie's more than just a big lake - it's surrounded by rich farmland, wineries, markets, and even buffalo!
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The Meadville Market House is the oldest continuously operating market in the Commonwealth, though you'd never know it was renovated in 1970. It's now a bright, popular gathering spot in addition to an excellent place to browse and shop for fresh baked goods, candies, homemade pasta, coffees, maple sugar products, coins, crafts, and more. Continue your roadtrip by exploring the farm of John Brown, the famed abolitionist, or taste some Pennsylvania wine!
When you're ready to take a break and head out to dinner, try the Co untry Table Restaurant, which features homemade pies and a fabulous salad bar in addition to the homestyle meals they're famous for. Or if you want a show with your dinner, head to the Riverside Inn Dinner Theatre, in operation since 1885. Fine cuisine in an elegant atmosphere and entertainment too it doesn't get much better than that!
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Presque Isle Wine Cellars
How does a glass of cabernet sound? How about Riesling? You can try both and many others at Presque Isle Wine Cellars, one of the first wineries to open under the Pennsylvania Limited Winery Act. If you're a home winemaker, you're in luck. Presque Isle stocks everything you need to try a little viniculture of your own. While you're in the area, visit the museums or the arboretum, and check out another farm, too.
Hungry? With all this exploring, you're bound to be! Stop by Matthew's Trattoria for nouveau Italian and contemporary American cuisine in a casual metropolitan atmosphere. Great martinis, too! Or for a party atmosphere all year long, visit Rum Runners, which offers deck seating and welcomes boaters. And if you just can't decide, you need to go to Paper Moon. This restaurant offers choices, choices, choices seafood, international, Thai, continental, Southwestern, and Creole. You're bound to find something you like!
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Wooden Nickel Buffalo Farm
Here's something you definitely don't see every day: a herd of buffalo. Yes, right here in Pennsylvania, you can visit the Wooden Nickel Buffalo Farm, where you can see the majestic bison up close, sample healthful buffalo recipes, and learn about the long relationship between Native Americans and these great animals. Afterward, visit a maple sugar farm (because what goes better with buffalo burgers than oh, never mind). In October, take the kiddies to a pumpkin patch, or visit a farm museum any time.
If you're looking for something else to eat besides buffalo burgers and maple syrup, you're in luck this area has many fine restaurants. Porter's Restaurant and Tap Room is in the old Union Station building in Erie, and, in addition to oodles of charm, it features sophisticated cuisine in the Art Deco dining room and a great beer selection in the Tap Room. Too fancy? Maybe you'd enjoy Jr's on the Bay, which promises great food, a view of the bay, and lots of fun in the Sloppy Duck Saloon.
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