Yesterday, our outing with Jack was basically a review for us of some of the local smaller groceries in the area. Jack just rode along and got his usual neighborhood walk on our return.
Our first stop was Antipastos, an amazing small specialty shop selling mostly Italian pastas, ingredients, desserts, and ready meals. They also have a deli for pizza slices, salads, and sandwiches. It’s a great place for a perusal and some treat items. We picked up anchovy stuffed olives (a favorite of ours from our visits to Spain), pizza dough (for Bob to concoct a homemade pizza), a pizza slice for Bob for lunch, and some lemon tarts.
Then, we were off to Farm Boy (always reminds Bob of his bro-in-law who was literally a farm boy), a grocery store that we like for their ready made salads, fresh salad bar, and bread/bakery items. We picked up a couple of salad bowls for dinner.
Finally, we stopped at Harvest Barn, a large farm-stand-appearing, market. They also have a small salad bar area and some bakery items, and I think we had purchased some produce there on our last visit. We didn’t get anything on this trip except a small case of the giggles when we saw this item.
Today, we attempted an outing to the Riverbrink Art Museum, which is located in the former country home of Samuel E. weir, a lawyer. While their winter hours are posted as Wednesday through Saturday from 10 to 5, they were closed today in preparation for an event. Some nice woman working in the garden told us, as this wasn’t noted out front or on their website.
However, we did get a walk in with Jack along part of the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail that runs through the lovely Queenston neighborhood and along the Niagara River Parkway.
A bit cooler temps today, perhaps fall weather has arrived.
Peckish Travels 