{"id":122532,"date":"2026-02-24T23:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T23:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/122532\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T23:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T23:43:10","slug":"a-great-event-erie-restaurant-week-2026-proves-successful-for-many-local-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/122532\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A great event\u2019 \u2014 Erie Restaurant Week 2026 proves successful for many local businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While Erie\u2019s 2026 Restaurant Week may have gotten off to a slow start, VisitErie said it ended with a bang.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This year\u2019s Restaurant Week included 72 restaurants, including 18 new participants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/lets-get-wild-erie-zoo-opens-for-the-season-on-sunday\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Let\u2019s get wild \u2014 Erie Zoo opens for the season on Sunday;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"> Let\u2019s get wild \u2014 Erie Zoo opens for the season on Sunday <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Several of the new restaurant owners said they were grateful they took part, with some even saying they gained new repeat customers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">VisitErie\u2019s\u00a0director of communications, Christine Temple, said this year\u2019s success can be attributed to a number of things, including great price points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/local-man-recognized-for-helping-little-girl-who-fell-out-a-window\/?ipid=promo-link-block2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Local man recognized for helping little girl who fell out a window;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"> Local man recognized for helping little girl who fell out a window <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s been a great event, I would say every year it\u2019s a success because we get more participating restaurants all the time, and word seems to be spreading exponentially,\u201d said Temple. \u201cWith the help of Erie Restaurant Week, Lavery Brewery told us that January 2026 was one of their busiest Januaries ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Temple said more than 6,400 specials were sold, which is a 10% increase from 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Erie\u2019s 2026 Restaurant Week may have gotten off to a slow start, VisitErie said it ended with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[57617,136,138,137,40024],"class_list":["post-122532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-christine-temple","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-restaurant-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}