{"id":80447,"date":"2026-01-07T18:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/80447\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T18:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:04:10","slug":"legacy-restaurant-takes-part-in-erie-restaurant-week-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/80447\/","title":{"rendered":"Legacy Restaurant Takes Part in Erie Restaurant Week | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Evan Legacy, the owner, said being selected for America\u2019s Best Restaurants during their 70th anniversary makes the timing especially exciting.<\/p>\n<p>They added that the national exposure isn\u2019t just helpful to the restaurant but for Erie\u2019s dining scene.<\/p>\n<p>One Erie restaurant is stepping into the national spotlight as America\u2019s Best Restaurants prepares to feature the longtime local favorite an honor made even more meaningful as the business celebrates 70 years of serving the community.<\/p>\n<p>Third-generation owner Evan Legacy shared what this recognition means to his family.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly a year ago, Legacy faced a PETA protest at the restaurant, but he turned the moment into an opportunity to give back to the community and has continued those efforts ever since.<\/p>\n<p>Erie Restaurant Week was launched in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic to support Erie\u2019s diverse dining scene and it has since grown to include 72 participating restaurants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Evan Legacy, the owner, said being selected for America\u2019s Best Restaurants during their 70th anniversary makes the timing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[815,136,138,137,38030,40779],"class_list":{"0":"post-80447","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-erie","10":"tag-erie-headlines","11":"tag-erie-news","12":"tag-erie-restaurant-week","13":"tag-legacy-restaurant"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80447","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=80447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}