Hey there, we are still at GL Heritage Brewing Company at the Amherstburg Farmers Market and
today I got two of my good friends here, major social media icons and local supporters.
Jake from Made in YQG and Marija from So Cool Local.
Hi everybody.
So, what do you guys think of the market?
It's great.
I just need to say something first, this is, and I just keep talking about this, my first
time meeting Jake in the flesh.
We've just been friends via Instagram, if you will, and we make comments on each other's
posts but I'm so excited to finally meet you in the flesh.
This is an exciting day.
We're all together.
He's an enigma.
Yeah.
I describe myself as a mythical creature.
I just kind of like disappear sometimes, nobody knows where I am and I come back.
Or I just never meet you and tell like two years later.
Exactly.
I haven't seen him in a week or two.
Yeah.
It's been a while.
I try to avoid you nowadays.
I know.
I notice that.
You two get in trouble when you're together.
That's why.
Why are you avoiding me, Jake?
Just for fun.
What's the question?
Yeah, yeah, no.
I guess I'm too old for him now.
Yeah, it's rubbing off.
So you're grandma and now technically I am auntie.
Yeah, there you go.
So I'll take it.
I'll take it.
It's okay.
So what do you guys have planned for the rest of the day?
I don't know.
I'm going to check out here until it closes at one.
I haven't had a chance to go see all the vendors yet, so I'm going to do that.
And then Amherstburg is doing like an art crawl after.
So I'm going to head.
Oh, where is that?
Just in town.
Oh, that's cool.
Yeah, the gallery.
At the open street?
It's just before the open street.
I think it's between 11 and four or something like that.
And there's like an hour period where they do an art crawl between different events,
but the whole event's like four hours or something like that.
So I'm just going to check it out, see what it is.
I don't really know what it is, but we're going to find out.
Very nice.
I've just been checking out all the local vendors and snapping some selfies.
I got a new ankle bracelet from TLC Wellness, got coffee from my favorite local coffee shop
at King Street in Harrow.
We got some summertime lotion from Fairhaven for our travel size trip.
That's dog friendly and friendly for us.
And we're going to get some sausages from Sammy's before we go.
So like a lot of cool things to check out and try today.
See, I have an ankle bracelet, but mine's from the police.
Oh, the monitor we were allowed to check out.
I did not get that here.
But it is local.
It's local and it keeps me local.
What vendor sells that here?
I don't know.
Yeah, they're not here today.
But just so you know, the Amherstburg Art Walk is not going on by the time that this
has been aired, but you definitely have to check out our local people here, Made in YQG
and So Cool Local and me as well, TWEPI, you know, all the BIAs because they will show
you all the events.
And we're really trying to push local and get things going.
This is the first market in a while here at GL Heritage that is pumping because now Howard
Avenue is open again.
So make sure if you are a vendor, contact GL Heritage Brewing Company for the Amherstburg
Farmers Market and if not, just come and support local because we have everything here today.
It's amazing.
Something for everybody, something for dogs, something for you to eat.
Nats wraps and apps are here.
They have phenomenal.
They're actually serving breakfast too.
She used to own Maria's in Amherstburg.
Oh, wow.
I don't even know what that, I'm not sure.
Maria's was a little restaurant in Amherstburg.
It was really good breakfast food.
And then now she has this and their dinner and Nats Wrap Truck is amazing.
Yeah, so they have breakfast today.
There's coffee and desserts at King's and there literally is something for everybody.
My dogs are here.
You guys got to go see my dogs.
There's pony rides.
Yeah, pony rides, dogs, stuff for kids.
Oh, and every hour the friends of Malden, the kids are shooting off the muskets that
they did that at 10.
Oh, cool.
And now they're going to do 11 and 12.
And just so you know, I've had a few people come up to me when we say farmers market,
it's not always going to have your technical fruits and vegetables that a farmers market
would.
We tend to use that a little loosely in this city, but we have a lot of local products
that may not be just your fruits and vegetables.
You have your lotions, you have your barbecue sauces, we have gluten free foods, we have
clothes.
There's a little bit for everybody.
So just make sure that you know when you come here, you're getting more than just fruits
and vegetables.
We do have one.
We have Burr Oak Farm here and I tried their honey and it is really, really good.
Oh, wow.
Really good.
I'm a huge fan of hawksview too, but they are just as good.
And I wanted to make sure that you let everybody know about the GL spritzer, didn't you guys?
Because I didn't even know.
I thought they only had beer Tracy this whole time.
I had no idea about the spritzer.
So GL Heritage Brewing Company.
I'm getting distracted because the friends of Malden kids are walking by and they're
in their uniforms.
So you should get them on the podcast.
I'm going to be getting them on the podcast.
Good idea.
But yeah, GL Heritage Brewing Company doesn't just do craft beers.
They do seltzer as well.
You cannot buy it to go as of yet.
We are working on getting them to do that.
I keep bugging, but it is amazing if you come and you sit here.
We had a blast.
It's dog friendly.
We brought our five month old puppy here last night and it was packed.
It was a packed house inside and outside last night.
Live music, nats.
They were here.
So again, it was so good.
I got the big wrap egg roll, which is basically like a Big Mac.
Oh, interesting.
Have you had anything from there?
I've not just this coffee.
And their poutine is amazing.
So I'm going to recommend the chicken avocado wrap.
Nice on the lighter side.
My husband really enjoyed the chicken parm wrap.
Yeah, John had the chicken parm wrap last night and we shared the poutine and it was
really, really good.
I thought they had some sort of like French toast or something.
French toast and tater tots.
Oh really?
I wonder if it's breakfast all day.
We're losing our sight.
But this is what happens when you are outdoors.
You just never know what you're going to get.
You just roll with it.
I'm very distracted.
We have dogs all over the place.
We have horses here from Sarah Parks and we're having a blast.
And I really hope that the vendors reach out to GL Heritage and come here and the people
come on out here as well because it's a great drive because you can come from here.
You can go to Harrow.
You can drive right over to Amherstburg to the open streets.
It's not really far from Windsor.
It's a nice little Saturday or Sunday drive.
And if you're already out here, like you mentioned, head up Harrow, head up Kingsville, head up
Colchester, the Colchester Market starting up to Amherstburg's not far.
Like you're practically in Amherstburg now, right?
Last week we had the Mill Street Market in Leamington and dinner in Kingsville.
We drove through Harrow but you were doing pickleball.
And we ended up in Amherstburg.
They had the open streets but it was packed and we had a dog to get home to.
But you can literally just one street brings you through all of these great little towns
that always have something going on in the summer.
And in a day like this where it's hot, like I find Colchester Harbour is beautiful.
Take a walk down the pier.
You can hit up Joe Coffee.
Very dog-friendly patio too.
They have desserts, coffee, iced coffee, things for summertime now.
There's the rec.
Beautiful view.
You can have a drink and just look out on the water or have some food.
Garfields.
Polish Club.
That was amazing.
Garfields.
I mean, the possibilities are endless.
Even in Colchester, as little as it is, there are about four or five options for you to
sit and enjoy there too.
And if you happen to become friends with Maria, her husband makes the best espresso martinis.
They're amazing.
They're coming over next time for espresso martinis.
But I really want to thank you guys for being here.
It was so much fun.
And again, Tracy here from YQG In Bloom, and make sure you hit up the GL Heritage Brewing
Company.
And you guys have a good day.