1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,120 Hey there, we are still at GL Heritage Brewing Company at the Amherstburg Farmers Market and 2 00:00:11,120 --> 00:00:19,160 today I got two of my good friends here, major social media icons and local supporters. 3 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:22,720 Jake from Made in YQG and Marija from So Cool Local. 4 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:23,720 Hi everybody. 5 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:26,040 So, what do you guys think of the market? 6 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:27,040 It's great. 7 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:32,080 I just need to say something first, this is, and I just keep talking about this, my first 8 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:34,600 time meeting Jake in the flesh. 9 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:38,800 We've just been friends via Instagram, if you will, and we make comments on each other's 10 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:41,880 posts but I'm so excited to finally meet you in the flesh. 11 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:43,320 This is an exciting day. 12 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:44,320 We're all together. 13 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:45,320 He's an enigma. 14 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:46,320 Yeah. 15 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:48,400 I describe myself as a mythical creature. 16 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,520 I just kind of like disappear sometimes, nobody knows where I am and I come back. 17 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,240 Or I just never meet you and tell like two years later. 18 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:55,240 Exactly. 19 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:56,960 I haven't seen him in a week or two. 20 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:57,960 Yeah. 21 00:00:57,960 --> 00:00:58,960 It's been a while. 22 00:00:58,960 --> 00:00:59,960 I try to avoid you nowadays. 23 00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:00,960 I know. 24 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:01,960 I notice that. 25 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:02,960 You two get in trouble when you're together. 26 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:03,960 That's why. 27 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:04,960 Why are you avoiding me, Jake? 28 00:01:04,960 --> 00:01:05,960 Just for fun. 29 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:06,960 What's the question? 30 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:07,960 Yeah, yeah, no. 31 00:01:07,960 --> 00:01:08,960 I guess I'm too old for him now. 32 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:10,560 Yeah, it's rubbing off. 33 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:13,960 So you're grandma and now technically I am auntie. 34 00:01:13,960 --> 00:01:14,960 Yeah, there you go. 35 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:15,960 So I'll take it. 36 00:01:15,960 --> 00:01:16,960 I'll take it. 37 00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:17,960 It's okay. 38 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:20,960 So what do you guys have planned for the rest of the day? 39 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:21,960 I don't know. 40 00:01:21,960 --> 00:01:23,680 I'm going to check out here until it closes at one. 41 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:27,040 I haven't had a chance to go see all the vendors yet, so I'm going to do that. 42 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,160 And then Amherstburg is doing like an art crawl after. 43 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:30,160 So I'm going to head. 44 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:31,160 Oh, where is that? 45 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:32,160 Just in town. 46 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:33,160 Oh, that's cool. 47 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:34,160 Yeah, the gallery. 48 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:35,160 At the open street? 49 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:36,160 It's just before the open street. 50 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:38,600 I think it's between 11 and four or something like that. 51 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:42,560 And there's like an hour period where they do an art crawl between different events, 52 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:44,880 but the whole event's like four hours or something like that. 53 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:46,360 So I'm just going to check it out, see what it is. 54 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:49,280 I don't really know what it is, but we're going to find out. 55 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:50,280 Very nice. 56 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:53,120 I've just been checking out all the local vendors and snapping some selfies. 57 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:58,920 I got a new ankle bracelet from TLC Wellness, got coffee from my favorite local coffee shop 58 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:02,040 at King Street in Harrow. 59 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:06,400 We got some summertime lotion from Fairhaven for our travel size trip. 60 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:08,960 That's dog friendly and friendly for us. 61 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,580 And we're going to get some sausages from Sammy's before we go. 62 00:02:11,580 --> 00:02:14,480 So like a lot of cool things to check out and try today. 63 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:18,040 See, I have an ankle bracelet, but mine's from the police. 64 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:22,040 Oh, the monitor we were allowed to check out. 65 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:25,520 I did not get that here. 66 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:26,520 But it is local. 67 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:31,200 It's local and it keeps me local. 68 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:32,560 What vendor sells that here? 69 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:33,560 I don't know. 70 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:36,120 Yeah, they're not here today. 71 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:41,720 But just so you know, the Amherstburg Art Walk is not going on by the time that this 72 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:48,480 has been aired, but you definitely have to check out our local people here, Made in YQG 73 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:54,760 and So Cool Local and me as well, TWEPI, you know, all the BIAs because they will show 74 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:56,400 you all the events. 75 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:00,460 And we're really trying to push local and get things going. 76 00:03:00,460 --> 00:03:05,800 This is the first market in a while here at GL Heritage that is pumping because now Howard 77 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:07,800 Avenue is open again. 78 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:13,560 So make sure if you are a vendor, contact GL Heritage Brewing Company for the Amherstburg 79 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:19,720 Farmers Market and if not, just come and support local because we have everything here today. 80 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:22,240 It's amazing. 81 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:26,160 Something for everybody, something for dogs, something for you to eat. 82 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:28,080 Nats wraps and apps are here. 83 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:29,080 They have phenomenal. 84 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:31,400 They're actually serving breakfast too. 85 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,400 She used to own Maria's in Amherstburg. 86 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:35,400 Oh, wow. 87 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:36,400 I don't even know what that, I'm not sure. 88 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,440 Maria's was a little restaurant in Amherstburg. 89 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,200 It was really good breakfast food. 90 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:47,120 And then now she has this and their dinner and Nats Wrap Truck is amazing. 91 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:49,640 Yeah, so they have breakfast today. 92 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:53,880 There's coffee and desserts at King's and there literally is something for everybody. 93 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:55,400 My dogs are here. 94 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:56,400 You guys got to go see my dogs. 95 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:57,400 There's pony rides. 96 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:59,600 Yeah, pony rides, dogs, stuff for kids. 97 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:05,840 Oh, and every hour the friends of Malden, the kids are shooting off the muskets that 98 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:06,840 they did that at 10. 99 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:07,840 Oh, cool. 100 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:09,520 And now they're going to do 11 and 12. 101 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:15,400 And just so you know, I've had a few people come up to me when we say farmers market, 102 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:21,360 it's not always going to have your technical fruits and vegetables that a farmers market 103 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:22,360 would. 104 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:29,120 We tend to use that a little loosely in this city, but we have a lot of local products 105 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,420 that may not be just your fruits and vegetables. 106 00:04:32,420 --> 00:04:37,600 You have your lotions, you have your barbecue sauces, we have gluten free foods, we have 107 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:38,600 clothes. 108 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:40,720 There's a little bit for everybody. 109 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:45,820 So just make sure that you know when you come here, you're getting more than just fruits 110 00:04:45,820 --> 00:04:46,820 and vegetables. 111 00:04:46,820 --> 00:04:47,960 We do have one. 112 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:52,720 We have Burr Oak Farm here and I tried their honey and it is really, really good. 113 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:53,720 Oh, wow. 114 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:54,720 Really good. 115 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:58,000 I'm a huge fan of hawksview too, but they are just as good. 116 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:02,520 And I wanted to make sure that you let everybody know about the GL spritzer, didn't you guys? 117 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:03,760 Because I didn't even know. 118 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:05,720 I thought they only had beer Tracy this whole time. 119 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:07,200 I had no idea about the spritzer. 120 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,640 So GL Heritage Brewing Company. 121 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:16,200 I'm getting distracted because the friends of Malden kids are walking by and they're 122 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:17,200 in their uniforms. 123 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:19,240 So you should get them on the podcast. 124 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,760 I'm going to be getting them on the podcast. 125 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:22,760 Good idea. 126 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:27,400 But yeah, GL Heritage Brewing Company doesn't just do craft beers. 127 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:29,220 They do seltzer as well. 128 00:05:29,220 --> 00:05:31,740 You cannot buy it to go as of yet. 129 00:05:31,740 --> 00:05:34,520 We are working on getting them to do that. 130 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:38,760 I keep bugging, but it is amazing if you come and you sit here. 131 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:39,760 We had a blast. 132 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:40,840 It's dog friendly. 133 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:46,480 We brought our five month old puppy here last night and it was packed. 134 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:49,760 It was a packed house inside and outside last night. 135 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:50,760 Live music, nats. 136 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:51,760 They were here. 137 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:54,400 So again, it was so good. 138 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:59,280 I got the big wrap egg roll, which is basically like a Big Mac. 139 00:05:59,280 --> 00:06:00,280 Oh, interesting. 140 00:06:00,280 --> 00:06:02,080 Have you had anything from there? 141 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:03,080 I've not just this coffee. 142 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:04,360 And their poutine is amazing. 143 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:08,520 So I'm going to recommend the chicken avocado wrap. 144 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:09,760 Nice on the lighter side. 145 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:12,480 My husband really enjoyed the chicken parm wrap. 146 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:18,480 Yeah, John had the chicken parm wrap last night and we shared the poutine and it was 147 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:19,480 really, really good. 148 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:21,480 I thought they had some sort of like French toast or something. 149 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:23,360 French toast and tater tots. 150 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:24,360 Oh really? 151 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:25,360 I wonder if it's breakfast all day. 152 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:28,800 We're losing our sight. 153 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:31,600 But this is what happens when you are outdoors. 154 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:32,960 You just never know what you're going to get. 155 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:33,960 You just roll with it. 156 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:35,960 I'm very distracted. 157 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:37,520 We have dogs all over the place. 158 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:43,080 We have horses here from Sarah Parks and we're having a blast. 159 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:49,720 And I really hope that the vendors reach out to GL Heritage and come here and the people 160 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:53,920 come on out here as well because it's a great drive because you can come from here. 161 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:55,040 You can go to Harrow. 162 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,260 You can drive right over to Amherstburg to the open streets. 163 00:06:58,260 --> 00:07:00,120 It's not really far from Windsor. 164 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:03,040 It's a nice little Saturday or Sunday drive. 165 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:06,840 And if you're already out here, like you mentioned, head up Harrow, head up Kingsville, head up 166 00:07:06,840 --> 00:07:11,160 Colchester, the Colchester Market starting up to Amherstburg's not far. 167 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:14,160 Like you're practically in Amherstburg now, right? 168 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:19,760 Last week we had the Mill Street Market in Leamington and dinner in Kingsville. 169 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:23,080 We drove through Harrow but you were doing pickleball. 170 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,160 And we ended up in Amherstburg. 171 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:29,160 They had the open streets but it was packed and we had a dog to get home to. 172 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:34,120 But you can literally just one street brings you through all of these great little towns 173 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:37,000 that always have something going on in the summer. 174 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:41,720 And in a day like this where it's hot, like I find Colchester Harbour is beautiful. 175 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:42,840 Take a walk down the pier. 176 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:45,160 You can hit up Joe Coffee. 177 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:46,760 Very dog-friendly patio too. 178 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:51,320 They have desserts, coffee, iced coffee, things for summertime now. 179 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:52,320 There's the rec. 180 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:53,320 Beautiful view. 181 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:57,080 You can have a drink and just look out on the water or have some food. 182 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:58,080 Garfields. 183 00:07:58,080 --> 00:07:59,080 Polish Club. 184 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:00,080 That was amazing. 185 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:01,080 That was amazing. 186 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:02,080 Garfields. 187 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:03,760 I mean, the possibilities are endless. 188 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:07,480 Even in Colchester, as little as it is, there are about four or five options for you to 189 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:09,200 sit and enjoy there too. 190 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:16,080 And if you happen to become friends with Maria, her husband makes the best espresso martinis. 191 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:17,080 They're amazing. 192 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:19,280 They're coming over next time for espresso martinis. 193 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:23,240 But I really want to thank you guys for being here. 194 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:24,760 It was so much fun. 195 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:29,920 And again, Tracy here from YQG In Bloom, and make sure you hit up the GL Heritage Brewing 196 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:30,920 Company. 197 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:57,920 And you guys have a good day.