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A Food Lover's Guide to Downtown Erie Restaurants

Local breweries, cafés, bakeries, and restaurants serve everything from elevated comfort food to creative new flavors, making downtown a must-visit destination for food lovers.

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Partnerships

Why Partner with VisitErie?

VisitErie connects your business with the visitors who drive Erie's tourism economy. Through targeted marketing, strategic partnerships and destination-wide promotions, we help showcase your business to travelers when they're planning—and experiencing—their visit.

Whether you're looking to increase visibility, reach new audiences or grow your impact, a VisitErie partnership puts your business alongside the very best our region has to offer.   

To learn more, please contact Janice Friedrichsmeyer, Director of Partnership.

What Partners Say About Working with VisitErie

  • Owners Kyle and Lauren stand in front of the Werner Book Bus.

    Kyle Churman, Owner, Werner Books

    Book tourism has been a growing business as visitors seek out independent bookstores like Werner Books because of their role as community hubs. VisitErie has been a tremendous partner in helping to guide people to our store during their trips. As the Summer of Reading in Erie kicks off, we cannot wait to see more book lovers walk through our doors because of VisitErie’s efforts.

  • Headshot of Averie Shaughnessy-Comfort.

    Averie Shaughnessy-Comfort, Executive Director, Presque Isle Lighthouse

    We truly believe that our partnership with VisitErie has been critical for our visibility and vital to growing our visitation at Presque Isle Lighthouse from 15,000 to 20,0000 in just a few years. Their staff is always communicative and always looking to include us in the best of things that Erie has to offer. Being a small nonprofit, we greatly appreciate the assistance they provide in distributing our brochures. Plus, we always love hosting their media visitors and showing out-of-towners everything to love about Erie!

  • Headshot of Scott Hits with Lake Erie in the background.

    Scott Hitz, Owner, Your Sailing Adventure

    VisitErie has been a great choice for us. As a smaller business with a small advertising budget, Your Sailing Adventure partnership with VisitErie has enabled us to magnify our marketing efforts and reach large markets. The staff is friendly, helpful, and always looking for opportunities to market my business. Our partnership yields us the best return on investment of our marketing efforts.

  • Headshot of Anne Dipillo.

    Anne Dipillo, Director of Marketing, Red Letter Hospitality

    VisitErie genuinely cares about Erie, and it shows. Their team does an incredible job bringing visitors to the Erie region. Watching Erie Restaurant Week fill our tables with first-time guests—many of whom come back—has been one of the most rewarding parts of being part of this community, and we're grateful at Red Letter Hospitality to call VisiErie our partner

  • Emily Watson sits in the big Port Farms chair smiling at the camera.

    Emily Watson, Director of Marketing, Port Farms

    VisitErie has been an incredible partner in helping reach both local visitors and guests traveling to the Erie region. Their marketing efforts and regional outreach have helped increase awareness of our events, attractions, and experiences, connecting us with new audiences each year. They are consistently proactive in reaching out to include us in new opportunities and sharing ideas that help local businesses grow. Their team is responsive, professional, and genuinely invested in the success of our community, making them an invaluable partner.

  • Taylor Sedney Headshot.

    Taylor Sedney, General Manager, Hidden Harbor

    VisitErie has been incredibly helpful in our day-to-day operations at our Hidden Harbor businesses. From helpful advice to recommending our businesses to visitors, they’re always here to help us succeed. We’ve even had customers say they were referred to us by VisitErie staff or from their website. Overall, VisitErie is a vital part of our community.

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