Everything Youngstown, Youngstown, NY (Small Town WNY TV Series - Companion Podcast #19)

Jesse's Home & Gifts, Gowanda, NY (Small Town WNY TV Series - Companion Podcast #18)

Anthony/Precision Garage Door (Small Town WNY TV Series - Companion Podcast #17)

Joyce/North Star Tavern #2 (Small Town WNY TV Series - Companion Podcast #16)

Julie/Author's Note Book Store (Small Town WNY TV Series - Companion Podcast #15)

Author's Note Book Store

519 Main St, Medina, NY 14103, United States

Phone: +1 585 798 3642

https://authorsnote.com

One of my favorite aspects of running this business is meeting the great people I come across everyday out in the field. Whether it's selling, filming or coordinating shoots and the guests and there isn't days like days in the 15+ years I've been at it. Sometimes, I come across someone with such a similar story and journey that it stops me in my tracks and Julie from Author's Note Book store in Medina was one such person. An accomplished author and now small business owner she has quite a tale to tell all her own...

Joyce/North Star Tavern (Small Town WNY TV Series - Companion Podcast #14)

North Star Tavern

7340 Seneca Street, Elma, NY 14059

Phone: +1 716 805 7117

https://www.thenorthstartavern.com

Having grown  up in the Southtowns of Buffalo, just  a few miles from the border of East Aurora, The North Star Tavern is so buried in my muscle memory of the place that even through 15 years away, it was one of the businesses that I would often recall when I would think of the pretty drive up Seneca Street into East Aurora from my childhood home. Now, the fact that I have a real Walter Mitty fantasy about the place, is an entire other story as I'm a huge fan of the show Newhart, and if you recall, the show is set in an Old, Historically important Inn up in Vermont... and as far as Inns go.. The North Star tavern (to me) always reminded me of the Inn on the show and in my minds eye, I always had this fantasy that it would someday reopen it's top floor as a hotel or B&B just like it was back when it was when it first built as an overnight stop for travelers through the area. I recently had a chance to talk to Joyce (one half of the new owners of the Inn) between rushes on a busy Thursday night about the Inns history, improvements, menu items, additions and even the Inns most permanent ... ethereal... resident... 

Bonnie/Herbalty Cottage

Case Nic Cookies

On this episode of the Small Town WNY companion podcast I'm talking to Bonnie from Herbalty Cottage in Medina NY. Like many great success  stories, Herbailty Cottage was born out of personal tragedy and  obstacles. But the result is a business that is truly doing good work in  the WNY community by offering services and products that offer a true 306 Holistic, healing approach with a track record of proven success. It's a truly inspiring, heartfelt story that only goes to show that in the end, we find our path and our light, even through the darkest times  of our lives.

Nick/Crkt Protein (Small Town WNY TV Series - Companion Podcast #10)

Crkt Protein 70 Franklin St, Springville, NY 14141 Phone: +1 716 597 8656 https://crkt.life  Crky Protein is a complete anomaly here in WNY and when I first stumbled  on the business a few months ago, while  was prepping for the Village  of Springville episode, like most people, that first come upon it, I was  a bit taken back by what I was looking at. Well, that is, until Nick  introduced himself and told me all about the shop, his business and his overall ideology that is driving him to make a much needed difference in  the world of agriculture, health and the environment. Nick is one of a  kind and it takes people like him to look the future of where we are  headed as a society and charge headlong into it with their infectious  enthusiasm, endless drive and energy and the will to see their vision  through to the benefit of us all.

Boston, NY (Small Town WNY PBS-TV Series - Podcast #1.8)

My guest today is the historian for the town of Boston. I asked Frank to  come onto the podcast as I think  Boston is a bit of a mystery to many  WNYer's along with Springville, Marilla, Colden and a few others down in  this area.  If you don't live there or have friends or family there, you probably rarely have ventured into the town. Well, OK, maybe you've  stopped off for gas off of the 219 on your way to parts south, but next  time you do, try taking the 277 down through the entirety of the town all the way through to Springville for a real treat. Especially in Fall. I promise, you won't be disappointed. From my very first drive through  the town and hills and valleys there, I got a dead-on Vermont vibe that  continually surprised me around every corner. Frank helped clarify the  town's history a bit and offered some great antidotes throughout our  conversation and perfectly illustrated how much history the town has. Boston offers some truly unique WNY businesses and experiences and I  highly recommend taking a short drive to the town when you get the  chance.