Sometime during his terminal illness, Terry Drupp made his wife, Jerie, promise she’d get a dog after he passed so she wouldn’t get lonely.Two months after he died in 2020, she kept her promise. She got a blue tick beagle named Gumby from the Washington County Humane Society. Five months ...
We’ve got a batch of fun stories for you in this magazine edition, including our cover story all about The Cheesecake Fairy. I’d heard of Jennifer Melnick Carota’s business, seeing her culinary on social media or at various community events. Still, I hadn’t tried her single-serve ...
Unintentionally, entirely by accident, this issue became the food and beverage edition. I love when a theme comes together naturally.Our cover story features a beloved area favorite that has morphed into a new restaurant but still keeps what many love about it alive. Evo’s Sports Bar in ...
Jerry Garcia may be long gone, but his memory and vibe live on for a couple of bar owners in Monongahela.Step inside the Drunken Hippie on West Main in Monongahela, and you’ll find evidence backing up one of Garcia’s most famous quotes about his fans. “Deadheads are kinda like people who ...
Evonne Henderson wanted to own a restaurant for a long time.That dream became a reality for the Fallowfield Township woman in 2012 when she purchased the former Rego's Restaurant and Hotel from the Giorgi family. A well-known establishment in Charleroi, Rego Giorgi began the restaurant in ...
Lou Siyufy of Peters Township and his wife Linda opened Giant Oaks Winery in Finleyville on Feb. 8, 2020. A month later, the pandemic shut them down. Not the start they anticipated, but despite the early delay, Giant Oaks is thriving in a niche that caters to wine lovers (both sweet and dry) ...
