Erie's Best Bartender Showcase

In case you missed it, we're hosting our first-ever awards competition: Best Of Erie, a collection of the best and brightest Erie has to offer – a list populated by and voted on by you, our Reader readers.

The voting polls remain open until 11:59 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, so you have until then to still cast your votes if you haven't already. Once we tally all of the votes -- to date, more than 200,000 have been submitted -- we'll print the top-three vote-getters in our Oct. 15 issue. 

Then on Thursday, Oct. 16, we're throwing our first-ever Best Of Erie Party: Flavor Of Erie. You can get advance tickets here -- which we recommend doing, because once the tickets are gone, they're gone.

But before that party, there's another awesome event you should check out: Erie's Best Bartender Showcase.

The hard working folks at The Brewerie at Union Station have teamed up with us to bring you a free mixology exhibition featuring the nominees for Erie's best bartender in Erie's historic Union Station.

So head down to The Brewerie Monday, Oct. 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. to meet the folks up for the title of Best Bartender, enjoy some drinks and merriment, and get ready for the Flavor Of Erie.

The Brewerie is located at 123 W. 14th St. This event is free and open to the public and complimentary concoctions are provided in part by Absolut., Jameson Irish Whiskey, and The Brewerie.