Take Your Beer For a Walk: November 2025

Jeff McCullor

Local brewer Jeff McCullor takes his beer along for a walk as he goes from the City's westernmost limit eastward and finds a number of spots to shop local, including The 6 Pack House of Beer, Stefanelli's Candies, the Greengarden Plaza businesses, and more.

Friends, welcome to November. We're speeding headfirst toward the largest shopping season of the year and we're going to mix in some local shopping and dining with some on-the-street drinking, because it's Erie and it's totally cool to walk around responsibly with an open container. Ready? Let's roll!

We're going to start this trip at the Six Pack House of Beer located at 847 Pittsburgh Ave. and just a hair inside the city limits. The Sixer is the absolute perfect spot on this side of town to grab a brewski and take a walkski. Snag a quick Club Sub with double meat and dressing on the side before you roll out. Cheers to you, Six Pack House of Beer!

With your recently purchased beer from the Sixer, we'll head out the door and turn right toward West Eighth Street. This should be about a 30-minute walk (if my mathing is accurate) as we plod eastward along the north side of the street. Have you ever noticed how many small businesses in various healthcare fields are on West Eighth? It's like wellness row over here. The long, blue Manor Plaza at 2105 W. Eighth St. houses about 13 local businesses there! Cheers to you guys; keep it up!

From this spot we'll continue east about a block where you'll see the old Lager Cafe, a legit dive bar that will one day be home to Taco Distro where we can all gather for tacos and margaritas. Next door is Stefanelli's Candies, a great sponge candy stop while on your walk if you need some added carbs. Cheers to you, Stefanelli's!

Next we'll stop into Country Fair (Store Number 1 – cheers to you, Country Fair!) to pick up another walking beer if you're in need. They offer a decent beer selection to get you through the second leg of this trip. Next we're going to head all the way down to the corner of West Eighth and Greengarden, about a 10-minute jaunt.

Greengarden Place is home to a slew of great local businesses like Pop Luck, Trellis, Altered State Distillery, Buona Cucina Oils, and Pressed. You can basically just do laps around the plaza and get all your holiday shopping done in one fell swoop. Cheers to you, Greengarden Place folks!

Finally, we're going to end this beer walk with my favorite restaurant in town, Pineapple Eddie Southern Bistro. Exit Greengarden Place and yep, you guessed it, head east. Travel two blocks and hang a right on Weschler where we'll land at 1402 W. 10th St. This used to be a Red & White grocery store back in the day when grocers were practically on every corner. Now it's an absolute delight of a dining experience worthy of special occasions or just a great dinner with your bud. Get the chicken 'n waffles, trust me. Cheers, Pineapple Eddie!

Thanks once again for coming on a walk with me. Keep drinking, and walking, local.

Jeff McCullor is the co-owner of Erie Ale Works. He can be reached at jeff@eriealeworks.com