St Catharines Shopping & Entertainment in the City
Shopping Malls
Most important market in the history of this city is Square Farmers Market. It is situated in the heart of this city near to historic Courthouse. People visit this market for shopping local goods including preservatives, homemade spices, jams and baked products. A local market has also grown there from which people shop meat and dairy products. Square Farmers Market also offers special events like arts and crafts, and food tasting events. This is the biggest shopping mall situated in the Nigara Peninsulais Pen Center. Other famous markets for shopping are Downtown Farmers Market, Fairview Mall, Merritt Street and Outlet Collection at Nigara present on the lake.
Entertainment
There are various outdoor activities for entertainment in this city like Ice Hockey, Basket Ball, Baseball, Rugby, Soccer, rowing, sailing and crafting. There are also various art galleries in this city running diverse programs of exhibitions every year. Annual festivals are also celebrated there. Folk Arts Festival was first festival represented by ethno cultural community to the residents of city, A number of museums, theaters and cinemas are also present in this city.
Restaurants
Most favorite restaurant of this city for last 20 years is Fresco’s Euro Grille which serves many international dishes blended with impeccable services. They serve their customers with best things by using freshest ingredients in order to create the best appetizers, food items and desserts. They use homemade recipes to develop tasty memorable meals. In this city, restaurants work in order to raise funds and donations for different charitable organizations in different areas from many years. The first restaurant of this city is Wellington Court which was inaugurated almost 20 years ago. Whenever visitors visit this city, they often receive suggestions like eat well at Wellington. This is the top most dining spot located in Niagara Region.
Things to do
When tourists go in this city, they like to wander around the port. Community of Port Dalhousie is a fascinating well known area due to its huge waterfront. People like to feel and smell the cool fresh air while walking. It is situated in the proximity of most popular beach which is present within the historic park of Lakeside. Port has great historical importance due to the main terminus of its Welland Canal. People also like to go to theaters in leisure time.
Real Estate Fact
St. Catharines have almost 20 new home developments with amalgam of high rise houses and low rise houses according to planned construction. There are almost eight condos along with 88 units under construction by these schemes. Average price for a condo for sale in St. Catharines in this city is $316,350. This city has 4 single family home developments along with 8 townhouse developments at the average price of a low rise house of $354 per square foot. There are many developments working in this city. The most active development running in St. Catharines is PBG Homes development.
