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Wasaga Beach At Your Service: Grandma's Beach Treats

Wasaga Beach At Your Service: Grandma's Beach Treats

This week we are speaking with Sylvia Bray of Grandma's Beach Treats.

Grandma’s Beach Treats sells memories. What would a visit to the beach be without indulging in some of your favourite comfort foods? Open year round, they sell gourmet caramel popcorn, homemade butter tarts and pies, fudge, hard and soft serve ice cream and much more. It's the kind of place that you remember fondly every time you think about your trip to Wasaga Beach. Grandma's Beach Treats was recognized for the 2009 Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year Award.

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Wasaga Beach At Your Service: Darlene Anstey

Wasaga Beach At Your Service: Darlene Anstey

This week we are speaking with Darlene Anstey of Coldwell Banker, Trinity Realty Inc.

Darlene Anstey has been helping people navigate the task of buying and selling homes since 1993. She is part of a Wasaga Beach dynasty, Her father Doug Anstey was also in the real estate business and from the time this town had just a few thousand people, the Anstey's were a family name you could trust. Wasaga Beach has since grown much larger, and it is no longer the type of town where a trip to the grocery store meant planning enough time to stop with your cart in every aisle to chat with everyone you knew, but Darlene Anstey still does business like it is; the old fashioned way, with a personal touch. 

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Wasaga Beach - At Your Service: Beacon Restaurant

Beacon Restaurant

Wasaga Beach At Your Service: The Beacon Restaurant

This week we are speaking with Guy Puccini, owner of the Beacon Restaurant.

Guy has been a part of the fabric of Wasaga Beach for decades. His father, Giocomo Puccini bought the Beacon way back int 1946 to keep himself busy after selling his baking business "Taylor's Meat Pies" of Toronto.

The Beacon has been host to live entertainment from Big Band music to rock, to karaoke for longer than most people can remember. This nightclub is popular with locals not just from Wasaga Beach, but Stayner and Collingwood as well. Ask anyone who lives here and they'll immediately tell you about their days partying at the Beacon. 

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