The Hotel Clarence In The News
Classy spot opens in 'Bedford Falls' in Seneca County
by Democrat and Chronicle / democratandchronicle.com
December 10, 2009
This weekend, the village of Seneca Falls is magically transformed into
the quintessential holiday town of Bedford Falls. Many believe this Finger
Lakes village is the model for the humble hometown in the movie, It's a Wonderful
Life. Director Frank Capra stopped in Seneca Falls on a visit to his sister,
who lived nearby. There is the canal, and the famous bridge with a plaque
honoring a local citizen who died in 1917 when rescuing a woman who had jumped
into the water to end her life. And now there is George Bailey Avenue and
up on Main Street (actually Fall Street), the newly renovated Hotel
Clarence and fine dining restaurant, Divine
Kitchen & Bar.
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The Flaming Rum Punch
Posted by Stephen D. Cannerelli / The Post-Standard
December 10, 2009
The signature drink at the Hotel Clarence bar in Seneca
Falls is the Flaming Rum Punch drink from its a Wonderful Life. Chef Ed Moro
shows us how its made. Video by Stephen D. Cannerelli (4:19)
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It's a wonderful town
by By Lou Lumenick / New York Post
December 5, 2009
SENECA FALLS, NY — It’s a wonderful life indeed in Seneca Falls, where the
resemblance to the film’s fictional Bedford Falls is evident as you ride
along the main drag. It’s clear even before you get to George Bailey Lane
and the steel-truss bridge spanning the canal.
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Seneca Falls, N.Y., looks to 'Wonderful Life' movie for hope'
By Rick Hampson, USA TODAY
November 26, 2009
SENECA FALLS, N.Y. — This fall Menzo Case has faced the worst question a banker can hear from his depositors: Where's my money?
Not in the vault, he tells them. It's in the grand old hotel on Fall Street
that reopens next spring. It's in the Downtown Deli, which will serve free
Thanksgiving dinners to the hungry. It's in this fellow's home, and that
one's. You know them. They're your neighbors.
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In the Finger Lakes, the food scene is catching up to the wine scene
by Don Cazentre / The Post-Standard
September
29, 2009
Ed Moro has worked as a chef in tourist-oriented
Aspen, Colo., and in “wine country” destinations like Napa, Calif., and Oregon’s
Willamette Valley.
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Dining Out: DIVINE Kitchen and Bar in Seneca Falls
by Don Cazentre / The Post-Standard
September
29, 2009
In July, Seneca Falls, the town that calls itself the "real Bedford
Falls" -- the setting for Capra's movie -- welcomed the new Hotel Clarence,
renamed for the angel rescued by the film's hero, George Bailey, who jumps
from a bridge to save him.
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Hotel Clarence Getaway
by Mike O’Brian / Rochester - 24 Hour Local News
July 23, 2009
There's a new hotel in the Finger Lakes! The old Gould Hotel in Seneca Falls
has just been given an amazing make-over and is now the new Hotel Clarence.
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First Look - Inside the Hotel Clarence
by FingerLakes1.com on Vimeo
June 4, 2009
www.FingerLakes1.com walks through the former Gould Hotel in Seneca Falls,
NY, as it transforms into the Hotel Clarence.
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Seneca Falls hotel renamed the Clarence, from 'It's a Wonderful Life'
by Toni Guidice / The Post-Standard
February 20, 2009
Seneca Falls, NY -- The grand old Gould Hotel on Fall Street in downtown
Seneca Falls is stepping into the future with a $6.2 million renovation and
a new name with an old history - Hotel Clarence.
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Seneca Falls gets a Hollywood touch
by Upstate NY Restaurant Examiner Bill Dowd / www.examiner.com
February 20, 2009
SENECA FALLS, NY -- The owners of the former Gould Hotel are hoping the
structure's new name will signal a wonderful second life for it.
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Former Mirbeau Inn chef plans angelic menu at Seneca Falls hotel
by Toni Guidice / The Post-Standard
February 20, 2009
Seneca Falls, NY -- The executive director of food and beverage at the new
Hotel Clarence in downtown Seneca Falls is Edward Moro -- the executive chef
at Mirbeau Inn and Spa in Skaneateles for the past nine years.
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Chef embraces Clarence's 'fun' potential
by DAVID L. SHAW / Finger Lakes Times
Monday, February 16, 2009
SENECA FALLS — Before he entered high school in Hershey, Pa., Edward Moro
knew he wanted to be a chef.
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There’s a lot new at the old Gould Hotel
by DAVID L. SHAW / Finger Lakes Times
2009
SENECA FALLS — There’s a lot new at the old Gould Hotel. New owners. A new,
$5 million makeover into a five-star hotel and restaurant. A new lease on
life as the anchor of what village officials hope is a revitalized downtown
area.
And a new name. It will be the Hotel Clarence, named after the lovable
angel in Frank Capra’s classic 1939 “It’s a Wonderful Life” movie. Many here
are convinced that Bedford Falls was based on Seneca Falls, which Capra visited
at one time en route to visiting relatives in Auburn.
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