Bridgewater Brewery is downtown Welland's canal-side brewery and taproom: onsite beer, a real comfort-food kitchen, and a menu built around Dill Pickle Pizza, smash burgers, seafood, and weekly happy-hour value.

The Park Bar Billiards is a Welland neighbourhood bar built around free pool, late seven-day hours, inexpensive pub staples, and official daily specials. Go for fish and chips, chicken fingers, Buffalo cauliflower, wings, and a casual room that is more hangout than formal dinner.

Blue Star Restaurant is a Welland diner landmark built around all-day comfort plates: signature chicken, perogies, cabbage rolls, burgers, breakfast platters, pies and a practical takeout menu. Its strength is broad, familiar food with a local fixture feel.