Food&Beverage
Two new breweries and one new meadery opened in the Greater Wilmington area in 2016: Bellefonte Brewery, Dew Point Brewery, and Liquid Alchemy Beverages.
Constitution Yards Beer Garden is another new and popular venue along Wilmington’s riverfront. The seasonal outdoor beer garden features 20,000-square feet of space at Justison Landing along the Christina Riverwalk. It offers everything from craft beers and frozen cocktails to barbecue and beer cheese fries.
The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont in Wilmington, DE. The luxury hotel recently was purchased by the Buccini/Pollin Group.
what’sNEW The Hotel du Pont has been a landmark in
downtown Wilmington and one of the world’s grandest luxury hotels since 1913. Its guests have included Eleanor Roosevelt, President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Charles Lindberg, Amelia Earhart, Richard Rodgers, Duke Ellington, Fred Astaire, Bette Davis and Katharine Hepburn and more.
In January, the DuPont Company announced the sale of the 104-year-old hotel to Buccini/Pollin, a Wilmington-based develop- ment company, which has affirmed its inten- tion to continue operating the 217-room Italian Renaissance-style building as a luxury hotel and hospitality space. Its unique assets, which include the Green Room Restaurant and the Gold Ballroom, will be retained. The Grand Opera House will continue to operate The Playhouse on Rodney Square, a 1,252- seat theater inside the building.
and Deerfield, formerly an elite 145-acre country club reserved for DuPont employees and now a public facility, also are popular choices in Newark.
While Greater Wilmington is not a major city, it offers many of the same amenities as a larger venue at a much lower cost. The area boasts world class museums and mansions like Hagley, Winterthur and Nemours, Mt. Cuba Center, the Delaware Art Museum, and the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts. Other unique attractions include the Marshall Steam Museum at Auburn Heights, the Kalmar Nyckel, Old Swedes Church and small colonial towns like Historic New Castle and Historic Odessa.
Affordability is another lure. The fact that there is no sales tax in Delaware translates into an immediate return on investment for meet- ing planners because meeting room rentals, food, beverages and entertainment are tax-free, and the hotel tax in Greater Wilmington is considerably less than surrounding areas. In addition, the Greater Wilmington Convention and Visitors Bureau offers an incentive with up to $50,000 available to defray transportation expenses. Funds are administered on a first come, first serve basis; restrictions may apply.
Candlewood Suites - Newark South University is scheduled to open in this spring. The 101-room all-suite hotel will be close to the University of Delaware’s main campus, offering complimentary 24-hour laundry facili- ties, a fully-equipped kitchen in all rooms, a gym, outdoor gazebo grill, and a lending locker.
Hilton Wilmington/Christiana just completed a guest room renovation and is also revamping their meeting and restaurant space. Renovations are expected to be completed by the beginning of May.
Delaware History Museum and the new Mitchell Center for African American Heritage are now open for visitors. Both feature per- manent and rotating exhibits, classrooms and meeting space. A connector links the Delaware History Museum with the newly restored Old Town Hall, which also is avail- able for private events and meetings.
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