Local Bar Looks to Spread Holiday Spirit
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) — As Buried Acorn Brewing continues its third straight year hosting a pumpkin carving event–along with the opportunity to fill your own personal pumpkin with the beer of your choosing–the local Syracuse bar looks to take advantage of their new location on East Fayette Street.
Given the fact that Buried Acorn Brewing is right around the corner from Theory Syracuse–an apartment complex known for traditionally housing Syracuse University students–the company has high hopes of drawing attention from the college student population. However, for some SU students like Bryan, an international student from China, this may prove to be more difficult than expected.
“My friend group doesn’t really celebrate Halloween,” Bryan said. “We considered dressing this year, but still haven’t really made plans.”
There seems to be something missing for college students nowadays when it comes to Halloween. So, Buried Acorn Brewing came up with a solution.
Although Buried Acorn Brewing’s goal with the pumpkin carving is to reawaken the holiday spirit throughout Syracuse, its goal is to also appeal to the older population present in the CNY area. Now, not only can a college senior enjoy a beer with his carved-out pumpkin, you can also participate in the bar’s Halloween costume contest. Although the costume contest did not seem to impress Bryan, hopefully the pumpkin carving will peak his interest.
“Well, I definitely feel like carving pumpkins is pretty fun,” Bryan said. “I did that two summers ago and I made pumpkin soup last year, so getting the theme (Halloween).”
This is the aspect to the pumpkin carving event that excites people like Alex Pilger–the bar manager over at Buried Acorn Brewing. The prospect behind introducing a holiday into someone’s life drives him–along with the rest of their staff–to put together a great event for the season.
“Learning new things, being in new places,” Pilger said. “Learning different cultures has got to be really exciting and you see why we love it. You know, all the excitement for them (international students) to come in and look and see people dressed up having a good time. It makes them think, ‘we should get into that, that looks like a lot of fun.’”