Talking during a ribbon cutting ceremony for the wine boutique Austeria are, left to right, Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik, Austeria owners Taylor and Andrew Bowsher, both of Sidney, and Sidney Mayor Mike Barhorst. Austeria is located at 109 S. Ohio Ave. in downtown Sidney. The event was held in conjunction with the Sidney-Shelby County Chamber of Commerce.
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Andrew and Taylor Bowsher cut the ribbon on their wine boutique Austeria. Austeria is located at 109 S. Ohio Ave. in downtown Sidney. The event was held on Wednesday, March 13, in conjunction with the Sidney-Shelby County Chamber of Commerce.
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Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik speaks during the ribbon cutting ceremony for Austeria, a Wine Boutique, located at 109 S. Ohio Ave. in downtown Sidney. Standing behind Mihalik are Sidney-Shelby County Chamber of Commerce President Jeff Raible and Austeria owners Taylor and Andrew Bowsher. The event was held in conjunction with the Sidney-Shelby County Chamber of Commerce.
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Taylor Bowsher talks during a ribbon cutting ceremony for the wine boutique Austeria that she opened with her husband Andrew Bowsher, right of her, both of Sidney. Bowsher spoke during a ribbon cutting ceremony held for the business on Wednesday, March 13. Austeria is located at 109 S. Ohio Ave. in downtown Sidney. The event was held in conjunction with the Sidney-Shelby County Chamber of Commerce.
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Large windows allow patrons to look out at the courthouse as they drink wine at the new wine boutique Austeria. Austeria is located at 109 S. Ohio Ave. in downtown Sidney.
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Austeria Wine Boutique owners Taylor Bowsher, center, and Andrew Bowsher, right, pose with Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik at a ribbon cutting for the business on March 13.
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The new wine boutique Austeria has a back patio for patrons. Austeria is located at 109 S. Ohio Ave. in downtown Sidney.
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The new wine boutique Austeria features a bar the where patrons can drink both wine and mixed drinks. Austeria is located at 109 S. Ohio Ave. in downtown Sidney.
Luke Gronneberg | Sidney Daily News
Andrew and Taylor Bowsher cut the ribbon on their wine boutique Austeria. Austeria is located at 109 S. Ohio Ave. in downtown Sidney. The event was held on Wednesday, March 13, in conjunction with the Sidney-Shelby County Chamber of Commerce.
Luke Gronneberg | Sidney Daily News
By Charlotte Caldwell
SIDNEY — Austeria Wine Boutique at 109 S. Ohio Ave. was filled to the brim with local officials and organizations as owners Andrew and Taylor Bowsher celebrated the boutique’s grand opening with a ribbon-cutting on March 13.
Sidney-Shelby County Chamber of Commerce President Jeff Raible said in his 21 years of doing ribbon-cuttings, Austeria’s had the largest crowd.
Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik also stopped in as she was in town to take a tour after Sidney was again named a top micropolitan city by Site Selection magazine.
“There’s nothing better than being able to travel the state of Ohio and come to a place like Sidney and celebrate a ribbon cutting downtown in a small business; particularly when it involves wine,” Mihalik said. “We’re here in Sidney today because we’re kicking off celebrating Ohio’s boom towns, and Sidney happens to be one of five of the country’s top 10 micropolitans. And it’s communities like this one, with people who gather around like you all, that celebrate the successes like this, that make Ohio the heart of it all.”
“My heart just swells when this is what we’ve been looking for. This is the kind of stuff we want in our downtown. For me, it’s a dream come true,” Sidney Alive Executive Director Amy Breinich said. “I grew up here, and seeing people come into our community and fall in love with it, want to open businesses, get married on the court square, it’s a dream come true for me. It’s a dream come true for a lot of people in our community,” she said, talking about the Bowshers.
Andrew became emotional when talking about how he and Taylor fell in love with Sidney when he took the city manager position. Breinich showed the couple the space that is now Austeria, which used to be the Sidney Alive office, and they loved it as well.
“We thought this was the perfect location to start our dream of opening a wine shop,” Taylor said. “Like Andrew said, we got married right across the street on the court square, we had a reception over in Tavolo when that was open, all around this building that is soon going to become our home, which is upstairs where we’re going to be living. We really wanted to invest in the community and put our roots down.”
Follow Austeria on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/austeriawine.
