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1. Blakeslee Inn & Restaurant 0

Routes 115 & 903 - Blakeslee

On the edge of the Poconos, about an hour from the Lehigh Valley, the inn specializes in fine dining. The menu includes house specialty steaks and seafood. Specialties include Boursin chicken, European-style chicken breasts stuffed with Boursin cheese, wrapped in applewood-smoked bacon, and a New...

2. Geakers Drive-In 4 1/2

3531 Freemansburg Ave. - Bethlehem

59 cent hot dogs, 54 flavors of milkshakes, and more than 250,000 tacos sold since its opening in 2002. Geaker’s Drive-In has got some major credentials. This place also serves 31 homemade soups, from seafood medley to pepper pot and split pea, and grills a memorable cheesesteak. Owned and...

Cheesesteaks

3. Cheesesteaks

Spots to get a superb steak sandwich

Wings

4. Wings

Wings, fabulous wings

Grumpy's Bar-B-Que Roadhouse

5. Grumpy's Bar-B-Que Roadhouse 4 1/2

3000 Mauch Chunk Road - South Whitehall Township

Southern roadhouse atmosphere, where the smoke is hickory from a high-tech backyard wood pit. Authentic southern barbecue from a meat-heavy menu, served with authentic sides, draw the faithful and the hungry. Decor is country bar and comfortable, with a center bar between two dining rooms, and a...

Nick's Pizza Restaurant

6. Nick's Pizza Restaurant 0

822 Main St. - Bethlehem

Family-style Italian and Greek food at very reasonable pricing gives Nick’s Pizza/Restaurant a solid base of return customers. Highly recommended are the garlic knots and the desserts (just not together). And don’t forget to bring some extra cash with you; Nick’s doesn’t accept checks or...

7. Bonte Wafflerie & Cafe 0

553 Main St. - Bethlehem

Its slogan is “What’s Yummy?” And the answer? “Everything on the menu.” Bonte Wafflerie and Cafe serves up paninis, European-inspired soups and specialty coffees. Its signature, however, is the Belgian sugar waffle. Topped with ice cream or fruit, these waffles are served hot — just...

8. Feasta Italiana 4

2400 Schoenersville Road - Allentown

If it's Italian you're craving, you'll find it at Allentown's Feasta Italiana. Accessible just off Route 22 on Schoenersville Road in Allentown, Feasta is home to entrees, salads, sandwiches and, of course, pizza. Serves lunch and dinner seven days a week. Reservations not required but recommended...

Sal's Brick Oven Pizza & Restaurant

9. Sal's Brick Oven Pizza & Restaurant 5

313 S. New St. - Bethlehem

Sal’s Old World Italian Restaurant on Bethlehem’s South Side has a brick oven which gives its pizzas a distinct flavor. Recipes for its lunch and dinner specials, which might include seafood lobster scampi, vegetable lasagna, chicken Florentine or baked tilapia, are from recipes that have been...

Bolete

10. Bolete 4 Icon-mmx-pick

1740 Seidersville Rd. - Bethlehem

Formerly The Inn of the Falcon, Bolete offers a distinctive dining experience in a 200-year-old stone building. The restaurant presents a rustic sophistication with white upholstered seats interspersed among wooden chairs, and freshly painted walls meeting original floor boards. Sparkling...

11. Stroudsmoor Country Inn 3

4 Stroudsmoor Road - Stroudsburg

From the Friday evening seafood buffet, with its extensive antipasto bar, hearty soups and desserts to a glorious champagne brunch, there’s something for every taste at the elegant Stroudsmoor Country Inn. Craving a broad range of culinary temptations? The Stroudsmoor Country Inn’s American...

Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse

12. Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse 4 1/2

1914 Catasauqua Road - Allentown

With an intimate feel but still roomy atmosphere, Ichiban serves up fresh and tasty sushi on one side of the restaurant and hibachi style meals on the other. Clean and simple in style, the restaurant features a small sushi bar surrounded by a generous number of tables for sushi and numerous hibachi...

Cherubina Ristorante

13. Cherubina Ristorante 5 Icon-mmx-pick

1001 Northampton St. - Easton

Food, sure. But Cherubina, nestled in a Victorian rowhouse, is all about the ambiance: the silver candelabra, the single rose floating in a wine glass, the antique floral plates. Chef and owner Harry Cregar III says the food is Italian with a French flair. People keep coming back for the spinach...

Fat Daddy's Southern Bar-B-Q

14. Fat Daddy's Southern Bar-B-Q 5

1602 Sullivan Trail - Forks Township

Drive down Sullivan Trail in Forks Township and you’ll spot a pig statue in a small wagon with the message: “Bar B Q Open.” That’s when you know you’ve found Fat Daddy’s. The casual eatery— dine-in or takeout — has a country-kitchen atmosphere that fits the simple fare:...

15. Spice India 4 1/2

2407 Mickley Ave. - Whitehall

Formerly of Parsippany, N.J., the owners of Spice India have dabbled in the restaurant business before. Upon moving to the Lehigh Valley, they opened up a larger Indian eatery with a more extensive menu. Offering vegetarian options as well as chicken, lamb and seafood entrees, Spice India has all...

Lantern Restaurant & Lounge

16. Lantern Restaurant & Lounge 1

530 Pembroke Road - Bethlehem

The Lantern is a cozy eatery featuring a hodge podge of world cuisines. They have tacos. They have hamburgers. They have pasta. But to order all that would do a disservice to owner Margie Galus, whose favorite menu items hail from her native country, Slovakia including chicken paprikash, stuffed...

The Cafe

17. The Cafe 4 1/2

221 W. Broad St. - Bethlehem

Thanks to multi-talented chef Doy Sakdiponephong, The Cafe is two restaurants in one. Sakdiponephong, who has operated one of Bethlehem’s finest dining spots with his wife Patti since 1982, uses his Thai heritage and self-taught French cooking (he started out in 1977 as a pastry chef) to create...