Apollo Grill

Learned to cook: From my mom and lots of experiments Cook from scratch: Almost every day Eat leftovers: Sure, they come in handy on a busy day. Recipe organization: A real mess Funniest kitchen moment: Left the house with ground turkey on the stove,...

Bethlehem and five of its surrounding communities have a real gem in the Bethlehem Area Public Library. I know because I'm the new executive director, and I've been working in public libraries in Pennsylvania for over 25 years. With the warm and...

AMERICAN APOLLO GRILL, 85 W. Broad St., Bethlehem, 610-865-9600, www.apollogrill.com AUGIE'S HIDDEN VALLEY INN, 96 Fox Gap Ave., Bangor, 610-588-4029 BECKS LAND AND SEA HOUSE, 997 Bushkill Center Rd., Nazareth, 610-746-7400 BEEF BARON, 2366 Catasaqua Rd.,...

Most of us find great pleasure in food. And nothing makes food taste better than when someone else makes it for you. To that end, there are hundreds of eateries in the area just waiting to serve you. Armetta's on Main Street in Emmaus offers pizza,...

BREWERIES Brew Works Brewery & Restaurant, 569 Main St., Bethlehem, 610-882-1300, http://www.thebrewworks.com. Weyerbacher Brewing Co. Inc., 905 Line St., Easton, 610-559-5561, http://www.weyerbacher.com RESTAURANTS A1 Japanese Steakhouse, 3300 Lehigh...

Main Street, Bethlehem, and groups of Moravianites, wearing their silver and blue, sip lattes at Johnny's Bagelsand discuss the night's martini activities at Apollo Grill. Cut to Southside and Lehigh students excitedly stroll through open galleries,...

In Coplay, the restaurant formerly known as Yesterday's today is known as Victoria's Inn. If the new sign doesn't tell the tale of change loudly enough, the neon robin's-egg-blue door and trim — which appear freshly painted — certainly do. This...

++++++++++++++++++++ || || || Bringing his bread-baking heritage from Poland, Krzysztof Ramostowski now provides some of the leading restaurants in the Lehigh Valley with exotic as well as simply wholesome loaves and rolls. With his wife Rosanna as...

Breweries Brew Works Brewery & Restaurant, 569 Main St., Bethlehem, 610-882-1300, www.thebrewworks.com. Three flagship in-house brews year-round plus three rotating seasonal beers. Weyerbacher Brewing Co. Inc., 905-G Line St., Easton, 610-559-5561, www....

3rd Street Chicken & Ribs, 2 W. Third St., Bethlehem, 610-866-1212; 2980 Linden St., Bethlehem, 610-867-1212 Abruzzi on Main, 212 N. Main St., Coopersburg, 610-282-0575 Akita Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Bar, 2730 Walbert Ave., Allentown, 610-432-5800...

3rd Street Chicken & Ribs, 2 W. Third St., Bethlehem, 610-866-1212; 2980 Linden St., Bethlehem, 610-867-1212 Abruzzi on Main, 212 N. Main St., Coopersburg, 610-282-0575 Akatsuki Japanese Restaurant, 2653 MacArthur Rd., Whitehall, 610-264-5811 Akita...

Funny that Petros, the name of a downtown Allentown restaurant that opened about a year ago, means ''rock'' or ''foundation'' in Latin. When I ate there recently, the restaurant shattered the foundation of what I've come to know as the Lehigh Valley's...