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WFMZ is giving you the dish on the best restaurants in town. We're taking you inside local eateries that have earned a reputation as the cream of the crop. Catch "Local Flavor" Fridays on 69 News at 6:00pm, and Mondays on 69 News at Noon. And if there's a restaurant in your town that serves up perfect pasta or makes a mean meatloaf, tell us about it. |
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Grille 3501
We're going upscale in this week's Local Flavor. Grille 3501 is marking its 7th year on Broadway in Allentown. The restaurant bills itself as "sophisticated yet unpretentious." The menu is a blend of Asian, French and Mediterranean cuisine. The menu contains a lot of items you would expect, and others you might not.
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Mouth-watering steaks with an eye-catching view are on the menu in this week's Local Flavor. The Orchard Meat and Fish Company in Orefield used to be an old mining hotel. The building's been around since the 1800's. The current owners had to do a lot of fixing up to make it look how it does today. The dining room features hand- crafted oak furniture and a view of the apple orchards. 
This week's Local Flavor feature is celebrating a "delicious decade" in Berks County. You'll find the Chatawhile Inn on Butter Lane in Exeter Township. Chef and owner David Brennan promises an experience you won't find at a chain restaurant. The food is Mediterranean with an Italian flair, but the real specialty might be the customer service. 
We have a relatively new name on the fine dining scene in this week's Local Flavor. You'll find Bolete on Seidersville Road in Salisbury Township, near Fountain Hill. The name is Latin for wild mushroom. It's been open for just over four months. 
This week's Local Flavor takes us to the only Guiness-sanctioned authentic Irish pub in Berks County. The Ugly Oyster is located on South Fifth Street in Reading. The original building was founded back in the 1700's. The restaurant itself has been around nearly 17 years. 
We're dishing up good, old-fashioned ice cream in this week's Local Flavor. Hartman's Two Family Restaurant is located on Sullivan Trail in Nazareth, Northampton County. The restaurant has been around since the sixties. But, it's ice cream has a lot more history.
Our Local Flavor of the week takes us to downtown Reading and Judy's on Cherry. The centerpiece of the six-year-old eatery is a large oven in the middle of the dining floor. Owner Judy Henry serves an eclectic menu offering everything from fire-flamed pizzas to clay roasted fish, as well as traditional favorites.
"All aboard" for this week's Local Flavor. It's a train station turned restaurant in Bethlehem. The Main Street Depot served as a Victorian train station for Jersey Central Railroad in the late 1800's. The building was restored in the 1960's and eventually became a restaurant in 1978. Now it serves up fine American cuisine to the Christmas City.
Dinner is just a lucky catch away in this week's Local Flavor. The Cascade Lodge is family- owned fine-dining in Durham Township, Bucks County. Guests can catch their own trout in a pond inside the restaurant, and a lot of the food is made table-side.
Interview with Cascade Lodge Co-Owner Sandra Knuth ] 
Good home cookin' is on the menu in this week's Local Flavor. You can find Bubba's Potbelly Stove on North West End Boulevard in Quakertown. The original owner, James Barry, started it with his brothers 30 years ago. He passed away three years ago, but the crew at Bubba's is carrying on his vision for comfort food in a family atmosphere.
Cigars, cocktails, and chow in this week's Local Flavor. The Federal Grill and Cigar Bar is marking 10 years on Hamilton Street in Allentown. The upstairs is a bar and dining room. The downstairs is a cigar lounge. The building itself is over 100 years old. The owner, a New York native, says she knew it was the place for her the first time she walked through the door.
We're serving up a slice of history in this week's Local Flavor. McCoole's at the Historic Red Lion Inn in Quakertown dates back to 1747. It survived the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. And remnants of the underground railroad are still visible in the basement.
WFMZ is giving you the dish on the best restaurants in town. We're starting a new segment called "Local Flavor" where we take you inside local eateries that have earned a reputation as the cream of the crop. Our first stop is "The Other Fish" in Bethlehem.
