diners (Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton: coop, restaurant, price)

[rachem]

I just moved to the lehigh valley for a short time. I'm having trouble finding some good places to eat, but also just some good breakfast food.

Are there any good diners in the lehigh valley? Particularly 24-hr diners that serve breakfast all day. there's nothing like breakfast at 10 pm to go with some paperwork or a good book.

[blueydson]

It's not 24 hours but Williams Family Restaurant on William Penn Highway in Easton is hard to beat; and they do have breakfast all day. My wife and I have a hard time eating anywhere else anymore as any of the chain places just end up being more money, pay for it later meals served by people that are more there to socialize than work.

[Stavs]

My favorite is the Sunrise Diner on south 4th Street. Great service and great food. If you go to Yelp, you can find reviews of local places.

The Whitehall Diner on MacArthur Road is good (up near the new Wawa)-much better than City View. Very clean.

[toobusytoday]

Everyone loves the Coop D - The Coopersburg Diner, right on gridlocked 309 in Coopersburg. Not open 24 hours though.

[Stavs]

Originally Posted by toobusytoday

Everyone loves the Coop D - The Coopersburg Diner, right on gridlocked 309 in Coopersburg. Not open 24 hours though.

Tried to get in there on a sunday morning-no luck. Went to Johns Plain & Fancy diner instead-wasnt impressed.

[jimmyrocks]

The Nazareth Diner is 24/7, it's where 191 meets 248.. the east intersection
Tic Toc is at 2510 Northampton street, just west of 25th street
Key City Diner is in pburg on rt 22 (you need to uturn to get there as is typical NJ fashion), it's 24/7 and is always a fun place
Sheetz and Wawa are 24/7
There are others too, but they're the ones I frequent

[urban analysis therapist]

Originally Posted by rachem

I just moved to the lehigh valley for a short time. I'm having trouble finding some good places to eat, but also just some good breakfast food.

Are there any good diners in the lehigh valley? Particularly 24-hr diners that serve breakfast all day. there's nothing like breakfast at 10 pm to go with some paperwork or a good book.

I ran into the same problem as you recently: insomnia, hunger, the desire to do some good reading of the books I've been neglecting. The problems were, of course:

1) I'm a big eater, and I frequently become hungry. If I'm hungry, I can't concentrate on my reading - all I can think about is food.
2) I only have a bike, so I was limited in my options.
3) I didn't even know what my options were.

Before this past Monday, I only knew of a few 24 hour places close to Bethlehem:
1) WaWa and Pantry One - it's great for decent subs and coffee, but you can't sit anywhere. Plus, the subs get old quickly, especially if you eat sandwiches for lunch everyday anyway.
2) Dunkin Donuts - the coffee's great, the donuts and other food are pretty good, and you can sit. The problem? It gets pretty old quickly.
3) The only 24 diners I knew of at the time: Bethlehem Diner and Queen City Diner.
-Queen City Diner is pretty good, but way too far away from me.
- Bethlehem Diner is not only far away, it sucks big time. Lousy food in general.

So I was in the Union Blvd. area just past the Bethlehem/Allentown border going towards Allentown when I found.....SALVATION. There are three 24-hour diners in the area, and all have not just pretty good food, but cheap food.
1) Golden Gate Diner - I went here last Monday night at around 11pm, and stayed until a bit past 5 am the next day. I had a couple of omelettes, coffee, and a lemonade for about $12 (not including tip). Coffee and soft drinks have free refills.
2) Izzy's Family Restaurant - I only stayed until 1 pm on Tuesday night, mostly because I was tired from the night before. The Gyro Platter I got was just what I needed - huge amounts of food for about $6.50. Coffee and soft drinks have free refills here also.
3) Top Diner and Cocktail Lounge - I haven't tried this place yet, but it offers the same deal as the other two, with the extra bonus of having alcohol available, if that's important to you.

Izzy's offered better coffee than Golden Gate, but Golden Gate offered better service - the waitress was more attentive, and the glasses were larger and cleaner. Both offered good food, but a comparison between omelettes and gyros is apples and oranges.

Either way, I don't think you can do wrong with either of these diners. I got a good 40+ pages of reading done on my book....which was stolen last night along with my backpack by some Puerto Rican douchebag. But that's another topic altogether.

[Soccer25]

My diner of choice is Chris's Family Restaurant on Tilghman St. Their banana pancakes are to die for!

[ichiroll]

Originally Posted by fishinginasuit

It's not 24 hours but Williams Family Restaurant on William Penn Highway in Easton is hard to beat; and they do have breakfast all day. My wife and I have a hard time eating anywhere else anymore as any of the chain places just end up being more money, pay for it later meals served by people that are more there to socialize than work.

Tried it the other day. It's ok and the price is definitely cheap. I wasn't blown away but I guess I'm not supposed to be. You get your money's worth for sure though.

[Just1Lion]

Not exactly lehigh valley, but close by. and awesome!!!

Letterman's Diner
Main St, Kutztown, PA.

You will leave that place beyond full and smelling like grease. awesome.