16 New Restaurants in Downtown Allentown

Thinking of catching a bite to eat at one of Allentown's downtown restaurants before a concert or a Phantoms Game at the new arena? You need to make reservations far in advance or be the first in line for dinner if you want a seat.

In the last two years, downtown Allentown has added many new restaurants. 

Coca-Cola Bottling Company of the Lehigh Valley has been at the forefront of this movement and acquired 16 new restaurants as part of this revitalization.

1. Chickie’s and Pete’s
2. Shula’s Restaurant
3. Hamilton Kitchen
4. The Grain
5. Roar Social House
6. The Dime Restaurant in the Renaissance Downtown Allentown Hotel
7. Tony Luke’s
8. Tim Horton’s
9. Crust Coal Fired Pizza
10.  Johnny’s Bagels
11. Billy’s Downtown Diner
12. Nana’s Café & Grill
13. The Hook
14. Centro
15. Center Ice
16. Bell Hall

Great job Tim Buda and the Cold Drink Department for your hard work!

Submitted by: Pam Garin

Persistence!!!

Submitted by Chuck Evans, Director of Sales & Marketing Lehigh

We are reminded everyday, how lucky we are to have Great people in our sales organization!  Our OPRS Tim Buda has been pursuing a new account called Frites, which is a Belgian French fry restaurant in the Lehigh Valley Mall.  After numerous attempts to secure pouring rights, the owner decided to go with the competition because of a new compact freestyle machine that was just developed.  The owner was nice enough to send a note that the choice was strictly about the new technology of fountain and nothing to do about pricing or service.  Tim, continued to check in on the owner to see how his restaurant was shaping up.  After continuous persistence of developing a relationship, the owner changed his mind because of Tim’s persistence and changed to Coke.  The owner was impressed with Tim’s follow-ups and figured in the long run that’s the service and relationship he wanted from his beverage provider.

Great Selling, Great Persistence by Tim Buda!