{"id":116100,"date":"2023-02-16T21:58:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T02:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=116100"},"modified":"2023-02-16T21:58:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T02:58:18","slug":"eat-up-in-the-east-penn-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=116100","title":{"rendered":"Eat Up in the East Penn area!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Enjoy the local flare and support local:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>East Penn Area Restaurant Week Returns on February 26<sup>th<\/sup>! \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Sunday, February 26<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 Saturday, March 4<sup>th<\/sup> 2023<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>In areas of Emmaus Borough, Macungie,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Emmaus Main Street Partners East Penn Area Chamber of Commerce, a proud partner of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce and New Tripoli Bank present East Penn Area Restaurant Week!<\/p>\n<p><strong>When: February 26, 2023 to March 4, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Where: East Penn area<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsors:<\/strong> Presenting &#8211; New Tripoli Bank, Gold Level- Wehrung\u2019s, Bronze Level- Burkholder\u2019s HVAC, Supporting Sponsors &#8211; QNB Bank, Phoebe Industries \u2013 Chestnut Ridge at Rodale, Bartlett Tree Experts, Marketing Sponsors &#8211; iHeartRadio \u2013 B104, and Lehigh Valley Press<\/p>\n<p>The tastiest event in the East Penn area is back! The East Penn Restaurant week will run February 26<sup>th<\/sup> to March 4<sup>th<\/sup> all throughout the East Penn area. This year\u2019s event will feature 8+ restaurants like Cactus Blue, East Penn Diner, Yergey Brewing, Notch, and Gio\u2019s Italiano Delite offering a range of tasty deals!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew Tripoli Bank has supported East Penn Restaurant Week since it started a few years ago,\u201d said John M. Hayes, CEO.\u00a0 \u201cThis event puts a spotlight on the great restaurants in the area, and we are happy to continue our sponsorship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked about what they enjoy most about East Penn Restaurant week, owner Ody Draklellis of East Penn Diner stated \u201cWe love participating in restaurant week because it allows us to showcase our menu and hospitality to a wider audience, giving us a chance to build new relationships and gain valuable exposure for our business. Not only does this event allow us to highlight our culinary expertise, but it also fosters a sense of community within the local restaurant scene. We look forward to participating in this event every year and hope to continue to attract new customers while strengthening existing relationships with our regulars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chamber hosts several restaurant weeks throughout the Lehigh Valley on a year-round basis,\u201d said Jessica O\u2019Donnell &#8211; Gower, EVP of Affiliated Chambers. \u201cOur goal is always the same: to shine a spotlight on our local restaurants and breweries, and to have fun supporting them throughout the week! \u00a0Many people use Restaurant Week to try a new place within the community, or to explore a community they may not even live in. It\u2019s a win-win for all \u2013 we get to enjoy the delicious food, and our businesses benefit from our support!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keep a look out on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EastPennChamber\">East Penn Chamber Facebook page<\/a> and listen to iHeart radio\u2019s B104 all throughout the week of the event for chances to win gift cards from participating restaurants. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lehighvalleychamber.org\/eastpennrw\">www.lehighvalleychamber.org\/eastpennrw<\/a> for the full list of participating restaurants and their delicious deals.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>About the Chamber:<\/em><\/strong> <em>The mission of The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce is to improve the economy and quality of life in the Lehigh Valley Metropolitan Area.\u00a0 We accomplish this through business-to-business networking events and marketing products, affinity programs and exclusive, money saving member benefits, training programs, government affairs initiatives and public policy advocacy, and community development enterprises.\u00a0 With nearly 5,000 members who employ more than 200,000, the Chamber is the largest in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and in the top ten nationwide. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nJessica O&#8217;Donnell-Gower<br \/>\nEVP, Affiliated Chambers, Easton and Phillipsburg Area Initiatives &amp; Northern Tier<br \/>\nLehigh Valley Chamber<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleychamber.org\/\">https:\/\/www.lehighvalleychamber.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy the local flare and support local: East Penn Area Restaurant Week Returns on February 26th! \u00a0\u00a0 Sunday, February 26th \u2013 Saturday, March 4th 2023 In areas of Emmaus Borough, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=116100\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Eat Up in the East Penn area!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/east-penn-2023.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116100"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/116101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}