Side Dish: New eatery and new restaurant week for Allentown

By Kelly Federico, OF THE MORNING CALL
7:49 a.m. EDT, March 17, 2011

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NEW RESTAURANT AND NEW RESTAURANT WEEK IN ALLENTOWN

Big things are going down in Allentown.

First up, the Fegleys, the family that owns the Allentown and Bethlehem Brew Works, has opened up Burrito Works and Coffee Works right next door to the downtown Allentown restaurant at 812-816 W. Hamilton St.

The menu at Burrito Works features pizzapatas — grilled flatbread with Mexican-Italian toppings — as well as burritos, tacos, quesadillas and salads. You can get carnitas pizzapatas and nacho pizzapatas or customize your own with sauces like garlic olive oil or pesto cream and toppings like broccoli, black olives and black beans.

You can build your own burrito as well or choose from options like “The Works” — pulled beef, cilantro lime rice, guacamole and other goodies — or the “On the Green,” a veg-friendly option with two types of beans and more in a wheat tortilla. Prices are $5-$9.

Coffee Works is a collaboration with Easton’s Cosmic Cup. Coffee Works will serve fair-trade coffee in the form of straight-up coffee, espresso and cappucino as well as baked goods.

Burrito Works is in the former Quiznos and Coffee Works is in the former City Line coffee shop.

Downtown Allentown’s debut Restaurant Week will take place March 28 to April 3. Lunch prix fixe menus are $10 and $15 and dinner menus are $20 and $30. Participants are Sangria, Cosmopolitan, the Allentown Brew Works, Bada Bingg, Made in Brazil and Bay Leaf.

A sampling from the Allentown Brew Works $20 three-course menu: Bavarian pretzel appetizer, Asian shrimp in orange sauce main and a cranberry bread pudding for dessert. All the menus can be found here.

kelly.federico@mcall.com | 610-778-2241