We have been anticipating the opening of this Brew Pub for two years. We live around the corner from their new location in Whitehall, so we walked over this hot hot evening. The owners wife was at the door doing the count since like most of these places, they have to stay within their occupancy limits. She was delighted to hear that we walked over from only a couple blocks away and oriented us on where to order food and beer. We felt very welcomed into their air conditioned dining room. They have a limited food menu, but we expect that to get better. They also ran out of hot roast beef sandwiches and hand cut French fries just before we arrived and said in the first two and a half hours they had more than 400 customers come and go. We had hot dogs and really good perogies, so no problem. The beer was the reason to be there and it did not disappoint. I had a flight of #1 a German style bock, #2 a lager named Hawk-en-Dauqua (this brew pub is in the Hokendauqua section of Whitehall, PA), #4 a nice IPA and #5 a smooth Pilsner called U R Pilsner. All were good, but the IPA was especially bright with a nice grapefruit finish. Service was friendly and quick, you order and then find a place to sit. There is a nice long deck with ceiling fans and lots for seating. Plenty of parking on the lot with overflow in the lot next door accessible by a sturdy iron pedestrian bridge.
A word of caution. There is a well marked pedestrian crossing from Sixth Street to the Hawk Mountain lot with big yellow Pedestrian Crossing signs in both directions of Lehigh Street, but no one driving there tonight seemed aware that in Pennsylvania drivers must stop to yield to pedestrians in a designated crosswalk. The fine is $50 and 3 points on their license. If you need to cross, BE VERY CAREFUL.
Otherwise, we give all thumbs up and all the stars to our experience here on opening week. read more