SOUTH WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. – A restaurant known for its warm hospitality and meals crafted with “lots of love, little bit of honey” is expanding into the Lehigh Valley.
A new location of Love & Honey Fried Chicken, a Southern-style fried chicken concept, is coming soon to 3024 W. Tilghman St. Suite 18 in South Whitehall Township.
The restaurant, occupying a soon-to-be-renovated spot between My Salon Suite and Palm Beach Tan in the Village West shopping center, will be the first Lehigh Valley location of Love & Honey Fried Chicken.
The new location is listed on Village West’s online site plan, and on-site workers confirmed that the restaurant is under development.
A location of Love & Honey Fried Chicken is under development at 3024 W. Tilghman St. Suite 18 in South Whitehall Township.
A target opening date has not yet been announced, and a Love & Honey Fried Chicken representative did not return messages seeking more information.
Love & Honey Fried Chicken, which has a tagline of “lots of love, little bit of honey,” was established in 2017 and has grown to include around a half dozen locations in Pennsylvania, New York and Rhode Island, with several more in the pipeline, according to the business’ website.
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Other regional locations operate in Newtown Township, Bucks County; Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County; and Philadelphia.
Love & Honey Fried Chicken, which has a tagline of “lots of love, little bit of honey,” serves buttermilk fried chicken tenders “in their natural state, never pounded or altered to look larger,” according to a menu description.
The chicken is vegetarian-fed and raised with no antibiotics.
Customers also can enjoy sandwiches, including an OG Fried Chicken (with ranch slaw, sweet pickles and ranch on a butter-toasted brioche bun) and Nashville Fried Chicken (dredged in hot chili oil, with ranch slaw, sweet pickles and ranch on a butter-toasted brioche bun), along with “more chicken” options such as buttermilk fried chicken wings (three-, six- or 12-piece), drumsticks and thighs (lightly drizzled with honey) by the piece and a family meal (double orders of tenders, with your choice of three drumsticks and three thighs, or six wings; includes five house-made sauces, four cornbread muffins with honey butter and a large order of tater tots).
Other menu highlights include sides such as pimento cheese dip, Southern-style potato salad and bread and butter pickles; and desserts such as banana pudding cups and Oreo-chocolate chip cookies.
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“Great food should be simple, joyful, and full of flavor — and it should feel like home,” reads a message on the business’ website.
“At Love & Honey Fried Chicken, we hand-dredge our buttermilk fried chicken and fry it in small batches for freshness, pairing it with scratch-made sauces and desserts that truly hit the spot. With the warmth of true hospitality and attention to every detail, every meal is crafted with LOTS OF LOVE, LITTLE BIT OF HONEY.”
Love & Honey Fried Chicken was co-founded by Todd and Laura Lyons, entrepreneurs who believed as a team, they “could and would build something that would have an extraordinary impact,” according to an online account.
The couple has extensive restaurant and hospitality experience dating back to their teenage years, with Todd having washed dishes at a country club beginning at age 14 and Laura having worked the retail counter at a neighborhood restaurant beginning at age 17.
Love & Honey Fried Chicken Owners Todd & Laura Lyons outside of the original Northern Liberties, Philadelphia location.
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They both received formal culinary training at the Culinary Institute of America, and after school, Laura worked as a chef for many years before finding her calling in brand building and culinary marketing, according to the online account. She later returned to the Culinary Institute of America as its national director of Food Enthusiast Programs.
Todd climbed the ranks as a chef for Aramark Corporation at Citizens Bank Park and Lincoln Financial Stadium before landing a prominent role as a senior research and development chef at Campbell Soup Company.
In 2015, the Lyonses began working to open what would become Love & Honey Fried Chicken.
The couple was brainstorming potential concepts, and they eventually decided on fried chicken after it was suggested by friends.
“The more we thought about it, we realized that at the time, the southern-style fried chicken market for something more than fast-food was pretty bare,” the online account continues.
“What if we brought the skills and techniques of professional chefs to comfort food like fried chicken? It clicked. Our friends were right.”
In 2026, Love & Honey Fried Chicken’s footprint is continuing to grow with new or coming-soon locations in Philadelphia; Brooklyn, New York; Alexandria, Virginia; and Princeton, New Jersey, according to the business’ franchising page.
More than 30 other franchises have been awarded for other parts of the country, including three in the Lehigh Valley and other regional areas such as Doylestown and Bristol, Bucks County; and King of Prussia, Montgomery County.
A location of Love & Honey Fried Chicken is under development at 3024 W. Tilghman St. Suite 18 in South Whitehall Township. The restaurant will occupy a soon-to-be-renovated spot between My Salon Suite and Palm Beach Tan in the Village West shopping center.
The company is also “actively recruiting” in Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Massachusetts and Florida.
In South Whitehall’s Village West, the new Love & Honey Fried Chicken eatery will join a diverse tenant mix that includes other food and dining spots such as Panera Bread, Shah’s Halal Food, Ninja Ramen, LV Korean BBQ & Hot Pot and Sumo Japanese Fusion Restaurant.
In advance of the Allentown area location’s opening, individuals can sign up to learn about grand opening details and exclusive giveaways.
Individuals who share their contact information also will be entered into a contest to win free chicken tenders for a year. The prize will be awarded as a $572 gift card, which equals the cost of one order of chicken tenders per week for 52 weeks.
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