BETHLEHEM, Pa. — The Kemerer Museum in Bethlehem allowed people to relive some of the sweetest moments of their past on Saturday. For years Groman’s Bakery was a staple in many people’s lives. The Baked in Bethlehem exhibit brings people back.
Groman’s Bakery started back in the 1920’s.
“My grandfather always thought, his philosophy was that the goods that you got from Groman’s, if you tasted them, you knew they were from Groman’s. They tasted like no other baked goods anywhere,” said Richard Groman Jr.
Groman is the grandson of founder, Ezra D. Groman. “I was raised on sugar, let me put it that way,” he joked.
At one point, Groman’s had nine bakeries throughout the Lehigh Valley.
Groman’s has been closed for years now, but on Saturday, people who wanted to relive that sweet time in their lives came to hear Groman speak and take a tour of the Baked in Bethlehem exhibit, featuring original machinery and treasured objects from the Groman family collection.
“It’s sort of like music, when you hear songs in your head you automatically remember where you heard that under the circumstances,” said Groman. “Well, food is another thing, taste that you can almost taste things how you remember it.”
There are plenty of stories to tell.
“They made my first wedding cake at their Allentown bakery and my daughter still makes grilled cheese the way they made it at the bakery on Second Street, and they made all her birthday cakes,” said former patron, Barbara Fraust. “It’s really nostalgic and it almost makes me a little sad, a part of life that really doesn’t exist anymore.”
You can relive these delicious memories too. Baked in Bethlehem will hold tours on the following Saturdays at 11 a.m.:
2/21/26
3/21/26
4/25/26
5/16/26
6/20/26
7/25/26