{"id":118357,"date":"2026-02-19T20:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T20:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/118357\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T20:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T20:13:08","slug":"new-european-american-restaurant-coming-to-former-sunset-grille-spot-in-upper-macungie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/118357\/","title":{"rendered":"New European-American restaurant coming to former Sunset Grille spot in Upper Macungie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Customers can enjoy a mix of European cafe culture, American dining and breakfast buffets when a new restaurant opens at the former Sunset Grille property in Upper Macungie Township.<\/p>\n<p>U-MAC Tavern will open in mid-May or early June at 6751 Ruppsville Road, according to owner Emmanuel Teloniatis, who said he has signed a lease with property owners Ed Hanna and his family.<\/p>\n<p>Diners will be able to order espresso drinks, cocktails, wraps, burgers and salads. Weekend breakfast buffets will include French toast, scrambled eggs, waffles, pancakes and bacon.<\/p>\n<p>Teloniatis said he previously worked for five years as co-owner with his brother Ignatios at The New Country View Diner and Family Restaurant in Washington Township, Lehigh County.<\/p>\n<p>With their lease set to end in May and the landlord taking over the diner, Teloniatis said he was ready for something else.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI chose this location because it\u2019s a very strong community, and there are not many restaurants that \u2026 are offering what I have in my mind to offer over there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant will operate 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday and Saturday. Weekend breakfast will be served 9-11 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Hanna and his family, who also own Union and Finch in Allentown, purchased the Ruppsville Road property <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcall.com\/2025\/08\/16\/retail-watch-find-fine-dining-and-local-history-without-breaking-the-bank-at-this-new-bethlehem-restaurant\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in 2024<\/a> from Ron and Clarissa Pickering, who opened Sunset Grille over 30 years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Customers can enjoy a mix of European cafe culture, American dining and breakfast buffets when a new restaurant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,60,182,435,436,289,432],"class_list":["post-118357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-business","tag-local-news","tag-restaurants-food-and-drink","tag-retail","tag-things-to-do","tag-top-stories-tmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}