{"id":127262,"date":"2026-03-02T09:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/127262\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T09:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:15:09","slug":"longtime-dream-parkland-grad-excited-to-serve-community-at-new-lehigh-county-sweet-shop-eat-sip-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/127262\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Longtime dream&#8217;: Parkland grad excited to serve community at new Lehigh County sweet shop | Eat, Sip, Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. \u2013 A new destination for crepes, ice cream, smoothies, acai bowls, loaded waffles and other sweet treats is coming soon to Lehigh County.<\/p>\n<p>Sip + Dip, a fast-casual eatery offering coffee, ice cream, desserts and more, is expected to open in late March at 2407 MacArthur Road in Whitehall Township, co-founder Kaley Johnson told 69 News.<\/p>\n<p>The shop, which is currently under construction, will operate a couple of doors down from Five Guys in the Whitehall Plaza shopping center.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"sip and dip.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"926\" height=\"483\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/69a4de3aea48d.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"104\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                    Sip + Dip<\/p>\n<p>Guests will be able to enjoy fresh eats and drinks such as acai bowls, Dubai strawberries, smoothies, fresh juice and coffee.<\/p>\n<p>Several menu items, including crepes, mini pancakes and waffles loaded with various sweet toppings, will be made to order.<\/p>\n<p>Savory crepes may be introduced down the line, Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>The shop also will feature around eight flavors of ice cream, sourced from a local producer, along with other chilled treats such as milkshakes and ice cream cakes, Johnson added.<\/p>\n<p>Indoor seating and takeout will be available.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, a 2021 graduate of Parkland High School, also is a co-owner of Just Call the Labor and Haulers, a roughly two-year-old business offering local junk removal, snow removal, moving and other labor services.<\/p>\n<p>Opening the new sweet shop will represent the fulfillment of a &#8220;longtime dream,&#8221; Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s something that I\u2019ve always wanted to do,\u201d she added. \u201cAt first, I was just looking to offer acai bowls, but then the concept expanded into a wide variety of desserts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Signage announcing Sip + Dip\u2019s upcoming opening has already been installed, and Johnson has heard from several community members eager for the shop\u2019s debut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are very excited,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>In the Whitehall Plaza, Sip + Dip is joining a diverse lineup of tenants that also includes other food and dining spots such as Five Guys, Saladworks, Pizza Hut, China Hut and Philly Pretzel Factory.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest Sip + Dip updates, including an official opening announcement, follow the business\u2019 pages on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61588634828808\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sipndip.whitehallpa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. \u2013 A new destination for crepes, ice cream, smoothies, acai bowls, loaded waffles and other&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,12767,977,40942,59340,433,157,59342,28199,40155,59341,59343,59339,59338,1654],"class_list":{"0":"post-127262","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allentown","8":"tag-allentown","9":"tag-allentown-headlines","10":"tag-allentown-news","11":"tag-crepes","12":"tag-food-and-dining","13":"tag-ice-cream","14":"tag-kaley-johnson","15":"tag-lehigh-county","16":"tag-lehigh-valley","17":"tag-loaded-waffles","18":"tag-macarthur-road","19":"tag-milkshakes","20":"tag-sip-dip","21":"tag-smoothies","22":"tag-whitehall-plaza","23":"tag-whitehall-plaza-shopping-center","24":"tag-whitehall-township"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127262","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=127262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}