BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2013 A popular seafood restaurant is bidding farewell in Northampton County.<\/p>\n
Adagio, specializing in seafood and continental fare, is set to close Dec. 31 at 530 Pembroke Road in Bethlehem, owner Anthony Spagnola told 69 News.<\/p>\n
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Adagio operates at 530 Pembroke Road in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n
Ryan Kneller<\/p>\n
After extensive renovations, Spagnola opened the restaurant in September 2015 at the site of the former 530 Grille. A full bar was added a year later.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Over the decades, the property was also home to other dining destinations, including Nueva Lanterna Fusion Grill and Rum Bar and The Lantern restaurant.<\/p>\n
Spagnola is looking to focus on his growing family and other businesses, including Sotto Santi Pizzeria Pub in south Bethlehem and Hot Fitness Factory fitness studio in Bethlehem Township.<\/p>\n
Spagnola and the entire Adagio team are appreciative of the community\u2019s support over the past 10 years.<\/p>\n
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Adagio operates at 530 Pembroke Road in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n
Ryan Kneller<\/p>\n
\u201cI just want to say, ‘Thank you, everyone,'” Spagnola said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a great run. We took a blighted property, turned it around and brought a new great restaurant to fruition. Serving the community has been so great, and we\u2019ll continue doing so through the end of the year. So, anyone with a gift card can use that through the end of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adagio, named after the Italian musical term meaning \u201cin slow tempo,\u201d specializes in freshly prepared seafood dishes, including fried calamari, steamed clams, blackened salmon, stuffed flounder, crab cakes and jerk tuna.<\/p>\n
Guests also can enjoy other tasty selections such as burgers, flatbreads and chicken and steak dishes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Adagio<\/p>\n
Popular picks include all-you-can-eat crab legs (returning in November), pan-seared scallops, a broiled signature trio platter (stuffed flounder, scallops and shrimp) and coulotte and ribeye steaks, Spagnola said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Adagio Restaurant specializes in all things you love about European cuisine: fresh fish from around world (Spain, Italy), shellfish dishes including Maine lobster tails or jumbo shrimp cocktail,\u201d a message on Adagio\u2019s website reads.<\/p>\n
The restaurant features a roughly 100-seat main dining room, as well as a bar area with a 35-seat rectangular bar and lower-level banquet room accommodating around 160 individuals.<\/p>\n
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Adagio features lower-level banquet space.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adagio<\/p>\n
Fraternal Order of Police, Bethlehem Star Lodge #20, plans to purchase the Adagio property<\/a> and convert it into a private membership club for City of Bethlehem police officers, both active and retired, Spagnola said.<\/p>\n On Wednesday night, the Bethlehem Zoning Hearing Board voted to grant a special exception to the FOP to establish a membership club in a current non-conforming restaurant.<\/p>\n The property is in a RT-high density residential zoning district.<\/p>\n The FOP said it plans to use the building on a smaller scale, converting the largest part of the property into a gym with weight equipment for members, a padded training room for defensive tactics and physical skills, and a space for professional training opportunities.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a great opportunity for the Fraternal Order of Police,\u201d Spagnola said. \u201cThey\u2019ll have space for a gym, and it\u2019ll be a great space for past, present and future officers.\u201d<\/p>\n Although the current use has a liquor license, the FOP stated it has no intentions of purchasing the license from Adagio.<\/p>\n In a letter from the FOP describing its plans to the zoning hearing board, the organization said the facility “will provide Bethlehem’s police officers with a dedicated space to improve physical health and fitness, as well as host professional training opportunities that will ultimately benefit the entire community.”<\/p>\n Adagio operates at 530 Pembroke Road in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n Ryan Kneller<\/p>\n “If all goes as planned, the sale should be finalized in early January,” Spagnola said.<\/p>\n For the latest Adagio updates, follow the business\u2019 Facebook page<\/a>. Info: 610-625-3777; seafoodadagio.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2013 A popular seafood restaurant is bidding farewell in Northampton County. Adagio, specializing in seafood and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[9715,10060,153,155,154,1488,3926,977,9509,10059,157,434,9720,7765,10061,10062],"class_list":["post-13086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-adagio-restaurant","tag-anthony-spagnola","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-bethlehem-police","tag-bethlehem-zoning-hearing-board","tag-food-and-dining","tag-fraternal-order-of-police","tag-lantern-restaurant","tag-lehigh-valley","tag-northampton-county","tag-pembroke-road","tag-seafood","tag-seafood-restaurant","tag-steaks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13086","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=13086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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