BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Bethlehem\u2019s Main Street is being recognized by USA Today as the best in the country for the second consecutive year.<\/p>\n
USA Today Editor Maggie Tyner wrote, \u201cThese nominations were carefully curated by a panel of subject matter experts and USA TODAY 10BEST editors before being voted on by the public, so you\u2019ve earned some serious bragging rights!\u201d<\/p>\n
2026 USA Today 10BEST Main Street Rankings<\/p>\n
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n
Waynesville, North Carolina<\/p>\n
Emporia, Kansas<\/p>\n
Howell, Michigan<\/p>\n
Paso Robles, California<\/p>\n
Ogden, Utah<\/p>\n
Ocean City, New Jersey<\/p>\n
McMinnville, Oregon<\/p>\n
Grapevine, Texas<\/p>\n
Historic Hotel Bethlehem\u2019s General Manager Kelly Ronalds said, \u201cOur local community already knows Bethlehem\u2019s star shines brighter than any other but it\u2019s great to see that message make its way across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
The hotel\u2019s marketing team created a campaign to support this year\u2019s Best Main Street competition, according to a news release from Strong Mountain Media.<\/p>\n
Tammy Wendling, the Senior Vice President for Bethlehem Initiatives at the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce said, \u201cWhether you visit in winter, spring, summer or fall, you\u2019re going to have a great time exploring Bethlehem. While we\u2019re incredibly proud of our Main Street being recognized as number one, now two years in a row, we know this honor reflects something even bigger. A win for Main Street is truly a win for our entire Historic District!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s what it\u2019s all about, the community. Our remarkable community is the thing that makes Bethlehem shine the brightest,\u201d Ronalds said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe combination of boutique shopping combined with over two dozen independent dining options in Historic Bethlehem coupled with our five-time number one Best Historic Hotel located adjacent to one of only 26 World Heritage Sites makes us a truly unique authentic destination for the complete historic experience for visitors from around the world,\u201d added Ronalds.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Bethlehem\u2019s Main Street is being recognized by USA Today as the best in the country…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[25585,1989,153,155,154,4690,3495],"class_list":{"0":"post-166707","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-10best","9":"tag-award","10":"tag-bethlehem","11":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","12":"tag-bethlehem-news","13":"tag-main-street","14":"tag-usa-today"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166707","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=166707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}