ALLENTOWN, Pa. – A beloved, family-run spot for beers, burgers and banter among friends in the Lehigh Valley will soon have new ownership.<\/p>\n
The sale of Stahley’s Family Restaurant & Sports Bar, a popular, decades-old restaurant and bar at 1826 Hanover Ave. in Allentown, will soon be finalized with closing set to take place on Tuesday, Oct. 28, co-owner Darryl Stahley told 69 News this week.<\/p>\n
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The restaurant is temporarily closed on Monday, Oct. 27, for inventory updates and cleaning, Stahley said.<\/p>\n
It will reopen under new owner Zonia Sibri-Quinde at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, Stahley said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re definitely appreciative of the community\u2019s support all of these years,\u201d Stahley said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what else to say besides, \u2018Thank you very much, everyone.\u2019 We\u2019re proud to have served the Allentown East Side community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sibri-Quinde, who resides in Bethlehem, is an established Lehigh Valley restaurateur, who also operates Sibri’s Restaurant on East Broad Street in Bethlehem and Hellertown Diner on Main Street in Hellertown.<\/p>\n
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“[Sibri-Quinde] is already a very successful restaurant operator with a great reputation, strong work ethic and top-notch team that she surrounds herself with,” Stahley said.<\/p>\n
Sibri-Quinde was attracted to the Allentown business opportunity as she’s been a Stahley’s customer for several years and wants to see it continue to thrive.<\/p>\n
She’s a big fan of Stahley’s food, especially the clams.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m very excited,” Sibri-Quinde told 69 News earlier this fall.<\/p>\n
“It seems everyone is excited. So many people are asking about it at Sibri’s and at the Hellertown Diner. They’re excited to go [to Stahley’s] and enjoy a couple of beers with their food.”<\/p>\n
Following the sale, Sibri-Quinde plans to continue Stahley’s operations with the same food menu, plus some additions, she said.<\/p>\n
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She plans to eventually introduce breakfast and also expand lunch and dinner options to include more appetizers, sandwiches and entrees such as additional steak and seafood platters.<\/p>\n
Customers should anticipate breakfast selections such as specialty omelettes, French toast and breakfast sandwiches and platters, among other items, Sibri-Quinde said.<\/p>\n
“We’ll have items like pulled pork Benedict, crab Benedict, cannoli waffles – all of the good stuff that people love,\u201d Sibri-Quinde said. \u201cFor lunch and dinner, we’ll also have a lot of sauteed dishes and Italians specialties.”<\/p>\n
Sibri-Quande said she would also maintain the business’ decor, with only minor cosmetic touches such as fresh wall paint.<\/p>\n
“We’re not planning to change the look much at all,” Sibri-Quinde said.<\/p>\n
Stahley’s father, Don Stahley Sr., established the Allentown restaurant and bar – originally known as Stahley’s Cellarette – in 1968 in the building’s basement.<\/p>\n
The business’ rapid popularity led the family to expand operations to the structure’s first floor in the 1970s.<\/p>\n
Today, the lower-level space is primarily used for private events, while the upstairs space is home to Stahley\u2019s main bar and dining room, featuring seating for more than 200 guests.<\/p>\n
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There’s also an entertainment area with two pool tables, a shuffleboard table and jukebox, along with a stage in the opposite corner of the restaurant that hosts local bands and other musical acts.<\/p>\n
Since its inception, the restaurant remained a family operation with Don Stahley Sr.’s other children, John Stahley, Judy Master, Don Stahley Jr., Janice Fedor and Jody Stahley, helping to keep the business running smoothly over the decades.<\/p>\n
In recent years, Darryl and John have overseen Stahley’s day-to-day operations, and the pair is “looking to slow down,” Darryl said.<\/p>\n
John, 58, and Darryl, 57, grew up in the business and have held various roles – both in the kitchen and front of house – since they were kids.<\/p>\n
Darryl lives in Bethlehem, while John commutes roughly an hour and a half to Stahley’s from his home in Lake Ariel, Wayne County.<\/p>\n
“Running a restaurant is a lot of work, and it doesn’t get any easier as you get older each year,” Darryl said.<\/p>\n
“We’ve held every position in this restaurant, and we’re still doing a little bit of everything,” John added. “I just turned 58, and I’ve been bartending for 40 years.”<\/p>\n
Stahley’s, which features off-street parking lots, offers a variety of freshly prepared dishes including starters and sides such as corn nuggets, fried pickles, pierogies and potato pancakes; sandwiches such as crab cake, meatball, sausage and veal parmesan; and platters such as 12-ounce ribeye, chopped sirloin, jerk chicken, Buffalo chicken fingers, fried haddock and chicken parmesan with spaghetti.<\/p>\n
Top sellers include a variety of cheesesteaks, chicken cheesesteaks, wraps, burgers, tacos, pizzas, wings and clams, Darryl said.<\/p>\n
The Stahley family is showing its appreciation to the community through a message on the restaurant’s roadside sign.<\/p>\n
“Thank you for 57 years of fun and great memories,” the message reads.<\/p>\n
Other prospective buyers have expressed interest in the east Allentown landmark in recent years, but Sibri-Quinde proved to be the “right fit,” Darryl said.<\/p>\n
The family was impressed by her extensive restaurant experience and strong work ethic.<\/p>\n
“We’re glad [Sibri-Quande] is local and passionate about the business,” John said. “We wouldn’t sell the business to just anyone.”<\/p>\n
The Stahleys plan to assist Sibri-Quande during the transition.<\/p>\n
“We’d definitely help out in the beginning,” Darryl said. “I don’t know if she’d need it, but we’d be there to help her settle in, for sure.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. – A beloved, family-run spot for beers, burgers and banter among friends in the Lehigh Valley…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[119,153,155,154,3117,12341,12342,12343,12340],"class_list":["post-17077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-allentown","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-darryl-stahley","tag-don-stahley-sr","tag-landmark-allentown-restaurant","tag-sibri","tag-stahley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17077","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=17077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}