realtormikev@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\nIn early April, Fran announced that Volpe\u2019s Sports Bar in Emmaus was closing after 18 years of operation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI never thought I would own a bar, especially after seeing what it was like growing up around the business,\u201d Fran said in the announcement.<\/p>\n
\u201c18 years ago, I decided to start a new business in Emmaus. My family was welcomed to Emmaus and always treated great by the Borough and community. I made so many great friends, had great employees and loyal customers. I am very proud of the number of organizations we have been able to sponsor, teams we could help and host meetings for, fundraisers, dine and donates\u2026 This business is a perfect example of how much one small business can help a local community. Make sure you support all your favorite local businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n
Volpe opened the Emmaus location of Volpe\u2019s Sports Bar in 2008 at Broad and South Fifth streets in the borough.<\/p>\n
The establishment was a second location of the landmark sports bar, which Volpe\u2019s father \u2013 Robert Volpe \u2013 continues to operate at 1926 W. Tilghman St. in Allentown.<\/p>\n
Robert\u2019s late father, Americo Volpe, started what is now Volpe\u2019s Sports Bar in 1941 at the Tilghman Street site.<\/p>\n
The family-run establishment went by a couple of other monikers, including Volpe\u2019s West Side Lounge, over the decades, but it\u2019s operated as Volpe\u2019s Sports Bar since Robert took over operations in 1984.<\/p>\n
At the former Emmaus location, guests could choose from two different bars: a \u201cmodern day cigar bar\u201d that showcased the space\u2019s original bar dating back to the 1920s and the sports bar\u2019s \u201cmain bar\/dining room,\u201d a smoke-free space featuring 20 TVs and a pool table, according to the business\u2019 website.<\/p>\n
The Emmaus establishment offered more than a dozen rotating draft beers, over 50 bottle beer selections and a food menu featuring a wide array of appetizers, burgers, cheesesteaks, jumbo chicken wings, specialty fries and pierogies, soups, salads, sandwiches, wraps and more.<\/p>\n
\u201cVolpe\u2019s was built as a bar, primarily a drinking establishment and with the changing times, we need to change a lot of things to be successful today,\u201d Fran wrote in Sunday\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought right now was a good time to close the doors and figure out what is next. Volpe\u2019s as it once was, won\u2019t be back in the same form, but I know some food business will do great at this location. I am not sure if I will be a part of that change or not, but THANK YOU to everyone who worked here, and every patron who stepped foot in this building.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EMMAUS, Pa. \u2013 The home of a former longstanding spot for beers, burgers, sandwiches and sports viewing is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,3151,16304,433,157,12629,71510],"class_list":["post-208856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-emmaus","tag-for-sale","tag-lehigh-county","tag-lehigh-valley","tag-sports-bar","tag-volpes-sports-bar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208856","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=208856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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