{"id":219793,"date":"2026-06-15T19:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T19:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/219793\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T19:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T19:13:10","slug":"allentown-restaurant-sets-reopening-date-after-liquor-license-renewal-eat-sip-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/219793\/","title":{"rendered":"Allentown restaurant sets reopening date after liquor license renewal | Eat, Sip, Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALLENTOWN, Pa. \u2013 After resolving liquor license issues, a popular restaurant and bar will once again serve up classic and signature cocktails, wines by the glass, draft beer and more in Lehigh County.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania Rye Company, specializing in craft cocktails, whiskey and made-from-scratch food, will reopen on Wednesday, June 17, at 536 Hamilton St. in downtown Allentown, according to signage posted on the business&#8217; door.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"pa rye 2.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1995\" height=\"1039\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a30456342d7c.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"104\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The business temporarily closed on May 28 as it awaited its liquor license renewal, co-owner Jesse Haik previously told 69 News.<\/p>\n<p>Haik and his best friend, Dan Gonzalez, opened Pennsylvania Rye Company in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The bi-level space, with seating for more than 100 guests, was the longtime home of the former Federal Grill restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>It also once housed Grain, an establishment showcasing new takes on American-style comfort food, which shuttered in 2018 after a few years of business.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Pennsylvania Rye Company\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"2065\" height=\"1004\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/67e745f1a8523.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"97\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania Rye Company operates on Hamilton Street in downtown Allentown.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Ryan Kneller<\/p>\n<p>With more than 42 years of combined experience in the hospitality industry, Haik and Gonzalez breathed new life into the downtown space.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past four years, Pennsylvania Rye Company has become a popular spot for whiskey drinkers and foodies alike.<\/p>\n<p>Guests can enjoy small plates such as grilled octopus, pickled veggies, cast iron wild mushrooms and truffle parm fries; handhelds such as a cheesesteak, turkey club, fried chicken sandwich and PRC burger (6-ounce fresh ground beef patty, Cooper American cheese, lettuce, tomato and onion); and entrees such as Bolognese, cider glazed short rib, pork shank and skirt steak.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"pa rye.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1951\" height=\"1062\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a18ea18b75f7.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"109\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania Rye Company operates on Hamilton Street in downtown Allentown.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Ryan Kneller<\/p>\n<p>Haik also operates the nearly year-old Simpatico Italian restaurant at 27 N. Seventh St. in downtown Allentown.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania Rye Company is open 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 4 p.m. to midnight Sundays.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest Pennsylvania Rye Company updates, follow the restaurant&#8217;s pages on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100083375047640\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pa.rye.co\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. \u2013 After resolving liquor license issues, a popular restaurant and bar will once again serve up&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,11731,55159,433,51045,95769,55160,33358],"class_list":["post-219793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-allentown-restaurant","tag-jesse-haik","tag-lehigh-county","tag-liquor-license","tag-made-from-scratch-food","tag-pennsylvania-rye-company","tag-reopening"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219793","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=219793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}