ALLENTOWN, Pa. \u2013 A longtime spot for cheesesteaks, chilled drinks and chatter among friends is finding new life in Lehigh County.<\/p>\n
Pregame Bar & Grill, a casual American pub, is expected to open in mid-July at 222 E. Hamilton St. in Allentown, a manager told 69 News.<\/p>\n
The new bar and restaurant, with seating for roughly 45 guests, will operate just east of the Hamilton Street Bridge, spanning the Lehigh River.<\/p>\n
Workers spent the past few months overhauling the property, which previously housed Freddie\u2019s Bar & Grille, a bar and restaurant that closed earlier this year after more than three decades of operation.<\/p>\n
Improvements include new dry wall, flooring, lighting, TVs, high-top tables and chairs and updated bathrooms.<\/p>\n
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Pregame Bar & Grill is coming soon to 222 E. Hamilton St. in Allentown.<\/p>\n
Ryan Kneller<\/p>\n
The Pregame team also implemented a more modern, industrial look by exposing a brick wall, adding metal and wood accents and upgrading the fa\u00e7ade to feature new, garage-style doors that staff members will open during pleasant weather.<\/p>\n
The establishment also will feature an updated rear patio, where guests can enjoy drinks and food al fresco, the manager said.<\/p>\n
A refurbished, U-shaped bar will offer seating around 20 guests and will serve a rotating lineup of six draft beers, along with a wide array of bottled beers, wines and classic and signature cocktails.<\/p>\n
A limited food menu will feature appetizers such as fries, nachos and wings; and handhelds such as burgers, cheesesteaks and signature sandwiches.<\/p>\n
Social media pages for Pregame are coming soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. \u2013 A longtime spot for cheesesteaks, chilled drinks and chatter among friends is finding new life…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[119,1706,153,155,154,977,96153,553,433,28,96152,976],"class_list":["post-220827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-allentown","tag-bar","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-food-and-dining","tag-freddie","tag-hamilton-street","tag-lehigh-county","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pregame-bar-grill","tag-restaurant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220827","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=220827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}