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Pictured is U-MAC Tavern’s housemade spanikopita.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cMy wife and I were looking to do something different to showcase our European culture at a new restaurant,\u201d Teloniatis said.<\/p>\n
Teloniatis, 46, has a Greek background, and he is excited to showcase some Greek specialties along with dishes originating in Italy and other Mediterranean countries at U-MAC Tavern.<\/p>\n
A variety of starters include burrata, wings (bone-in or boneless), shrimp cakes, shrimp skewers, fried oysters, lobster rolls, salmon Wellington, ranch fries, hash brown casserole, truffle cream-filled gnocchi, cucumber hummus bites (cucumber slices topped with hummus, black Kalamata olives, feta cheese crumbles and cilantro) and kataifi-wrapped halloumi (halloumi cheese wrapped with shredded phyllo pastry dough, baby kale and red pepper drops).<\/p>\n
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Guests also can enjoy handhelds (served with fries or tavern chips) such as a Buffalo chicken wrap, avocado turkey sandwich and Mediterranean sandwich (grilled chicken, hummus, roasted red peppers, black Kalamata olives, cucumber, bacon, lettuce, tomato and feta cheese); and main dishes (served with house salad, bowl of soup and one side) such as lamb chops, 8-ounce Atlantic salmon filet, 18-ounce porterhouse steak and a \u201cland & sea\u201d selection (12-ounce boneless ribeye and 5-ounce cold water lobster tail).<\/p>\n
Nearly a dozen sides include options such as corn, rice, asparagus, broccoli, baked potato and sweet mashed potatoes.<\/p>\n
Other menu highlights include salads such as Cobb, Caesar and Greek (with optional protein, including shrimp, salmon or chicken breast); and burgers (served with fries or tavern chips) such as a California, Spartan (grilled mushrooms, onion ring, Cooper cheese, avocado, lettuce, tomato, bacon and mayo) and Great Alexander (lettuce, tomato, onion, roasted red peppers, cucumber, fried egg, feta crumbles and bacon habanero pepper jam).<\/p>\n
For the burgers, diners can choose from a 6-ounce beef patty, 5-ounce grilled chicken breast, 5-ounce fried chicken filet, two 3-ounce smashed beef patties or a veggie burger.<\/p>\n
In the business\u2019 first few weeks, the lobster rolls and burgers have proven to be customer favorites, general manager Jennifer Spiegel said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also do weekend features,\u201d Spiegel added. \u201cLately, we\u2019ve been doing a lot of fresh fish features, and those have been selling like crazy, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The restaurant\u2019s menu will feature seasonal additions, and the U-MAC Tavern team is already planning some special dishes for the fall, Spiegel said.<\/p>\n
The team also plans to introduce weekend brunch in the fall.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery day, we\u2019re seeing more and more guests come through our doors, and the feedback from the community has been very positive,\u201d Spiegel said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re super excited for brunch starting in the fall, and I\u2019m also hoping that after the holidays, we\u2019ll have that private dining facility ready to open upstairs. We\u2019re also looking to do catering trays by the holidays.\u201d<\/p>\n
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U-MAC Tavern is pictured at 6751 Ruppsville Road in Upper Macungie Township.<\/p>\n
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U-MAC Tavern features bar and dining room seating for 160 guests, and an upstairs banquet room \u2013 expected to debut next year following renovations \u2013 will accommodate an additional roughly 80 guests, Teloniatis said.<\/p>\n
Outdoor seating on a partially covered patio also is available.<\/p>\n
The restaurant features a full bar, offering 12 draft beers, a variety of wines and classic and signature cocktails such as a blue lagoon, white Russian, Aegean cosmo, Kalliopi\u2019s bellini, ouzo martini, Meraki espressotini and Santorini lemon drop.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI was born in the United States, but my parents were immigrants from Greece,\u201d Teloniatis said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI moved to Greece when I was 12 years old, and I came back to the U.S. in 2015. So, I was raised in restaurants, and I\u2019ve done everything \u2013 from busboy to chef.\u201d<\/p>\n
Guests also can enjoy specialty coffee drinks such as double shot espresso, cold brew (with optional flavors) and Freddo cappuccino (iced), along with house-made desserts including peach crisp brioche bread pudding and lava labneh (chocolate lava cake with yogurt cheese labneh, pure honey and pistachio).<\/p>\n
U-MAC Tavern\u2019s current regular hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays.<\/p>\n
For the latest U-MAC Tavern updates and to enter the gift card raffle, visit the business\u2019 Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U. MACUNGIE TWP., Pa. \u2013 A new, family-friendly tavern is thanking the community for its support with a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,56641,977,7576,433,157,102479,976,56644,56640,4129],"class_list":["post-237999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-emmanuel-teloniatis","tag-food-and-dining","tag-grand-opening","tag-lehigh-county","tag-lehigh-valley","tag-rachel-spiegel","tag-restaurant","tag-sunset-grille","tag-u-mac-tavern","tag-upper-macungie-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237999","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=237999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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