{"id":250835,"date":"2026-07-24T03:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T03:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/250835\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T03:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T03:17:11","slug":"listening-to-the-community-new-diner-replaces-restaurant-in-northampton-county-eat-sip-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/250835\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Listening to the community\u2019: New diner replaces restaurant in Northampton County | Eat, Sip, Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LEHIGH TWP., Pa. \u2013 A new diner is serving up omelettes, club sandwiches, steaks and more in Northampton County.<\/p>\n<p>Diner on Lehigh, offering freshly prepared dishes for breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, opened Thursday at 4330 Lehigh Drive Suite 7 in Lehigh Township, owner Nelson Tassie said.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"diner on lehigh 5.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1996\" height=\"1039\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a62bc4c60902.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"104\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Diner on Lehigh, offering freshly prepared dishes for breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, opened Thursday at 4330 Lehigh Drive Suite 7 in Lehigh Township.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Ryan Kneller<\/p>\n<p>The diner replaces <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/features\/eat-sip-shop\/truly-memorable-new-restaurant-to-serve-breakfast-lunch-and-dinner-at-former-a-ca-mia\/article_12563a3d-3f19-46a5-acdc-2b7f96774ced.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Diamond Grill<\/a>, a restaurant that Tassie previously operated with a former partner for about two months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tassie\u2019s wife, Julia, is continuing to assist with operations, and the couple\u2019s decision to switch gears with a diner was prompted primarily by local residents\u2019 feedback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn opening Diamond Grill, we realized that fine dining is not for this area,\u201d Julia said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 A lot of local people coming in were telling our servers that they wanted to see a diner instead of a fine dining restaurant. So, after listening to the community, we changed the concept.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiamond Grill\u2019s menu was more upscale, and the Diner on Lehigh menu is a lot more casual,\u201d Nelson added.<\/p>\n<p>Diner on Lehigh also features a new management team and look.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"diner on lehigh 3.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1982\" height=\"1046\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a62bc415854e.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"106\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Diner on Lehigh, offering freshly prepared dishes for breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, opened Thursday at 4330 Lehigh Drive Suite 7 in Lehigh Township.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Ryan Kneller<\/p>\n<p>In recent days, the Tassies implemented cosmetic upgrades, including new blue wall paint and retro diner d\u00e9cor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Sunday at 1 p.m., we closed the [Diamond Grill] doors, started renovating and finished last night around midnight,\u201d Nelson said. \u201cWe also have some new signs and neon lights coming in the next day or two.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Diner on Lehigh, with seating for around 60 guests, offers appetizers such as chicken wings, pierogies, quesadillas and loaded fries or tots; wraps such as Buffalo chicken, cheesesteak, chicken Caesar and tuna salad; and sandwiches such as a reuben, fish sandwich, meatball parm sandwich and BBQ cheesesteak.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 20 entrees (served with rolls and butter, choice of soup or salad, choice of potato \u2013 baked, sweet or mashed, and a vegetable) include broiled haddock, chicken alfredo with linguine, meatloaf with gravy, grilled ham steak, 12-ounce ribeye steak, spaghetti with meatballs, shrimp scampi with linguine and more.<\/p>\n<p>Entrees start at $12.95, while most sandwiches are $7.95-$11.95.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"diner on lehigh 2.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1983\" height=\"1045\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a62bc3c26bff.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"105\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Diner on Lehigh, offering freshly prepared dishes for breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, opened Thursday at 4330 Lehigh Drive Suite 7 in Lehigh Township.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Ryan Kneller<\/p>\n<p>Guests also can enjoy burgers such as the Jules (topped with fried egg, bacon and lettuce) and Lehigh (topped with sauteed mushrooms, onions, bacon and Swiss cheese); hot open-face sandwiches such as ham, turkey and roast beef; and a wide array of soups, salads and sides.<\/p>\n<p>Breakfast items, available all day, include popular picks such as pancakes, French toast, Belgian waffles, eggs Benedict, any-style egg platters, breakfast quesadillas and breakfast sandwiches.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also a variety of breakfast specials, including a \u201cRoundup\u201d (choice of two pancakes or French toast, two eggs any style and two strips of bacon) and sausage melt (two scrambled eggs, sausage patties and cheese in a pancake with home fries).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can get breakfast anytime you want, which I love,\u201d Nelson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I go to a diner and can\u2019t make up my mind what I want, I\u2019ll get a Western omelette. We\u2019re offering a lot of fresh dishes for breakfast, including our own cream chipped beef, scrapple and home fries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Diner on Lehigh\u00a0occupies an updated Lehigh Town Center space that was also previously home to A Ca Mia, a BYOB Italian restaurant that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/features\/eat-sip-shop\/citing-effects-of-covid-and-inflation-popular-italian-restaurant-abruptly-closes-in-northampton-county\/article_f9c0d9f2-9f44-11ed-a554-238c5a3dc16c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">closed in January 2023 after 10 years of business<\/a>, and Baker Ben\u2019s Bakery, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/features\/eat-sip-shop\/celebrate-with-us-popular-bakery-sets-reopening-date-at-new-location\/article_aab17ecf-85df-40b5-9e09-c0dc4144f494.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">relocated to Delaware Avenue in Palmerton earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"diner on lehigh 4.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"2007\" height=\"1033\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a62bc455beaa.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"103\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Diner on Lehigh, offering freshly prepared dishes for breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, opened Thursday at 4330 Lehigh Drive Suite 7 in Lehigh Township.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Ryan Kneller<\/p>\n<p>The diner is the Tassies\u2019 third business in the Lehigh Town Center, supplementing their Blue Mountain Billiards pool hall and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/features\/eat-sip-shop\/gun-store-opens-at-northampton-county-shopping-center\/article_85da2d9e-d29c-4291-a7c3-2f7ae3b5425b.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NJT Arms<\/a> gun store.<\/p>\n<p>Diner on Lehigh is open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday and 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>A private party room, accommodating around 50 people, is expected to debut in the fall, Nelson said.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest updates, follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61591733887407\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Diner on Lehigh on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEHIGH TWP., Pa. \u2013 A new diner is serving up omelettes, club sandwiches, steaks and more in Northampton&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,107262,107261,977,107263,107260,20758,107259,434,976],"class_list":["post-250835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-diamond-grill","tag-diner-on-lehigh","tag-food-and-dining","tag-julia-tassie","tag-lehigh-town-center","tag-lehigh-township","tag-nelson-tassie","tag-northampton-county","tag-restaurant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250835","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=250835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}