{"id":278080,"date":"2026-09-03T10:51:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T10:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/278080\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T10:51:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T10:51:22","slug":"wiz-witout-cheesesteak-shops-in-allentown-bethlehem-go-dark-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/278080\/","title":{"rendered":"Wiz witout? Cheesesteak shops in Allentown, Bethlehem go dark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2014 Wiz Kidz cheesesteaks locations in Allentown and Bethlehem have gone dark, with multiple signs they may have ceased operations.<\/p>\n<p>Google listings as of Tuesday showed both locations as \u201ctemporarily closed,\u201d indicating at least a temporary halt in operations. Hours for the Bethlehem location were erased from online search results on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The business\u2019 website also displayed its online ordering system as closed or unavailable, with no pickup or delivery options.<\/p>\n<p>Calls placed to both locations over multiple days have gone unanswered, and neither phone line has an active voicemail box.<\/p>\n<p>Attempts to contact the business through its email account have gone unanswered, as have inquiries through social media.<\/p>\n<p>An east side Allentown resident told LehighValleyNews.com a man at the 751 Union Blvd. location over the weekend said the business was closing, though there has been no official confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>A sign at the Bethlehem location at 65 E. Elizabeth Ave. on Tuesday also appeared to be outdated, referencing limited hours \u201cthis week\u201d while wishing customers a Happy New Year.<\/p>\n<p>Sign on Wiz Kidz restaurant<\/p>\n<p>Social media accounts for the business do not reference recent operations or provide updates.<\/p>\n<p>A Facebook account last was updated Dec. 16 with a post referencing catering available for the holidays, though a sign at the Allentown location said due to unforeseen renovations, that location would be closed for the holidays.<\/p>\n<p>A sign at the Bethlehem location at 65 E Elizabeth Ave. on Tuesday also appeared to be outdated, referencing limited hours \u201cthis week\u201d while wishing customers a Happy New Year.<\/p>\n<p>Inside, stacks of rolls could be seen piled on a countertop in an otherwise dark restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>Key lock boxes were on doors at both locations. The secure containers often are attached to properties so they can hold a key for showings and act as access logs for people coming and going, such as property managers or real estate agents.<\/p>\n<p>Operating since 2018<\/p>\n<p>Wiz Kids was established in Bethlehem on the ground floor of The Pinnacle @ 65, a mixed-use building on Elizabeth Avenue featuring an apartment community on the upper floors, along with office space on select floors.<\/p>\n<p>The Allentown location is housed in a building once home to the well-known Elias Bake Shoppe. It officially opened as Wiz Kidz in July, initially for takeout and delivery orders before adding dine-in service.<\/p>\n<p>Just before opening in Allentown, Wiz Kidz closed another location on Freemansburg Avenue at Madison Farms apartments in Bethlehem Township, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleyjustlisted.com\/blog\/wiz-kids-opening-in-allentown\/?ref=lehighvalleypublicmedia.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">explaining the business partners had observed significant overlap in delivery orders between Freemansburg and Bethlehem<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The move to Allentown was strategic and provided further room for expansion, they said.<\/p>\n<p>Wiz Kidz first opened in 2018 by Mo Taylor and several business partners. The Allentown location moved into the site where the partners also had been producing Bayou Boys Pierogies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2014 Wiz Kidz cheesesteaks locations in Allentown and Bethlehem have gone dark, with multiple signs they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-278080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278080","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=278080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}