{"id":85747,"date":"2026-01-13T19:05:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/85747\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T19:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:05:06","slug":"wiz-witout-cheesesteak-shops-in-allentown-bethlehem-go-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/85747\/","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 on Tuesday also appeared to be outdated, referencing limited hours \u201cthis week\u201d while wishing customers a Happy New Year.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 on Tuesday also appeared to be outdated, referencing limited hours \u201cthis week\u201d while wishing customers a Happy New Year.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>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Wiz Kidz\"  width=\"880\" height=\"1564\" src=\"https:\/\/static.lehigh-v.lehigh-valley.production.k1.m1.brightspot.cloud\/dims4\/default\/634d7dc\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2268x4032+0+0\/resize\/880x1564!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flehigh-valley-brightspot.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fcd%2F51%2F27a21a46443fa7101abf00d49687%2Fpxl-20260113-162844084.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxNTY0cHgiIHdpZHRoPSI4ODBweCI+PC9zdmc+\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Stephanie Sigafoos<\/p>\n<p>\/<\/p>\n<p> LehighValleyNews.com<\/p>\n<p> A lock box on the door of the Wiz Kidz Bethlehem location on Tuesday, January 13, 2026.<\/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 class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleyjustlisted.com\/blog\/wiz-kids-opening-in-allentown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">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":85748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,42877,42878,42879,42880,42881,42884,42882,42883],"class_list":{"0":"post-85747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news","11":"tag-is-wiz-kidz-closed-in-allentown","12":"tag-is-wiz-kidz-closed-in-bethlehem","13":"tag-whats-going-on-with-wiz-kidz-cheesesteaks","14":"tag-wiz-kids-allentown","15":"tag-wiz-kids-bethlehem","16":"tag-wiz-kidz-cheesesteaks","17":"tag-wiz-kidz-elizabeth-ave-bethlehem","18":"tag-wiz-kidz-union-blvd-allentown"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85747","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=85747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}