Local Leisure focuses on things to do in Pennsylvania, most specifically Schuylkill County and the Lehigh Valley. Hopefully will encourage you to try new places and enjoy new things!
My boyfriend and I were recently on a call with two of his friends, one of whom is a fellow Schuylkill County native. Somehow, the topic of Boilo came up. I’ve never had it, so of course, I was accused of not actually being from the Skook (I truly am). The comments that followed this …
Maybe it’s my age, or maybe it’s just I didn’t always know what I was missing. However, in my blooming adulthood, my development of desired qualities in a restaurant, thus far, include: Small menus Not making me feel ill afterward Tastes good Not a complicated list, but I feel it’s quite solid. There’s a pizzeria …
If you know of anything more comforting than a big bowl of noodles in flavorful broth with a hodgepodge of various tasty accouterments laid daintily on top, let me know. If you and I are of the same mind and you’re looking for such a meal in the Lehigh Valley, high-tail yourself over to Rakkii …
Sitting in Liu’s House on Tilghman this past week with my boyfriend, we thought in earnest about how many times we ate there. We started going together about a year ago, when we ate there as a preamble to a very early date (seeing “Isle of Dogs” at the Emmaus Theatre). Since then, we’ve probably …
Summer looms on the horizon! I don’t know about you and yours, but my family started the tradition of visiting Knoebels each summer many years ago. While the old amusement park doesn’t carry quite the same kind of fun it did for me as a kid, I still consider it an ample amount of …
I think I always wanted a cafe for a “spot”. Maybe it’s because of ‘Frasier’, or maybe it’s because I like the idea of a place where hot beverages are the main focus. However, in my local circle, it’s difficult to find a cafe or coffeeshop. Fortunately, about a year ago, Hope & Coffee opened …
At some point in my young childhood, I developed a fear of movie theaters. Something about the darkness and volume made me incredibly uncomfortable, and I actively avoided them for years. It wasn’t until I discovered small, independent theaters that movie-going became something I enjoyed. My favorite of such theaters became the Emmaus Theatre a …
Pho Bowl recently opened on West Broadway Street in Bethlehem. It specializes in Vietnamese and Thai food, but leans towards Vietnamese, especially with its focus on pho. Pho seems to have increased in popularity in the USA over the last five years (at least in my neck of the woods), but it’s been around …
Emmaus’ Licensed 2 Grill boasts a tasty selection of, in short, deluxe ballpark food. This potentially sounds more condescending than I mean it, but the spread of their menu seems to fall nicely under that category. What I mean by ballpark food is that the menu is mostly comprised of burgers, hot dogs, nachos, and …
The Inside Scoop is an old-fashioned ice cream parlor on route 309 in Coopersburg. It’s difficult to miss its big, bright sign that is indicative of the novelty vintage flair of the establishment. The whole place is a retro, 50’s-style ice cream parlor and, as I realized on my second visit, is accommodating to a …