Stopped in today - was reminded about their existence due to Bill White's "Eat Your Way through Musikfest" challenge - a $5 coupon was in the swag bag if you were one of the first 100 people to complete the challenge. I’ve been driving by the place on occasion, and every time, I thought to myself, “I should stop in there sometime…”
I had the King Windsor sandwich today - 3.5 ounces of roast beef, large slice of Swiss cheese, fresh (!) leaf lettuce (may have been romaine), fresh sliced tomato, cole slaw, 1000 Island dressing on marble rye bread. Fresh!! It's a Friday, and many delis are working their way into the weekend and may be using up their supplies. Not the Windsor! This may have been the most perfect roast beef sandwich I have ever had. As noted above, the lettuce was fresh, the tomato was fresh, even the bread was fresh. The $6.00 price was worth every penny.
I talked to the owner; they also run the Food Stuff Inc. stands in Festplatz at Musikfest (the potato pancakes on the challenge are from there). I mentioned that most delis are running their stock down on Fridays; she said that they get everything in fresh every day. It shows; I hope they're around for a long time.
Unfortunately, due to the available kitchen space, the potato pancakes from Musikfest are not available at the deli (bummer!).
Try this place out - if you work in the area, they offer delivery with a minimum order of $15.00. I will be going back.
Service: Walk-up counter – my sandwich came out fast – 9 out of 10.
Ambience: Wood floors, some high tables, some low tables – think Starbucks, Einstein Bagels, and the like. Not loud, considering the hard surfaces – 9 out of 10.
Food: Sandwich, as noted above, was excellent. Pickle wedge and an individual bag of Utz chips were included (no stale chips!) – 10 out of 10.
Bar selection: N/A.
Price: Food - excellent. Drinks – a wide selection of Coca-cola 20 oz. soda products, Nestea products, juices, Calypso Lemonades, Vitamin Waters, V8 products, and Dasani waters. Prices for the bottled products range from $1.25 to $2.50; cans are available for $0.75. Drink prices seemed a little high, but on reflection versus the local mini-mart, not bad. – 9 out of 10.
Windsor Deli
7525 Tilghman Street, Suite 105
Allentown, PA 18106
Phone: (610) 481-0474
Fax: (610) 481-9401
Open Monday through Friday, 8AM – 6PM, Saturday 9AM – 3PM
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Looper's Review
Well, since this blog is called Wild Bill's Food Thoughts, how about a restaurant review? I went to Looper's Bar and Grille at 313 East 3rd Street in Bethlehem PA on Tuesday, March 13, 2007. Noticing that they had Guinness on tap (yum!), I order one and perused the menu. As a fan of burgers, I ordered a Blues Burger, which comes with chips, or for 75 cents extra you can get fries on the side. The burger was ordered medium rare.
While I waited, I looked around the place. The bar occupies the front half of the space, which appears to have been a narrow (<12 feet) storefront at some point in the past. With the bar chairs and the standing tables in front of the long leather banquette facing the bar, I had a little trouble navigating between the chairs and the tables with my girth. My visit occurred over lunch; all the tables (approximately 12) in the back half of the restaurant were occupied, so I took up residence on the banquette at one of the standing tables.
The bar appeared to be well stocked. It appears they are going for an Irish pub / golf themed restaurant (like the name Looper’s wasn’t enough of a clue; however, a looper means something different to the steel industry (more on that later)).
My burger arrived, with about a half pound of crinkle cut Ore-ida style fries (well, they were only 75 cents – fresh cut would have at least cost $1.50). The burger was 1/3 pound of meat, on a Kaiser-style roll that was softer than I expected and made me suspect that perhaps they were baking them on the premises. The burger came with a tomato slice and green leaf lettuce. The Blues Burger meant that it was topped with blue cheese that had been melted on top of the burger and then a Creole blue cheese sauce was added. The chef got the medium rare just right – cooked on the outside, a cool pink on the inside. Verdict on the burger: excellent, if a little small compared to the burger’s I’ve been seeing lately. They do have the Big Bertha burger, which is two 1/3 lb patties. The fries were good, probably just because they were deep fried instead of baked like you would do at home.
Then the bill came; $13.50. I didn’t expect a pint of Guinness to cost me $6.00, but one of the reviews on the internet had said that they were known for their martinis, which were pricey.
Overall, a good experience.
Service: A little slow – 7 out of 10.
Ambience: Cozy – 8 out of 10.
Food: Excellent burger, so-so fries – 7 out of 10.
Bar selection: Good – 8 out of 10.
Price: Food, excellent. Drinks, a little pricey – 7 out of 10.
Note: Apparently, from a little research on the web, a “looper” at Bethlehem Steel was a management trainee who worked their way up from the line.
While I waited, I looked around the place. The bar occupies the front half of the space, which appears to have been a narrow (<12 feet) storefront at some point in the past. With the bar chairs and the standing tables in front of the long leather banquette facing the bar, I had a little trouble navigating between the chairs and the tables with my girth. My visit occurred over lunch; all the tables (approximately 12) in the back half of the restaurant were occupied, so I took up residence on the banquette at one of the standing tables.
The bar appeared to be well stocked. It appears they are going for an Irish pub / golf themed restaurant (like the name Looper’s wasn’t enough of a clue; however, a looper means something different to the steel industry (more on that later)).
My burger arrived, with about a half pound of crinkle cut Ore-ida style fries (well, they were only 75 cents – fresh cut would have at least cost $1.50). The burger was 1/3 pound of meat, on a Kaiser-style roll that was softer than I expected and made me suspect that perhaps they were baking them on the premises. The burger came with a tomato slice and green leaf lettuce. The Blues Burger meant that it was topped with blue cheese that had been melted on top of the burger and then a Creole blue cheese sauce was added. The chef got the medium rare just right – cooked on the outside, a cool pink on the inside. Verdict on the burger: excellent, if a little small compared to the burger’s I’ve been seeing lately. They do have the Big Bertha burger, which is two 1/3 lb patties. The fries were good, probably just because they were deep fried instead of baked like you would do at home.
Then the bill came; $13.50. I didn’t expect a pint of Guinness to cost me $6.00, but one of the reviews on the internet had said that they were known for their martinis, which were pricey.
Overall, a good experience.
Service: A little slow – 7 out of 10.
Ambience: Cozy – 8 out of 10.
Food: Excellent burger, so-so fries – 7 out of 10.
Bar selection: Good – 8 out of 10.
Price: Food, excellent. Drinks, a little pricey – 7 out of 10.
Note: Apparently, from a little research on the web, a “looper” at Bethlehem Steel was a management trainee who worked their way up from the line.
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