If you’re looking for a real happy hour in the Lehigh Valley, we suggest you stop in to Edge Restaurant in downtown Bethlehem, PA. We aren’t the most frequent happy hour goers, but we made it out on time this past friday to check out the 5-7 scene at Edge Restaurant. The beautiful restaurant itself is enough of a draw, but we had half price appetizers on our mind (and drinks of course!).
We each ordered a Ketel One gimlet to start. There really isn’t a better cocktail at 5:45 on a Friday evening and the friendly bar staff at Edge always serves a delicious one. I went rocks, she went up. Both were stellar.
The happy hour menu they offer is an abbreviated version of there regular bar menu .. but at half price! The solid selections include the likes of oysters on the half, calamari, cavatappi pasta, tuna tartare, crispy pizza and even a pulled pork sandwich. I’m definitely forgetting a few, but you get the idea. We chose the tuna tartare and the cavatappi pasta (we share everything we order). The tuna tartare was lovely and by request you can ask for it a little spicy. We did. It was elegantly presented and equally as elegant in taste. I often see tuna tartare disguised with countless other flavor profiles that ultimately hide the dish and the idea gets lost. This was fresh, delicious and I came close to ordering a second. It was served with crispy wonton chips. Nice touch. The pasta on the other hand was blasted with many different items to compose a ragout of sorts. There was andouille sausage, edamame, chicken and fresh herbs. They were big, powerful flavors (that took us for a ride!) and the olive oil base added a velvety deliciousness. It was awesome. On top of it, cavatappi pastas are on our official Pasta A-List (great texture!).
To sum it up and give the score, two appetizers, two gimlets and two martinis ran us $35. And this is a Monday through Friday 5-7pm happy hour! Not bad at all. Cheers!
