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DINING & RESTAURANTS.........................5
16-YEAR WINNERS ..................................7
Jim Feher For advertising, call 610-820-6633.
HOME & SERVICES ................................12 Vice President of Advertising For subscriptions, call 610-820-6601.
james.feher@mcall.com
RECREATION & ENTERTAINMENT.........24 This special section is produced by
For content information: the advertising department
SHOPPING..............................................26 Specials Sections team of The Morning Call.
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WELLNESS & PERSONAL STYLE ..........31

2019 Readers’ Choice at 16: Once again,

29, our neighbors are the experts
SEPTEMBER reader-selected ‘best-of’ Lehigh Valley businesses.

Welcome to The Morning Call’s 16th annual

SUNDAY, redating the rise of the Internet, our Readers’ Lehigh Valley unique is that despite its size, there
is plenty of connectedness. Yes, we may go online
to cast our Readers’ Choice polls. Yes, we may rely
Choice poll was about combing the region for
CALL P the best that the Lehigh Valley has to offer. We on online reviews to tell us who’s getting it right.
But when we choose how and where to spend our
trusted our neighbors to tell us a good place to eat,
time and money locally, we still turn to the trusted
where to take visitors from out of town, or what gym or
MORNING pet groomer to use. As we expanded the list of categories opinions of our local network.
This is what makes The Morning Call’s Readers’
over the years (305 categories were listed online, and
Choice issue valuable. Y ou are getting the inside
now in the pages of this section), we also realized that
THE crowdsourcing has the ability to provide solutions to scoop from longtime (or even lifelong) Lehigh Valley
citizens: residents of Allen, Allentown, Bangor,
businesses – to know that their new products, refined
OF services, new menus, advanced technologies, or overall Bath, Bethlehem, Catasauqua, Coplay, Easton,
Emmaus, Forks ,Fountain Hill, Hanover, Hellertown,
atmosphere and customer service are working for their
SECTION themorningcall.com/readerschoice customers. This concept has expanded to nearly every Macungie, Nazareth, Northampton, Palmer, Pen
Argyl, Plainfield, Roseto, Salisbury, Saucon, Tatamy,
facet of business and society.
Whitehall, Williams Township, Wind Gap, and other
The crowd – our readers, you Lehigh Valley citizens
municipalities in between. Because sometimes your
ADVERTISING at – challenge and change everything that businesses neighbors are the experts.
do, and how they do it. Businesses thrive because you
We thank our loyal readers for their participation
demand excellence. In return, your patronizing of these
once again, and we thank the businesses on each of
businesses allows them to continue keeping their doors
these pages for continuing to make the Valley a vibrant,
open: Mom & Pop hardware stores, family-owned
SPECIAL online Choice veterinary practices, young electricians just starting growing, exciting place to live and work.
their own businesses, and long-trusted care facilities for
our aging population. The trust between a successful
Thank you,
business and its clients is a special thing.
We hope you find this list useful all year long as
Readers’ a reference to the businesses that your family, friends, Jim Feher
Vice President of Advertising
neighbors and colleagues are frequenting the most –
View and for good reason. One of the things that makes the
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