{"id":6855,"date":"2012-09-20T07:42:43","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T12:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=6855"},"modified":"2012-09-20T07:42:43","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T12:42:43","slug":"dine-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/20\/dine-around\/","title":{"rendered":"Dine-Around"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/092012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6856\" style=\"border: 5px solid transparent;\" title=\"092012\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/092012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a>As a part of the MATPRA (Mid-Atlantic Tourism Public Relations Alliance) Conference, we went on a dine-around last evening. A group of people follow the leader to one restaurant for appetizers and then a different restaurant for entrees. We returned to Hotel Bethlehem for dessert. Our group had appetizers at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edgerestaurant.net\" target=\"_blank\">EDGE<\/a>. The restaurant is in the historic downtown area and offers chic dining experience. We had three appetizers including Crispy Calamari, Crispy Alsatian Pizza and Baby Greens. I enjoyed the pizza with an ultra thing crust and layers of flavor. I tried the house Cabernet Sauvignon. Since I make Cabs I like to try different Cabs. This had a bit of a black fruit aroma and some fruit on the taste. There were mild tannins on the finish.<\/p>\n<p>Just as we were settling into conversation, it was time to leave and head to the next restaurant for entrees. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donegalsquare.com\/mysitecaddy\/site3\/mccarthys.htm\" target=\"_blank\">McCarthy\u2019s Tea Room<\/a> is a hidden gem. You walk through the retail store, plenty of items from Ireland, to the dining area. We had a choice of three different Irish foods. I selected the Steak and Ale Pie. A light golden brown pastry hid the beef and leeks cooked in a Golden Ale from nearby Bethlehem Brew Works. There was a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon from Sonoma County on the table and I found it tasty and paired well with the Steak and Ale Pie. Dinner was a bit more leisurely since there wasn\u2019t a hurry to return to Bethlehem Hotel for dessert.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually we broke loose and ambled the short walk back to the hotel. Desserts we small hand portions of a large assortment of sweets. Choices! The dine-around experience introduced us to just a couple of the fabulous restaurants that Bethlehem has to offer. Other people went to different restaurants. We were happy to experience EDGE and McCarthy\u2019s Tea Room.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<br \/>\nTerry<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Dine-Around\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=6855\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a part of the MATPRA (Mid-Atlantic Tourism Public Relations Alliance) Conference, we went on a dine-around last evening. A group of people follow the leader to one restaurant for appetizers and then a different restaurant for entrees. We returned to Hotel Bethlehem for dessert. Our group had appetizers at EDGE. The restaurant is in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[2702,2708,2709,98],"class_list":["post-6855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-taste-of-wine","tag-matpra","tag-edge","tag-mccarthys-tea-room","tag-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6857,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6855\/revisions\/6857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}