Comments on Beyond Scrapple - A Guide To Lehigh Valley Ethnic Restaurants: BBQ in the LV

Fat Daddy's above Easton (Fork Township) is wo...

2010-05-14T14:08:17.429-04:00

Fat Daddy's above Easton (Fork Township) is worth a visit.

Micheal you definitely need to work your way into Easton a little more. Lots of places for this site.

I will say the tacorias are worth skipping but there is a new Jamaican place that opened up, Portuguese, two Thai places (both ver good), a Mediterranean (Lebanese) place..it needs a little refining but its very new These are all right in downtown.

There used to be a great Cuban/ Caribbean place called Josephina's but I think the economy took it down. Amazing tostone appetizer. Hope the chef resurfaces soon.

Phillipsburg has a new Indian restaurant.

Crazy Jack's is great. Their BBQ sauce is outstand...

2009-01-25T20:23:00.000-05:00

Crazy Jack's is great. Their BBQ sauce is outstanding, best baked beans I've had outside of the ones from a BBQ joint in a gas station in Beaufort, South Carolina.

Some of us only care about Conway's because they s...

2009-01-02T16:40:00.000-05:00

Some of us only care about Conway's because they sell the "Nacho Porker" at Lehigh Valley IronPigs games.

Check out Crazy Jakes at Freemanburg and 25th Stre...

2008-12-19T18:42:00.000-05:00

Check out Crazy Jakes at Freemanburg and 25th Street in Easton for some of the best ribs ever.

I think I need to make a trip to Gainesville. I al...

2008-11-24T09:34:00.000-05:00

I think I need to make a trip to Gainesville. I always worry about BBQ places that look too polished and neat. (Clean and hygienic is a different matter!) BBQ should be about the food and a wholesome, earthy experience. Give me a whitewashed cinder block building and folding tables/chairs any day -- as long as I can eat succulent, slow-cooked meats.

I used to live in Gainesville FL. The best BBQ spo...

2008-11-21T18:10:00.000-05:00

I used to live in Gainesville FL. The best BBQ spot at the time was "Pres & Ed's". It was in the single most dangerous part of town, a dump and a half and the BBQ, cooked by a Jamaican woman who tended the pit, which was made from unmortared bricks, was ethereal. Manna from heaven. They had a sauce called "Super Sabre" that had so much Habanero in it that it could eat through the fender on a '53 Nash in about a minute. Delightful.

But their ribs, pork, and cabrito still stands as the best I have had anywhere. And I have been pretty much everywhere. Dreamland Tuscaloosa's ribs are a close second.

Nice to see some serious BBQ in these parts. Finally.

Man, I love smoked beef ribs. I make them often at...

2008-11-03T15:26:00.000-05:00

Man, I love smoked beef ribs. I make them often at home in my smoker. I'll have to head out to Easton. You don't go to BBQ for ambiance. As long as it's not cold and sterile.

Grumpy's is great, no doubt.

There's anoth...

2008-11-03T14:32:00.000-05:00

Grumpy's is great, no doubt.

There's another place you need to try:

Fat Daddy's
1602 Sullivan Trl
Easton, PA 18040
(610) 253-8047

Don't expect "ambiance" - - there's none, but the BBQ is the best in the Valley, and they're the ONLY PLACE to offer a smoked beef rib. You haven't lived 'till you've had one of those!

The only one I've found was at La Tortilla (see Au...

2008-10-08T09:34:00.000-04:00

The only one I've found was at La Tortilla (see August 2008 post), and it was OK. Not as good as the ones I had in San Diego in June or one I had in August at the Walnut Brewery in Boulder, Colorado.

Anyone else know of a good fish taco in the Lehigh Valley?

Your best bet might be making them at home!

Sorry to go off topic, but have you ever found a r...

2008-10-08T09:20:00.000-04:00

Sorry to go off topic, but have you ever found a really good fish taco in the area? I loooooove fish tacos but no one seems to make them as good as I've had on the West coast. Not TGI Fridays, not Tulum and not even the Apollo Grill.