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On the cover: Clockwise from top right, The Children’s Healthcare;
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Leader of the Pack; St. Luke’s University Health Network (Courtesy of
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St. Lukes University Health Network); Paul Wright Roofing and Moravian
Village Market Street Cottages (Photo by Martin Richter). (Photos by
15-YEAR WINNERS ..................................4 Sarah Evans/The Morning Call unless otherwise noted)
DINING & RESTAURANTS.........................6

HOME & SERVICES ................................12

RECREATION & ENTERTAINMENT.........22
Jim Feher For advertising, call 610-820-6633.
MOST VIEWED CATEGORIES.................24 Vice President of Advertising For subscriptions, call 610-820-6601.
james.feher@mcall.com
SHOPPING..............................................27 For content information: This special section is produced by
the advertising department of
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The Morning Call.
Specials Sections team
WELLNESS & PERSONAL STYLE ..........31

VP 1 5th ANNIVERSARY 8

2018 Looking for businesses that connect the

30, community?They’re all here in Readers’Choice.
SEPTEMBER Welcome to The Morning Call’s 15th annual

reader-selected ‘best-of’ Lehigh Valley businesses.
SUNDAY, hat do a corn farmer, a home décor store, a sushi

community. You’re providing services to the people who call
restaurant, a day spa and pet groomer have in com-
the area home. You take pride in what you do. People notice.
Wmon? They’re among the businesses in the Lehigh
CALL Valley where you, area residents, are accustomed to getting And this is the people’s way of saying “thank you.”
Everybody associated with Readers’Choice benefits
the very best customer service from reliable, friendly staff
MORNING again and again because of customer engagement, reliability, ers and a direct connection with the community. From the
from it because it provides a direct connection with read-
members who have set themselves apart by going above and
beyond for their customers. They’re the places you return to
nomination process through the tallying of the votes and
THE and those who know that there’s value in going the extra mile. up through the final edits of this special section, Readers’
Choice gives The Morning Call inside information about
They’re the places you’d recommend to your friends, neigh-
where the people we’re writing for tend to frequent. It shows
OF bors, and colleagues. How do we know? Because for the 15th us how you appreciate the cities, towns and boroughs that
year, you’ve told us.
SECTION themorningcall.com/readerschoice content and the photos, and design the pages. But every year, listed online and in the pages of this section, along with pho-
make up the region. It reminds us that there are hard workers
This annual section would not be possible year after year
everywhere, across all types of businesses.
without our readers. Sure, we may sell the ads, put together the
The first-place winners in more than 300 categories are
we rely on our readers to take the time to vote — to pick the
ADVERTISING at centers, the best home repairmen — and determine who stands We thank area businesses for their commitment.And noth-
tos of the people who make the Lehigh Valley the best place
people and places, the food and drinks, the health and wellness
to work — and live. We thank our readers for their votes.
out as the best of the best.
ing would thrill us more than continuing to see community
Readers’Choice has never been about what a bunch of
newsroom staffers think about local businesses. This has
SPECIAL online Choice people who soak up the local culture, who visit the local members patronizing those establishments that have earned
the title of “Readers’Choice.”
always been about the voices of the Valley’s residents — the
Thank you,
doctors, whose kids train in the local gymnastics centers and
Readers’ pick pumpkins at local farms. So if your business is a winner, Jim Feher
stop and think about what that means about your place in the
Vice President ofAdvertising
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