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A local market vendor and baker will serve up fresh dishes out of his own shop when it opens in Northampton County this summer.The bakery, Cody’s Eats & Sweets, will open at 52 S. Main St.
in Nazareth in mid-to-late June, owner Cody Dally said.The business will offer its “signature” tomato pies of varying sizes alongside cookies, peanut butter bars, cakes, sandwiches and monthly three-course dinner events on weekends.“There was actually a bakery in Roseto many, many years ago, and I believe they shut down in 2020, but I grew up with this very delicious tomato pie and that was a core childhood memory of mine,” Dally said.
“And when they shut down, I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I need to try and make that tomato pie from taste.’”Cody Dally, owner of Cody’s Eats & Sweets, stands in/outside his new bakery Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Nazareth. The bakery is expected to open in early April.
(Amy Shortell/The Morning Call)Cody Dally, owner of Cody’s Eats & Sweets, stands in/outside his new bakery Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Nazareth. The bakery is expected to open in early April. (Amy Shortell/The Morning Call)Cody Dally, owner of Cody’s Eats & Sweets, stands in/outside his new bakery Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Nazareth.
The bakery is expected to open in early April. (Amy Shortell/The Morning Call)Cody Dally, owner of Cody’s Eats & Sweets, stands in/outside his new bakery Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Nazareth. The bakery is expected to open in early April.
(Amy Shortell/The Morning Call)Owner Cody Dally will offer tomato pies and other baked goods when he opens Cody’s Eats & Sweets this summer in Nazareth. (Photo courtesy of Cody Dally)Owner Cody Dally will offer tomato pies and other baked goods when he opens Cody’s Eats & Sweets this summer in Nazareth. (Photo courtesy of Cody Dally)Owner Cody Dally will offer tomato pies and other baked goods when he opens Cody’s Eats & Sweets this summer in Nazareth.
(Photo courtesy of Cody Dally)Owner Cody Dally will offer tomato pies and other baked goods when he opens Cody’s Eats & Sweets this summer in Nazareth. (Photo courtesy of Cody Dally)Owner Cody Dally will offer tomato pies and other baked goods when he opens Cody’s Eats & Sweets this summer in Nazareth. (Photo courtesy of Cody Dally)Show Caption1 of 9Cody Dally, owner of Cody’s Eats & Sweets, stands in/outside his new bakery Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Nazareth.
The bakery is expected to open in early April. (Amy Shortell/The Morning Call)ExpandDally, who completed the culinary arts program at Northampton Community College, began Cody’s Eats & Sweets in 2022 as a vendor at markets like the Nazareth Farmers Market and Easton Public Market during some of his weekends off from Wegmans Food Markets until he left that job in January 2024.“I’ve been truly blessed with this journey,” he said of the physical location’s opening.
“I’ve grown my Facebook page to 1,700 followers just from having a homebased bakery selling at the farmers markets — very fortunate to be able to say that. And customers for months have been requesting, ‘Cody, okay, it’s time to open a storefront. You’re doing great.
You’re expanding with the farmers markets and you’re growing all your customer base all over the Lehigh Valley, and now we want a spot where we can get you all the time and not have to hunt you down at a farmers market.’”Dally hasn’t determined the operating hours yet.The property previously held the restaurants Mersin on Main and Indigo 52.
Lehigh Valley retail and restaurant news in briefIron Chef and James Beard Award winner Jose Garces will open the Cuban cafe and rum bar Rosa Blanca Monday on the first floor of The Nines apartment building at 950 Hamilton St. in Allentown. It’ll offer Cuban coffee, pastries, mixed drinks, Cubano sandwiches, empanadas, soups, salads and other entrees, indoor seating for up to 40 people, outdoor seating for up to 30 people, a to-go window on Hamilton Street and begin catering later in the spring.
The Last Chance Ranch Thrift Store will close next Saturday at Quakertown Commons at 93 S. West End Blvd. in Quakertown, it announced on Facebook.
Jackie Burke, the executive director of the animal rescue Last Chance Ranch which the store supports, said expenses such as rent and utilities become too high to sustain itself. She added that the store’s closure wouldn’t impact the rescue much, and that they’d consider reopening elsewhere with more affordable rent.The pickleball facility Horizon Sports Pickleball will open in early to mid April at 61 W.
Second St. in Wind Gap, featuring 13 courts, membership opportunities and a 2,000-square-foot area for parties and corporate events.The discount retail chain Ocean State Job Lot intends to open mid-summer at 7150 Hamilton Blvd.
in Upper Macungie Township, where a former Big Lots store used to be.The shopping center Promenade Saucon Valley in Upper Saucon Township will open the wellness center Mental Strength Ritual, Dolly’s Boutique and the handmade crafts market The Hive through the spring and summer.A new Starbucks coffee shop and drive-thru opened last week at 6669 Sullivan Trail in Plainfield Township.
Dunkin’ will open a kiosk at the Lehigh Valley Mall in Whitehall Township this spring, at the mall’s lower levels near the escalators.The flooring supercenter Lomax Carpet & Tile Mart will close by this summer at 955 Grape St. in Whitehall Township.
In other newsMcCarthy’s Red Stag Pub and Whiskey Bar will hold social events to raise money for the nonprofit CAT-Coalition for Appropriate Transportation’s new location at the Walnut Street Garage in Bethlehem, a news release announced.The nonprofit, which supports bicycling, public transportation and ADA access in the Lehigh Valley, hopes to raise $100,000 by June, with half coming from donors and supporting organizations and the other half from grant funding.“I love to walk, so anything that encourages that, I think is a great thing,” McCarthy’s Owner Neville Gardner said in the release.
“Everybody drives a car everywhere. I think that this will encourage people to take every opportunity to ride their bike.”“Having partners like Red Stag makes CAT feel welcome and supported by the downtown business community, especially a 20-year veteran business owner such as Neville,” said CAT Executive Director Scott Slingerland said in the release.
“Moving our CAT Office & Bicycle Cooperative downtown offers opportunities for CAT to synergize with downtown businesses, visitors and residents.”USA Today readers can vote for the Lehigh Valley in two contests this spring.For the best main street in the United States, USA Today selected Bethlehem’s as a contender.
Readers can vote daily until noon April 7, and the publication will announcer winners April 16.For the country’s best public market, the publication selected the Easton Public Market at 325 Northampton St. in Easton as a finalist.
Readers can vote daily until noon April 14, and the publication will announcer winners April 23.Retail Watch is a weekly column covering retail and restaurant news in the Lehigh Valley. Have a question, tip, or want to see something in the area? Contact retail reporter Graysen Golter at retailwatch@mcall.
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