Alliance Support

Perkasie Farmers Market, Black River Farms & Black River Wine Bar in Bethlehem, and Cellar 159 in Easton. Her production facility moved through three other commercial kitchens in Easton and Allentown before establishing a home-base at Jay’s Local.

“I live nearby,” Gledon said, and am a regular visitor to Jay’s Local. My own production space was limited and Lyell Scherline was looking for people to use the commercial kitchen at Jay’s – and that’s how we came together,” Geldon said.

Nort Point always has a selection of four flavors: two year-‘round and two seasonal. Her best-seller, the “Everythang” is a combination of vegetable cream cheese and “everything bagel” seasoning mix. It comes with toasted bagel chips, and Geldon suggests pairing with Riesling wine or Pilsner beer.

The “Mammoth” is a classic mix of Vermont and sharp cheddars, coated with roasted pecans and accompanied by pretzel snaps. Geldon says it goes well with Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Grigio or your favorite beer. It weighs over 12 ounces.

Holiday flavors include the “Frenchie,” reminiscent of French onion soup shot through with sharp cheddar cheese, coated in toasted almonds, and sold with rye bagel chips. Try pairing with Viognier white wine or a Guinness beer.

And although Linus van Pelt’s “Great Pumpkin” has come and gone, Nort Port carries the namesake cheeseball. Bursting with pumpkin pie spice, and coated with cinnamon-honey pretzel graham bits, it goes well with Vidal blanc or porter wine.

All Nort Port cheese balls cost $15 each, and are available at Jay’s Local. Geldon adds that she will have some pop-up sales for the holidays, so check regularly at nortport.com. n

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Love the West End? Support It!

The West End Alliance is completing another year of hard work to make the West End Theatre District a more vibrant, more inviting place to live, visit and run a business.

You’ve probably noticed many of the things we do. Maybe you didn’t know we did them: n Maintaining nearly 50 planters along 19th Street and adjacent streets n Planting trees along our streets n Publishing West End Living four times a year n Producing, mounting and maintaining West End Theatre

District banners

n Installing roofline lighting and holiday lights in the neighborhood n Conducting neighborhood clean-ups n Organizing neighborhood events like the World of Food Festival,

West End St. Patrick’s 5k and West End Yard Sale

n Keeping you updated and supporting merchants through

social media and email

n Representing the needs of the neighborhood to Allentown

city leaders

We can only do these things with support from people like you. Maybe you can send $5. Maybe $20. Maybe $100 or more. Any donation is welcome. We are a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization and will send an acknowledgement of your contribution.

We are grateful for your support of the West End Theatre District. Your neighbors thank you, too!

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