This contemporary café serves an excellent breakfast menu seven days a week. Enjoy a steaming cup of Greek coffee with traditional morning favorites. Omelettes are made with your choice of feta, Swiss, or American cheeses and a host of veggies and meats. Lunch and dinner favorites include gyros and souvlaki.

DOWNTOWN. Inventive small plates, stylish decor and great wine (of course) attract crowds to this fun wine bar. Patrons nibble on delicacies such as fried brie and seared tuna with Asian noodle salad, and the wine list, boasting over 200 labels and offering many selections by the glass, allows you to sample a variety of interesting choices. Service is skillful and attentive.

DOWNTOWN. Known for its famous pasta sauce, Chef's has offered the neighborhood Italian classics since the 1920s. Menu items range from the Tuscany grilled chicken salad to vegetable lasagna to veal parmesan with spaghetti. In addition, the kitchen's daily specials might include chicken broccoli alfredo over fettuccine or linguini calamari.

Located south of the city in the quaint town of Hamburg, this French restaurant features an extensive and outstanding menu with many creative twists. Appetizers may include porcini mushroom-crusted ostrich with apple turnip relish and potato pancakes. The main menu may include grilled yellow fin tuna with a hoisin glaze served with a risotto cake, or duck breast with roast pear puree and raspberry sauce. Top off your meal with bittersweet chocolate mousse with pistachio sauce, or lemon tart in an almond pastry shell.

ALLENTOWN. This intimate trendy restaurant is casually elegant. The eclectic seasonal menu varies, featuring such dishes as mussels in white wine, ricotta crespelle, and warm artichoke and argula salad. Reservations recommended.