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What is happening at the Sun Inn, Tavern at the Sun Inn, and
Christmas City Spirits?
The Sun Inn is thriving! A lot is going on here and we are trying to keep you in the loop. We have two great partnerships. The Tavern at the Sun Inn restaurant and Christmas City Spirits. The Sun Inn Preservation Association is still actively maintaining the museum and the building and surrounding properties associated with the Sun Inn. Sign up for our newsletter to hear about all the latest news as it unfolds. So much is happening and changing.
News
Microdistillery, Tavern Eatery Coming to Historic Inn
A microdistillery and new restaurant are coming to Bethlehem's Sun Inn, in a venture organizers say will respect the site's storied past. A group of city residents is working to open Christmas City Spirits in the historic Main Street inn and revive its dining room...
“Bethlehem at 275: Building a Future on the Past” – The Morning Call
Think of Bethlehem as an architectural museum of sorts. The oldest part of the city along Church Street includes the 1741 Gemeinhaus, the largest 18th-century log structure in continuous use in the United States. Around the corner stretches historic Main Street. It is...
“Microdistillery, Tavern Eatery Coming to Historic Inn” – Lehigh Valley Live
A microdistillery and new restaurant are coming to Bethlehem's Sun Inn, in a venture organizers say will respect the site's storied past. A group of city residents is working to open Christmas City Spirits in the historic Main Street inn and revive its dining room...
“Bethlehem’s Sun Inn Could House Distillery” – The Morning Call
Bethlehem's Sun Inn, a 1758 landmark that draws heritage tourists and ghost hunters, is attracting a very different kind of spirit. A startup distillery business, Christmas City Spirits, wants to make aged whiskey and brandy at the historic haunt. Brett Biggs, one of...
“With Broadway madness ongoing, could ‘Hamilton Slept Here’ be Bethlehem’s next tourism catch phrase?” – The Morning Call
BETHLEHEM — George Washington slept at the Sun Inn? Big deal. Nobody's written a mega-hit hip-hop Broadway musical about George Washington. But Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote one about Alexander Hamilton, and Hamilton slept at the Sun Inn, too. That means the storied tavern...
“Fresh Face: Tavern at the Sun Inn” – Fig Bethlehem
THE SUN INN MAY BE THE BEST KNOWN Bethlehem icon, as well as the least known. Most locals know it as an historic Inn built by the Moravians in the 18th century that hosted many prominent colonial figures including George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander...
North Green Vendors
The Sun Inn Preservation Association is a non-profit volunteer organization, keeping the Sun Inn, a National Historic Landmark, alive. Enjoy the music from Liederplatz while meandering through the North Green’s food, beverage, and other vendors. The vendor site fees...
Volunteers Needed For North Green Fest
The Sun Inn Preservation Association is looking for volunteers to help out with our North Green Fest during Bethlehem's annual Musikfest festival, from August 7th to 16th. The 1758 Sun Inn building will be open for tours, plus there will be cash beer, food and...
Pose as the Sun Inn innkeeper, or Sunny the mascot mouse, in Bethlehem
By Lynn Olanoff | For lehighvalleylive.com Visitors to Bethlehem's Sun Inn now have a chance to pose as the inn's Colonial-era innkeeper, his wife, or soon, "Sunny," the inn's mouse mascot. The Sun Inn last week debuted two new head-in-hole cutouts of Colonial-era...
Weekend of Festivals returning to Sun Inn in Bethlehem
By Lynn Olanoff | For lehighvalleylive.com - The Weekend of Festivals is returning next weekend to the Sun Inn in Bethlehem. The three-day event includes Georgefest, Christmas City Wine Festival and Pulaski Polka Festival.
The Historic Sun Inn Bridal Show
The Historic Sun Inn is proud to announce it will be holding a Bridal Show on Sunday, March 1, 2015 from 1-4:00 P.M. The Show will feature various local vendors showcasing their wares. If you are planning a wedding you won’t want to miss this! Everything you need...
Bethlehem’s Sun Inn again home to a restaurant
By Lynn Olanoff | The Express-Times At 5:30 p.m. the past two Fridays and Saturdays, Michael Adams has leaned a chalkboard slate outside the Sun Inn in Bethlehem. This is the sign his restaurant inside the historic Main Street inn is open... Read at The Express...
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