Jay’s Local

Neighborhood Cafe ☕️
Locally sourced ingredients & coffee
Small business pop-up shops & events

08/30/2024

Weekend Special: Thick Cut French Toast with House Crème Anglaise! 😍

08/28/2024

Now Serving: Local salad with grilled peaches, feta, almonds, pickled red onion, fresh greens and house basil balsamic! 🍑

08/27/2024

Join us for Burger & Booch Happy Hour!🚨
Tuesday-Friday 2pm-4pm
Get a Smash Burger or Beyond Burger
with local Kombucha for only $8 🤩

08/25/2024

We’re at today until 1:00. Hope to see you there!
🍓 🍪 🧁

08/24/2024

Now Available: Elderflower Kombucha Lemonade!
Made with fresh elderflower kombucha from our friends at Portch tea

08/23/2024

Breakfast sammy with two fried eggs, cheddar cheese, house avocado cream cheese and pickled jalepenos on a toasted potato bun!
🍳🧀🌶️🥑

08/22/2024

Now Available: House glazed donuts with tahini pistachio crumble! 😍

08/22/2024

Available this week: Cookie Butter Cold Foam Cold Brew! 😍🍪☕️

08/21/2024

Available this week: Local Caprese! 🥬

08/17/2024

Weekend Special #2: Cornetto Puffs

08/16/2024

Weekend Special: The Campus Breakfast
Two eggs made any way you’d like, two pieces of turkey bacon and toast with butter! 😍

08/15/2024

Great news! We’re now booking our fall pop-up calendar and welcoming new businesses to join us! If you’re interested in hosting a small business pop-up shop at Jay’s Local, we’d love to hear from you. Send us an email at [email protected] 🍂

08/14/2024

Now Serving: Local Greek Salad 🫒
House balsamic, mixed greens, kalamata olives, pickled red onion and smoked feta! 🥬

08/13/2024

New Gelato Flavor🚨: Basil Balsamic Swirl! 🌿

08/09/2024

Now Available: Banana walnut muffin with sugar glaze and bourbon infused raw honey walnut topping! 😍

08/08/2024

Available now through Saturday: BBQ Chicken Flatbread! Complete with a cheddar cheese sauce and jalapeños! 😍

08/07/2024

Exciting News! 🚨 You can now get food at Jay’s Local 7 days a week with the addition of our newest pop-up vendor, Cheese All That! 🎉
Stop in Sundays and Mondays for some delicious cheesy comfort food & desserts!

08/06/2024

Have you tried our Early Bird Combo? Start your day with the West End Wake-Up, our premier breakfast sandwich, paired with 2 crispy potato hash browns and a 12oz coffee all for only $10! Available all day! ☕️

Photos from Paranormal Pizza's post 08/06/2024

Preorders for Paranormal Pizza’s next Pop-Up at Jay’s Local on 8/16 are now open!

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Paranormal Pizza

08/01/2024

Now available for kids: Jay’s Junior! 🎉
Choose between a yummy hamburger slider or a gooey grilled cheese, plus potato chips, juice box, and a dill pickle!

07/31/2024

Join us this Saturday for a special pop-up shop by Grammy G’s Garden!
Gina Kormanik

07/31/2024

This Week’s Local Refresher: Blueberry Kombucha Lemonade! 🫐🍋
Fresh lemonade mixed with blueberry kombucha from our friends Portch tea

07/30/2024

Now Serving: Vegan Coconut Gelato! 🥥🍦
Have you tried Jay’s Gelato yet? If not, what are you waiting for?! Our homemade, authentic Italian-style gelato is the perfect summertime treat!
Also available in chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, and espresso!

07/24/2024

Please welcome the Jay’s Local College Bar Hat to the party! Rep your favorite off-campus neighborhood cafe in style! Grab yours now in our merch shop! ✨
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Photos from Jay’s Local's post 07/23/2024

Jumbo Coffee Cake is now available from our friends Meet for Sweets Bakery 😍
Go check them out at 1611 Pond Rd in Allentown for even more amazing housemade goodies!

Photos from Jay’s Local's post 07/18/2024

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT🚨: Jay’s Gelato is now available! We now have housemade authentic and creamy Italian style gelato for a limited time only!
Available in chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, espresso and vegan coconut! 😍

07/17/2024

This Week’s Local Refresher: Strawberry Affogato!
Featuring cold brew, vanilla ice cream and house-made strawberry syrup! ☕️🍦🍓

07/15/2024

Join CMLV on Tuesday July 23 for a FREE Storytime & a POP-UP Moving Together Class at Jay’s Local! ☕️ 🤱🏽 📚


✨ 10:00 - 10:30: FREE Storytime for all ages

✨ 11:00 - 11:30: "Moving Together" Creative Movement Class for Caregivers & Babies; $10/family


** No registration needed for Storytime; Registration required for "Moving Together" Class **

"Moving Together" Class will be limited to 6 families; Pre-registration is your best bet to guarantee your spot!

(Drop-ins will only be available at the door as space allows)


Visit CMLV's website to REGISTER & learn more! 🙌🏻
Jay’s Local Lehigh Valley with Littles Lehigh Valley with Kids Lehigh Valley Arts & Cultural Alliance

07/13/2024

Thank you for having us last night! We appreciate it. Hope everyone enjoyed their pizzas!🌱👽👻🍕

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Our Story

Jay's Local, in dedication, honor and memory of long-time Allentown attorney and philanthropist, Jay Scherline, aims to provide Muhlenberg College students, faculty and the entire Lehigh Valley community a comfortable and inviting cafe style eatery serving high quality local fare at affordable prices. Jay Scherline was a pioneer in the Lehigh Valley with strong values in community outreach and service and was constantly striving to make the Valley a better place. Jay's Local is following in his footsteps in order to showcase these values in the form of a local neighborhood eatery.

With a strong backbone of giving back to the community, The Scherline Group has collaborated with several classes from the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Department at Muhlenberg College in order to better understand what the local community desires from our new space on Liberty and 23rd. Research from this collaboration has informed us that both the college community and local residents are eager for an off campus neighborhood locale where customers can meet, study, relax and enjoy high quality fare at a reasonable price. The concept of Jay's Local was created based on the feedback received and the wishes of the student and neighborhood community.

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2301 W Liberty Street
Allentown, PA
18104

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 2pm
3pm - 8pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm
Sunday 9am - 2pm
3pm - 8pm

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