"America's Best Restaurants" recently went to a family-run diner and bar in Lehigh County and gave it five stars!
America's Best Restaurants is a national media and marketing business that promotes small, locally owned restaurants. The "ABR Roadshow" came to Catasauqua's Catty Corner Neighborhood Pub & Pie, located at 301 Mulberry St. The restaurant's Facebook page posted the the episode, and you can also watch it on the show's YouTube account. At the start of the show, ABR Roadshow host Theo Williams talks to co-owner of Catty Corner, Tyler Cimerol, about pizza, which is his "favorite thing in the world."
Cimerol discuss some of the steps that go into making a Catty Corner pizza, such as letting the pizza dough rise in a cooler for up to 48 hours, using house-made tomato sauce made by mixing fresh tomatoes with basil, oregano, garlic, and other ingredients, and putting shredded whole milk cheese on top of pizzas in the episode.
The host, Williams, had the pizza and the Royale Burger at Catty Corner. It's an 8-ounce steak burger with American cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato, a fried egg, and house-made bacon aioli. The pizza was praises for the crust, having a crisp texture and "nice crunch, and the burger had a phenomenal brioche bread and Bacon aioli that took the burger to the next level.
Williams also tried the cheesesteak at Catty Corner, which is made with freshly shaved ribeye steak, house-made marinara sauce, sautéed onions, and Cooper cheese on daily-delivered fresh bread from Amoroso's Baking Company near Philadelphia. The cheesesteak was praised on its freshness, amazing taste, and incredible ingredients!
When the roughly 10-minute show was over, Williams was absolutely amazed by everything he tried. The business is clearly well known by Tyler and his father Jay, who knows how to run a great restaurant and bar.
The Cimerols bought the Catasauqua restaurant and bar in September 2018. In November of that year, they reopened it with a new look, menu, and name—adding "Neighborhood Pub & Pie" at the end.
In Upper Nazareth Township at 398 N. Broad St. Ext., the father and son opened a second The Catty Corner in June.
The menu at the newly remodeled location is the same as the menu at the original Catasauqua site. There are more than twenty specialty pizzas at The Catty Corner, which calls itself "not your normal neighborhood corner pub." The dough is made by hand every day.
Pickle, pierogie, chicken carbonara, and "Catty Mac" (fresh seasoned burger meat, pickles, onions, lettuce, cheddar cheese, and 1,000 Island dressing) are some of the most popular types. There are pies in 12 and 16-inch sizes, as well as gluten-free 10-inch pies.
People can also make their own 12-, 16-, or 20-inch pizzas by picking from about two dozen toppings, such as sausage, bacon, grilled chicken, hot peppers, mushrooms, pineapple, and hot peppers. In Nazareth, you can find the same menu, with regular items like calzones, strombolis, burgers, and chicken wings. Starters like mac-n-cheese bites, Old Bay shrimp, and Inner Harbor fries (fries topped with crab meat and house-made hollandaise sauce) are some of the best things on the menu. There are also sandwiches like chicken parm, cheesesteaks, and the Catty Corner Cuban, Mexican dishes like tacos, quesadillas, and nachos, and char-broiled burgers like the "Iron Works" (onions, bacon, pepper jack cheese, jalapeno peppers, and barbecue sauce) and "Rough Rider" (bacon, hot sauce, pepper jack cheese, and onion rings).
The Catty Corner is one of several local places that have been on America's Best places over the years. It has full bars, dozens of TVs, and entertainment like trivia, music bingo, and karaoke.
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