Update: Ideal Food Basket - Bethlehem, PA

Ideal Food Basket

Owner: Juan Diaz

Opened: April 28, 2023

Previous Tenants: Food Fair (closed 1979) > Food Lane (1979-2001) > Ahart's Market (2001-2021)

Cooperative: America's Food Basket

Location: 410 Montclair Ave, South Side, Bethlehem, PA

Photographed: April 10, 2023

Contributor: Lucas Finzi

The Ideal Food Basket in the former Bethlehem Ahart's opened yesterday. Our friend Lucas was on-site a few weeks ago to check out the store in its final phases of preparation right before it opened, and we see that Ideal did a major renovation on the place, inside and out.

While I haven't gotten to the store since my recent coverage, I'm hoping to check it out this summer. In the meantime, you can see a few pictures from WFMZ from Allentown, and Lucas might be able to return to get some interior photos before I can!

As you can see, the entire property has been transformed, and if you look at the WFMZ pictures, you can see absolutely nothing is left over form Ahart's inside or out. A great job and one I can't wait to see for myself! And now back to your regularly scheduled programming.