{"id":2162963,"date":"2025-11-17T22:40:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T22:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2162963"},"modified":"2025-11-17T22:40:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T22:40:33","slug":"its-just-cool-new-music-themed-restaurant-from-event-center-owner-hopes-to-be-a-smash-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/its-just-cool-new-music-themed-restaurant-from-event-center-owner-hopes-to-be-a-smash-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"‘It’s just cool’: New music-themed restaurant from event center owner hopes to be a smash hit"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

LOWER MACUNGIE TWP., Pa. \u2014 After 13 1\/2 years of being the owner and driving force behind Wind Creek Event Center in Bethlehem, developer Jeff Trainer still is hungry for music.<\/p>\n

And for food.<\/p>\n

So next month, Trainer plans to open The Broken Record, a restaurant that will combine a broad range of food offerings with a music theme \u2014 and perhaps more.<\/p>\n

The eatery will be at 6776 Hamilton Blvd., the third space in a new strip center next to ABE Doors & Windows.<\/p>\n

Inside, music \u2014 much of it chosen by customers and played on an upscale sound system \u2014 will fill the air, and memorabilia the walls.<\/p>\n

\n
\n<\/p>\n<\/picture>\n
\n
\n

Courtesy<\/p>\n

\/<\/p>\n

The Broken Record<\/p>\n<\/div>

The walls at The Broken Record restaurant will be covered with records, posters, pictures and other music memorabilia, shown here is an architectural rendering.<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Records, pictures, posters and more cover the walls \u2014 even inside the restrooms. Even the food and drinks will have music-related names.<\/p>\n

“I think it’s just cool,” Trainer said during a recent tour of the largely completed full-service restaurant. <\/p>\n

“I live here. I grew up in the area. We don’t have enough good-type eateries \u2014 we’re missing a lot, with all this growth,” he said, referring to explosive growth that has made the township the Lehigh Valley’s third-largest municipality.<\/p>\n

At the helm of The Broken Record \u2014 and in charge of its kitchen \u2014 will be Taylor Eisenhard, who for about the same time the event center has operated has owned and run Griddle 145 on MacArthur Road in Whitehall Township.<\/p>\n

“It will be a good product at a fair price, but just a cool atmosphere,” Trainer said.<\/p>\n

And perhaps even more.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"The<\/p>\n<\/picture>\n
\n
\n

John J. Moser<\/p>\n

\/<\/p>\n

LehighValleyNews.com<\/p>\n<\/div>

The exterior of The Broken Record restaurant at 6776 Hamilton Blvd., Lower Macungie Township.<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

‘Stand out and set ourselves apart’<\/h2>\n

Trainer said he’s had the idea for the restaurant for some time, and after the strip center filled its two other spaces, thought the location would be perfect.<\/p>\n

Andrea Kenney, Trainer’s partner in the restaurant, said its design came from what she felt “was what was happening in Jeff Trainer\u2019s mind, in his music world.”<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were looking at putting a restaurant in there and looking around the area and what was needed and what is missing,” Kenney said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I think when we started initially designing it, it was just kind of feeling like every other restaurant. And I\u2019m just, like, it needs to be more his personality than anything.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd so it was just instantly music oriented, like the event center. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd we just went for it and were, like, \u2018We\u2019re just gonna roll with this and be different from everybody else and just stand out and set ourselves apart.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"The<\/p>\n<\/picture>\n
\n
\n

Courtesy<\/p>\n

\/<\/p>\n

The Broken Record<\/p>\n<\/div>

The bar in The Broken Record will have seating close enough for patrons to hold conversations, as shown in the architectural rendenring.<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The main feature of The Broken Record is a large bar with 36 seats \u2014 but built so that its sides are relatively close together so everyone can interact. <\/p>\n

“Everybody loves to sit at the bar and communicate,” Trainer said. “It’s close enough so you can talk to the person on the other side.”<\/p>\n

There’s an additional line of tables along padded seats against one wall, and the other side will feature tables \u2014 with a glass wall that will be open to spill out onto a patio during warm weather.<\/p>\n

Music theme is evident<\/h2>\n
\n
\n\"The<\/p>\n<\/picture>\n
\n
\n

John J. Moser<\/p>\n

\/<\/p>\n

LehighValleyNews.com<\/p>\n<\/div>

Inside the restrooms at the new The Broken Record restaurant, the walls are covered my music posters, pictures and more — reminiscent of rock clubs such as the iconic New York rock club CBGB’.<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The music theme is immediately evident in the restaurant’s decor: The walls are covered by music memorabilia \u2014 and so is the interior of the five individual, unisex restrooms. <\/p>\n

Kenney said that for the design, she worked with an interior design company, Swine Design of Emmaus, that had done a few restaurants in the Lehigh Valley, including The Wilbur Mansion in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n

“And it was just beautiful, Kenney said. \u201cAnd we just collaborate very, very well together, and so they\u2019ve been my partner along the way in helping this get off the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n

But even more than the decor, The Broken Record’s atmosphere will be music-oriented. <\/p>\n

The sound system will carry music being played on an actual turntable, with records largely chosen by customers from about 1,000 records when they arrive \u2014 or from iPads, Trainer said.<\/p>\n

There will be no live performers, Trainer said. <\/p>\n

“We want this to be a great restaurant just to hang at,” he said.<\/p>\n

‘The food and the vibe should match’<\/h2>\n

The most important element of any restaurant is its food, and the partners in The Broken Record said they hope to appeal to a broad audience.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe concept is it\u2019s going to be small plates, shareables, bringing people together to enjoy these foods together,” Eisenhard said.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to cover a lot of bases here in that space. And there\u2019s going to be a lot going on.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Taylor Eisenhard, who will be in charge of The Broken Record’s kitchen<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cAnd it\u2019s going to be friendly across the board, where the younger members of the party, the kids, they\u2019ll gravitate toward these items and we\u2019re trying to make a menu that\u2019s fun for everybody … Trying to get things for the whole family. <\/p>\n

“Then also make great business lunches, great appetizers or happy hour time. And also late night, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to cover a lot of bases here in that space. And there\u2019s going to be a lot going on.\u201d <\/p>\n

Kenney said the menu perhaps can be best described as “modern American,” but like Eisenhard, she said it will include “a little bit of everything” \u2014 as diverse as “Tuna Tartare and pizza, sandwiches, salads and a lot of small plates.”<\/p>\n

But she said it’s “not a steakhouse.” <\/p>\n

Trainer showed a wood-burning oven in the kitchen for pizza and wings, and a special steamer he had brought in especially for seafood appetizers \u2014 large shrimp with Vidalia onions sprinkled with old bay seasoning and steamed, then served with cocktail sauce, old bay seasoning and garlic butter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a big believer that the aesthetics and the food and the vibe should all match,\u201d Kenney said.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"The<\/p>\n<\/picture>\n
\n
\n

Courtesy<\/p>\n

\/<\/p>\n

The Broken Record <\/p>\n<\/div>

A steamed seafood appetizer that will be on the menu at The Broken Record,<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

‘An opportunity’<\/h2>\n

One possible experience at The Broken Record is performers from the more-than-100 concerts and shows Wind Creek Event Center offers a year showing up there.<\/p>\n

Trainer is non-committal, but said, “we’ll offer it to them.”<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n

“We could easily do it \u2014 it’s an opportunity. It’s in my mind.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Broken Record owner Jeff Trainer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“We could easily do it \u2014 it’s an opportunity. It’s in my mind.”<\/p>\n

Trainer said the experience of opening The Broken Record reminds him of the process he went through in 2011 to open the event center.<\/p>\n

The night the concert hall opened with alternative rock group Incubus, \u201cit was a nice evening of seeing us getting that done and open. We were proud,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Eisenhard said his “passion is for the food and the customer and the staff.”<\/p>\n

He said his expectation is to \u201ceventually move ourselves out here” from Griddle 145.<\/p>\n

“I take all those things and running the business makes me feel good, when I can get my team on board with the vision,” he said. “I can meet and exceed the guests\u2019 expectations.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then just having a good time doing it \u2014 create a place that has a good culture, a good environment for staff and guests. <\/p>\n

“The best experience for the staff and the best experience for the guests. That\u2019s what I really have pleasure doing.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n