Readers' Choice

Dunkin Donuts Serves the Best Coffee in Lower Macungie Patch

The voting shows that the popular pastry purveyor also serves the best java in the Patch!

The results are in and Dunkin Donuts was voted the best place for coffee in Lower Macungie Patch. Dunkin Donuts received 61 percent of the vote and edged out Wawa which also had the next strongest showing with 20 percent of the vote. Readers wanted to know why we didn't include Java Joint in our poll, because that's where they find fabulous coffee. The simple explanation is that of the two Java Joint localtions, the closest is just outside of Lower Macungie Patch in Upper Mac. But there was some serious coffee envy there. Review Dunkin Donuts yourself on Patch Places. Check back Monday when we'll want to know where the best breakfast spot is in Lower Macungie Patch.

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Patch Picks

Nine Places to Get Great Halloween Treats Today

Whether you’re looking to spice up your costume party, serve a festive snack for the kids, or you just want to celebrate the spooky holiday solo, here are the best places to go:

Lower Macungie: Giant This place has a bunch of goodies too – like awesome Halloween doughnuts.  They also have pumpkin cookies, bite-sized cupcakes, rice krispie treats, cut-out cookie platters, whole cakes, and more. Panera Bread In addition to pumpkin muffins and pumpkin cookies, Panera Bread is featuring their iced pumpkin cut-outs. Dunkin Donuts What else would you find here but Halloween doughnuts?  Try a Boston Scream, a Caramel Apple, or a Fall Harvest with sprinkles. La Dolce Vita Italian Bakery In addition to butter cookies with orange sprinkles, this little place has both giant and mini pumpkin cut-outs and giant ghost cut-outs. Wawa Wawa features their pumpkin lattes and doughnuts, but also has doughnuts with Halloween …

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Five Things to Know Today: October 30

Maybe the snow will just disappear...

1. Weather: The snow should be outta here by 7 a.m. The National Weather Service forecast for our area says the rest of today will be sunny with a high temp near 44 degrees. 2. In Case You Missed It: Corliss Bachman talked about Panera Bread. 3. One. More. Day: That's all you have left to upload a Halloween photo of your child in his or her costume. You could win a trip to NYC to meet Heidi Klum! Details are here. 4. Coming Up: Check back at 2 p.m. for this week's Moms Talk. 5. Today in History: On this day in 1991, the so-called "perfect storm" hit the North Atlantic producing remarkably large waves along the New England and Canadian coasts. Over the next several days, the storm spread its fury over the ocean off the coast of Canada. The …

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