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While the Buckeye Tavern
was started as a family business in June 1987, the building
has been the site of a neighborhood eatery since 1768. That's
right, 1768. The Buckeye Tavern serves home-style American
Cuisine at a fair price for the whole family's enjoyment.
The structure was built in 1735, when George Washington was
only four years old. The building has been home to a neighborhood
eatery since June 1768, when Martin Speigle purchased the
building for ten pounds, thirteen shillings, and three pence.
Some 219 years later, in 1987, the Buckeye Tavern was opened.
In the interim, the Building has had 19 owners.
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A chance lunch with
his father in this building was all it took for Craig
Leidheiser to be smitten with the establishment's relaxed
and historic atmosphere. Soon after, he purchased the
property and became its 20th owner. Craig grew up in
Lapeer in Michigan's thumb region. During summers, while
a student at Bowling Green State University, Bowling
Green, Ohio, he worked as a bartender on Mackinaw Island,
Michigan. After college graduation in 1983, he went
to work for Giant Products Corporation, a pump company,
in Toledo Ohio. In late 80's he came east to visit his
parents, who moved to Macungie from Michigan. It was
during this visit that Craig walked into the Buckeye
to have lunch with his father. That's all it took. Since
buying the property Craig, with the help of the entire
Buckeye Tavern team have worked diligently to make the
Buckeye Tavern a restaurant guests enjoy from the very
first visit and to time and time again visits as friends
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In August 2000, a new upstairs party room was completed to
accommodate large groups. The new area features an indoor/outdoor
bar with deck. Great care was taken in restoring the original
stone walls, which make a major contribution to the Buckeye
Tavern's pleasant historic atmosphere. In the century's old
tradition of the eating establishments that preceded it, the
Buckeye Tavern continues to provide it patrons quality food
and excellent service in a pleasant setting, ideal for family
dining. Remember, visit the Buckeye Tavern once as a guest,
and you will return as a friend.
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Chef Neil Leidheiser
trained as an executive chef at the Philadelphia Restaurant
School, following graduation from Emmaus High School,
Emmaus, Pennsylvania. His early work experience included
the Rittenhouse and Banderia in Phoenix, Arizona. After
much convincing from his brother, Chef Neil resigned
as executive chef at Banderia, and returned home to
become the Buckeye Tavern's chef. Neil's experience
is apparent in the excellent and creative dinner specials
delivered to patron's tables. He broaden's his culinary
skills by attending continuing education courses at
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