Quartez Moore News Today

Chicago native Quartez Moore and his wife Veronica own The Taste Smokers, a Chicago-style BBQ restaurant and catering business that started as a mobile smoke pit in the Lehigh Valley

On the most recent The Inside Dish, Michael Drabenstott explores one of the new culinary options in Bethlehem by chatting with Veronica and Quartez Moore, owners of The Taste Smokers, who bring Chicago-style barbecue and fixin's to the SouthSide.

On the most recent The Inside Dish, Michael Drabenstott explores one of the new culinary options in Bethlehem by chatting with Veronica and Quartez Moore, owners of The Taste Smokers, who bring Chicago-style barbecue and fixin's to the SouthSide.

It’s a tall order, but a group of brothers and friends are looking to bring the “greatest of all taverns” — or GOAT, for short — to Stockertown.

Every year we celebrate Black History Month, but these Black restaurant owners and chefs in South Jersey and Pennsylvania share their histories through the food they prepare for guests year-round. From fried chicken to smoked barbecue, their dishes tell the stories of their ancestors,  drawing from family recipes, regional traditions and ancestral experiences.  So this year, we spoke to four chefs about what food means to them and how their histories influence their menus.  Real Black h...