The Brass Rail is coming back. Find out where and when.

Fans of The Brass Rail, your wishes have come true.

The restaurant — famed for its classic Americana dishes like cheesesteaks and hot dogs and which shut down after 91 years in business — is going to open a stand at the Allentown Farmers Market.

“We’re getting back in the game,” owner Mark Sorrentino said. “And we’re very excited for it.”

Talks to open at the farmers market began in the fall , but a lease has now been signed for Sorrentino to take a portion of the back end of the market, near Fairgrounds Grocery.

“We’re actually going to be a new spot, and we’ll have a totally blank canvas,” said Sorrentino, who is waiting on permits from Allentown to start construction, including seating and counters along with high-top tables to allow customers to sit and enjoy their meals.

The farmers market stand will rehire former employees, offering familiar faces to those who were regulars at The Brass Rail’s former spot on Lehigh Street in Allentown.

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As for an opening date? Sorrentino is hoping to start serving customers again in July.

That’s welcome news for Allentonians, who have flocked to the restaurant for years for its American food. The Brass Rail started over a century ago as a hamburger and hot dog stand by Sorrentino’s grandfather, Philip. The stand did well enough to expand into a standalone spot at 1137 Hamilton St. in 1933. That spot shut down in 2001, but not before it introduced its trademark steak sandwich.

The last Brass Rail location, at 3015 Lehigh St., shut down in June 2022 . The property, which was previously the location of the Three Roses Restaurant, was sold to a developer; Royal Farms, a convenience store chain in Baltimore, has filed plans to open a location at the spot . (Royal Farms has not responded to repeated requests for comment from The Morning Call.)

Sorrentino and his wife, Leigh — who will also be at the stand — are thrilled to come back and serve Allentonians the food they remember from The Brass Rail.

“We’ll have cheesesteaks, of course, and different forms of them,” he said. “Hot dogs, French fries, pierogis. A lot of the same stuff we used to have.”

Because the Allentown Farmers Market opens in the morning and Sorrentino knows it may be too early for customers to have the restaurant’s heavier lunch fare, he’s developing breakfast food. “We’ll have steak and eggs on a steak roll, and a bacon, egg and cheese on a toasted steak roll as well,” he said. “And we’ll also have hash browns.”

Sorrentino said that while he wanted to keep the menu simple and reflective of the original Brass Rail’s menu, he was open to adding items after the restaurant settles into business.

But most of all, Sorrentino is ready to be at the helm of his family’s restaurant again.

“It’s bittersweet that my father and grandfather aren’t around to see it, but this is a new beginning,” he said. “We’re anxious to get this new chapter started.”