Pocono Brewery Company’s Lehigh Valley taproom closed about a week ago at the Lehigh Valley Mall’s outdoor lifestyle center in Whitehall Township, head brewer Jean-Luc Vitiello told 69 News.

These are the new restaurants that have opened or announced they would be opening soon, and restaurants that have closed in the Capital Region area of upstate New York.

Kirkstall Bridge Inn. Riverside beer garden beloved for its canal-side charm and Kirkstall Brewery ales. ... North Taproom. 24 taps of North Brewing craft beer, ...