The craft beer scene in Pittsburgh just got a little bit bigger. The highly-anticipated Mindful Brewing Company opens today in Castle Shannon. The brewery will feature a bar, restaurant, and bottle shop with a deep selection of bottles, including lots of local brews. In a piece for the … [Read more...]
Piada Italian Street Food Now Open in Oakland
Piada Italian Street Food, a fast-casual restaurant chain with roots in Ohio, is now open for business in Oakland. The restaurant’s menu features salads, pastas and ‘piadas,’ which are wraps made with thin crust dough that’s been baked on a grill, and rolled with fillings, like steak, arugula and … [Read more...]
Five Spot Fridays: Eliza Jane Brown of Prohibition Pastries
Eliza Jane Brown is a genius at finding new ways to spike classic dishes. She was whipping up boozy baked goods and treats at Eliza’s Oven in the Pittsburgh Public Market until the market closed earlier this year, and now, she has her sights set on her own storefront, with Prohibition Pastries set … [Read more...]
Five Spot Friday: Chocolate Moosey’s Carla Cardello Loves A Good Cup of Coffee
Recipe developer, food photographer and full-time foodie Carla Cardello knows where to find the best food in town – in her kitchen. As she shares with her thousands of readers on her blog Chocolate Moosey, Cardello spends her days creating savory and sweet recipes that even novice home chefs can … [Read more...]
Five Spot Friday: What We’re Eating Right Now
Sometimes we get lazy, and put off doing things that we have been meaning to do… for a long time. Like, writing our Five Spot Friday list of the five things that we’re eating right now in Pittsburgh. It was on our to-do list for so long, and just didn’t happen. But, we’re changing that now! We’re … [Read more...]
The Pittsburgh Canning Exchange’s Gabe Tilove Shares His Spicy Picks in Today’s Five Spot Friday
As one of the founders of the Pittsburgh Canning Exchange, Gabe Tilove knows and appreciates good food - especially when it's local. In his day job, Tilove coordinates adult education for Phipps Conservatory, and spends his spring and summers gardening, and home preserving his own food. So it's … [Read more...]
Breaking Chews: WTAE’s Ashlie Hardway Shares Her Favorite Pittsburgh Dishes in Today’s Five Spot Friday
Ashlie Hardway knows Pittsburgh. As a reporter for WTAE-TV, she spends her days on the road, breaking stories throughout Western PA. With her busy work schedule, she often eats on the run - and has a trove of hidden gem restaurants that she's found on her travels. Read on to find her five spot picks … [Read more...]
Toll Gate Vintage’s Seth Hunter Shares His BBQ-Slathered PGH Picks: Five Spot Fridays
We’ve spent the last six months sharing our picks for the best places, dishes, and products that Pittsburgh has to offer – and now, it’s time to ask our readers what their favorites are. Today, we’re launching the first entry of Five Spot Fridays, a weekly series that shares the most delicious … [Read more...]
The Five Spot: Your Must Eat List
As we enter the last unofficial week of summer, we’re reflecting on all of the delicious dishes that we had this season. From hanger steak and creamed corn at Root 174 toJapanese Wagyu Kushiyaki beef at Fukuda, we got to enjoy an amazing array of culinary delights. In this edition of The 5 Spot, … [Read more...]
The Five Spot: Your Must-Eat List
In Pittsburgh, there are some dishes that we can (and do) eat again, and again, and again. And then there are special, seasonal treats that you need to try before they’re gone. In this edition of The Five Spot, we’re highlighting the five dishes that we’re eating (and cocktails we’re drinking) right … [Read more...]