Drink up – it’s for a good cause. Maggie’s Farm Rum Distillery is hosting a Rum Tasting party this Thursday, with proceeds benefiting the Hôpital Albert Schweitzer Haiti. The $5K Rum is being held from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Maggie’s Farm. Each ticket is $50 per person, and includes two rum … [Read more...]
Celebrate Local Food Month at East End Food Co-Op
September is Local Food Month, and the East End Food Co-op is celebrating by highlighting local vendors with in-store events, and a local food sampling session on September 24. Throughout the month, the co-op will be identifying locally-made products with special Local Food Month tags in each … [Read more...]
New End-of-Summer Cocktail at Tender Bar + Kitchen
Celebrate the last couple weeks of summer at one of our favorite Lawrenceville spots, Tender Bar + Kitchen. They have just introduced a new end-of-summer cocktail, called Indian Summer. The seasonal drink is made with Plymouth gin, Becherovka, cassis, pear brandy, lemon, Angostura and fig … [Read more...]
Beginner Beekeeping Courses At Burgh Bees
Do you have a dream of housing your own backyard beehives? Burgh Bees, the Pittsburgh-based nonprofit that educates budding beekeepers and promotes beekeeping is offering a whole slew of classes this autumn to get you started. The group will host three Beekeeping 101 classes for beginner … [Read more...]
A Taste of Pittsburgh at Notion Restaurant.
Love Pittsburgh? So do we! That’s why we’re so excited for Notion Restaurant’s ‘A Taste of Pittsburgh’ menu, featured next week. Notion’s chef Dave Racicot is combining modern cooking techniques with iconic Pittsburgh dishes, like cabbage rolls, pierogies, and Klondike bars, and will be putting … [Read more...]
New Fall Menu at Out of the Fire Café
The charming Out of the Fire Café in the Laurel Highlands is celebrating the changing seasons with a new Fall menu. The full menu is available online, but we’ve picked some of our favorite lunch and dinner options: Autumn Salad: Butternut squash, beets, herbed ricotta, endive and orange … [Read more...]
Pasta Making Class at Lidia’s Italy
Nothing is better than fresh pasta, and if you didn’t have a Nana to teach you how to make it yourself like I did, taking a class from a fantastic chef is really the next best thing. Lidia’s Italy executive Jeremy Voytish will be teaching a pasta-making class at the restaurant on Saturday, … [Read more...]
Instagramables: Meat & Potatoes
We can’t stop staring at this shot of Meat & Potatoes newest menu item, a Hamachi ceviche, perfect with those end-of-summer after work cocktails. It's made with Yellowtail tuna, yuzu, wasabi tobiko, aji rocota and topped with cilantro. We think it’s the best $12 you’ll spend all day. … [Read more...]
Li’l Pour Event at Whole Foods Pittsburgh
Couldn’t get tickets to this week’s Big Pour event at Construction Junction? Whole Foods is stepping up with their own mini-celebration of local brews. Tonight from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Whole Foods Market in Pittsburgh will be hosting a Li’l Pour event outside the store, pouring samples from four … [Read more...]
New Fall Dessert Menu at Habitat
It may still feel just like summer, but we promise, Fall is coming. And that means that all of our favorite Pittsburgh restaurants are starting to roll out their Fall menus. First up is Habitat, which just launched a new dessert menu. We can’t wait to satisfy our sweet tooth with these … [Read more...]