2012 Best Restaurants: Readers' Poll Results

Featuring first, second and third-place winners as determined by thousands of reader-cast ballots and tabulated by Grossman Yanak & Ford LLP.

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Salt of the Earth photo by Laura Petrilla

Al Fresco

➊Pusadee’s Garden
pusadeesgarden.com

➋Il Pizzaiolo
ilpizzaiolo.com

➌Andora Restaurant
andorarestaurant.com

American

➊Bistro 19
bistro19.com

➋Six Penn Kitchen
sixpennkitchen.com

➌Atria’s Restaurant and Tavern
atrias.com

Atmosphere/Ambiance

➊Eleven
bigburrito.com/eleven

➋LeMont
lemontpittsburgh.com

➌Dish Osteria and Bar
dishosteria.com

➌Isabela on Grandview
isabelaongrandview.com (tie)

Authentic Pittsburgh Fare

➊Primanti Bros.
primantibros.com

➋Fat Head’s Saloon
fatheads.com

➌Szmidt’s Old World Deli

Bakery

➊Oakmont Bakery
oakmontbakery.com

➋Priory Fine Pastries
prioryfinepastries.com

➌Prantl’s Bakery
prantlsbakery.com

Banquet Hall

➊Grand Hall at the Priory
pittsburghsgrandhall.com

➋Rivers Casino
theriverscasino.com

➌The Chadwick
chadwickevents.com

Best-Kept Secret

➊Kaleidoscope Cafe

➋Spadafora’s Bar & Restaurant
spadaforas.net

➋Valliant’s Diner
valliantsdiner.com

Breakfast

➊Pamela’s P&G Diner
pamelasdiner.com

➋Eat’n Park
eatnpark.com

➌DeLuca’s

Breathtaking View

➊LeMont
lemontpittsburgh.com

➋Isabela on Grandview
isabelaongrandview.com

➌Monterey Bay Fish Grotto
montereybayfishgrotto.com

Brunch

➊Grand Concourse
muer.com

➋Paris 66
paris66bistro.xbuild.com

➌Coca Cafe
cocacafe.net

Best Restaurants 2012

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25 Best Restaurants: 2012

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2012 Best Restaurants: Readers' Poll Results

2012 Best Restaurants: Readers' Poll Results

Featuring first, second and third-place winners as determined by thousands of reader-cast ballots.

2012 Chef of the Year

2012 Chef of the Year

This year, we honor the inventive Brian Pekarcik, executive chef of Spoon and BRGR Bar.

2012 Rising Star Chef

2012 Rising Star Chef

Stephen Felder, executive chef and co-founder of Stagioni.

2012 Best New Restaurant

2012 Best New Restaurant

Legume has been reborn in Oakland, and chef Trevett Hooper is still as fearless as ever.

2012 Delicious Design

2012 Delicious Design

The Porch at Schenley, a vibrant and eco-friendly Oakland eatery, embodies the ideals of green construction.

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