Author: Hal B. Klein
Pusadee's Garden Will Close at End of Year (But Not Forever)
Look for some big changes at the Upper Lawrenceville restaurant, which is expected to shutter for at least a year.
Brian Pekarcik: From Ballfield to Brigade
The S + P Restaurant Group corporate chef and co-owner found a home in the kitchen after a sports injury.
Best of the 'Burgh 2017
Host an event in Pittsburgh’s urban sustainable homestead. Join a club for mushroom hunters. Tour a coal mine. Listen to some banjo music. We list our new favorite experiences, food, drink, personalities, stores, items and activities in the ’Burgh.
Restaurant Review: The Café Carnegie
The restaurant, run by Dinette’s Sonja J. Finn, boosts the dining experience at the Carnegie museums in Oakland.
Best of the 'Burgh: Food & Drink
From the bar snacks to egg sandwiches to nightcaps, our recommendations for when you are hungry, thirsty or both.
Best of the 'Burgh: Personalities
From a burlesque bridge-builder to a philosopher-fermento –– our favorite Pittsburgh originals.
Confirmed: Anthony Bourdain Is In Pittsburgh
The celebrated chef, author and television personality is in town to film an episode of his show Parts Unknown.
First Look: Iron Born at Smallman Galley
Pete Tolman's Detroit-style pizza at the Strip District restaurant incubator is a must-get.
Pittsburgh Magazine's Best Restaurant Party Preview
Plus, BRGR opens Downtown and we say farewell to the first class of Smallman Galley chefs.
Hungry For Something Good, Pittsburgh? Where We're Eating in June
We're crushing hamburgers, enjoying Colombian cuisine and road-tripping to Windber for Italian-American food. Plus, we chat with The Vandal's Csilla Thackray.
Pittsburgh Bartenders Give Back By Keeping Time
The Pittsburgh chapter of the USBG partners with Campari USA to create a calendar that will benefit Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.
Jeralyn Beach is Making Waves of Grain (and Other Crops)
The new general manager of Penn’s Corner Farm Alliance looks to broaden the cooperative’s appeal.
Pittsburgh's Best New Restaurant: Apteka
Apteka, operated by Kate Lasky and Tomasz Skowronski, is a vegan eatery that draws on Lasky’s sixth-generation Pittsburgh roots and Skowronski’s Polish heritage.
Pittsburgh's Best Delicious Design: Cocothé
Renovation of the Sewickley restaurant — completed in August 2016 — took about two months from start to finish.
Chef's Poll 2017: Pittsburgh Chefs Speak Up
This year we asked the chefs who appear on Pittsburgh Magazine’s Best Restaurants lists to answer seven questions; we received responses from 24 chefs. As was the case for our chefs’ polls in the previous two years, responses varied widely.
Fond Goodbyes: Three Pittsburgh Restaurants We Will Miss
Three Pittsburgh Magazine Best Restaurants honorees closed their doors last year. While gone, they certainly are not forgotten.
Station's Hours Expand and Le Lyonnais Opens Downtown
Station, the excellent Bloomfield eatery, now offers lunch service. The Big Y Group opens a French bistro in the space previously occupied by Sonoma Grille.
Severino Stirs Up Controversy By Serving Horse
The executive chef/co-owner of Cure and Morcilla responds to backlash to his recent Cure'ated Dinner Series menu.
Legume Bistro Turns 10
Trevett and Sarah Hooper's Oakland restaurant is beloved by everyone from seasonal to special occasion diners.
Hungry For Something Good, Pittsburgh? Where We're Eating in May
We're snacking on dulce de leche, checking out a new restaurant from a Pittsburgh favorite, eating chicken parm in the Strip and Indian food in Aspinwall. Plus, we chat with Smallman Galley bartender Cat Cannon.
Steven Soderbergh Brings Bolivian Spirit to Pittsburgh
The award-winning director/producer returns to the city where he spent part of his childhood with Singani 63.
Peter Kurzweg Isn’t Joking (About Beer)
According to the co-owner of the Independent Brewing Company, bigger isn’t necessarily better when it comes to beer selection.
Restaurant Review: DiAnoia's Eatery Bridges the Gap
With a little work, the Strip District restaurant could become a Pittsburgh classic.
Scratch Food & Beverage Has a New Executive Chef
Brandon Blumenfeld introduces an American gastropub menu at the Troy Hill bar.
Meet the New Smallman Galley Chefs
The owners of the Strip District restaurant incubator have selected its new lineup of restaurants.
New Option for Lunch: Union Standard in Downtown Pittsburgh
Derek Stevens' eatery will offer a daytime menu selection of starters, salads, sandwiches and entrees.
Hungry For Something Good, Pittsburgh? Where We're Eating In April
We're visiting a Turkish Market, eating cheese expertly paired with condiments, enjoying Caribbean cuisine and revisiting one of our favorite sandwich shops. Plus, we chat with Sabatino ‘Sam’ DiBattista, Executive Chef/Owner of Vivo Kitchen.
Tender Bar + Kitchen Will Close
The Lawrenceville bar will stir and shake its last cocktails in April.
An Important Pittsburgh Birthday: Wigle Whiskey Turns Five
The Strip District distillery is celebrating with a release of a rare whiskey, parties and a new Downtown tasting room.
Dish Osteria and Bar To Close
The beloved Pittsburgh institution will serve its last meal in April.
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy's Meg Cheever To Step Down
The nonprofit's founding President and CEO will leave her position early next year.
Kamayan Feast Coming To Kaya in the Strip District
Executive Chef Ben Sloan will offer a festive, eat-with-your-hands spread on Tuesday nights.
Le Chef du Complexe Lemieux
Mark Collins once ran a popular French bistro. Now he’s in charge of food prepared at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex.
Booze, Beer and Bars: Pittsburgh's Fascinating History of Drink
Bartender Sean Enright and journalist Cody McDevitt dive into Pittsburgh's boozy history with "Pittsburgh Drinks: A History of Cocktails, Nightlife & Bartending Tradition."
412 Food Rescue: Revolutionary Repurposing
Pittsburgh’s 412 Food Rescue blends traditional community outreach with of-the-moment technology to get food to those who need it.
Restaurant Review: Pork & Beans
The latest restaurant from the Richard DeShantz Restaurant Group brings Texas-style smoked meats and more to Downtown.
Burgh'ers Is Set To Open in Lawrenceville
The farm-to-burger restaurant's move to Lawrenceville is nearly a decade in the making.
Justin Severino's Cross-Country Move
The executive chef/co-owner of Cure and Morcilla takes his celebrated charcuterie to Los Angeles.
CSA Day Reminds Pittsburghers (and Beyond) To Support Local Farms
It's the third year running for the concept, which was created by Simon Huntley of Pittsburgh's Small Farm Central.
Hungry for Something Good Pittsburgh? Where We're Eating in March
We're visiting a contemporary café, market and coffee shop with the feel of an old-time neighborhood grocery, sampling extraordinary seafood in one of the “Best Bars in Pittsburgh” and visiting the region’s epicenter of vegetarian Indian cuisine. Plus we chat with Danielle Felix, Chef de Cuisine at Cure.
Union Standard Will Open This Weekend
The highly anticipated restaurant from Derek Stevens is located in the Union Trust building Downtown.
How Jake Seltman is Growing New Shoots in Pittsburgh
Seltman is the new executive director of Grow Pittsburgh.
A History of Pittsburgh, in 50 Artifacts
For a city only two centuries old, Pittsburgh has amassed a surprising amount of history. To assemble this collection of 50 of the region’s most fascinating historical artifacts, we hunted through museums, archives and private collections. We also looked for things many of us might pass each day without appreciating their significance. History, at its core, is a story. Each of these objects is a part of a bigger story — of a confluence of three rivers flowing down through the ages, and of the people who came to live by those rivers, and what they made and said and did.
Restaurant Review: Salem's Market & Grill in the Strip District
Salem’s offers accessible and delicious meals for Pittsburghers of all stripes.
Four Pittsburgh Chefs Honored on James Beard Long List
The four are semifinalists for James Beard Foundation Awards, considered the most prestigious of the nation's culinary honors.
Casellula @ Alphabet City Brings Cheese Forward in Pittsburgh
The offshoot of the popular NYC cheese bar offers a deep fromage menu, small plates, wine and more.
