What makes Dinner Lab different than your typical restaurant popup is that the events often feature local sous chefs, line cooks and others who don't often get a chance to call the shots.
A consistent focus on quality of ingredients is a big part of what keeps Casbah, even with an influx of new restaurants in Pittsburgh, worthy of return visits.
Get ready to eat Pittsburgh — because a number of new restaurants are expected to open this fall. Here are a few I'm most looking forward to trying out.
Spencer Warren, beverage director of the downtown restaurant group that includes Butcher and the Rye, Tako and Meat & Potatoes, is a genuine star at Tales. He's Pittsburgh’s most noticeable bartender at the event.
Bread and Salt Bakery's Anti-Pasta event — which offered wine, multiple food courses, live music and flicks — best illustrates the dinner model our city desires.