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Sara Innamorato, now in her second year as Allegheny County executive, is the first woman elected to the position that oversees services for the county’s 1.3 million residents.

Born in Ross, she recently added dog walks to her busy schedule after adopting an 8-pound Papillon mix named Lucy. In her free time, she loves visiting farmers markets, cooking (she’s a vegetarian) and checking out books at the library with the hope of actually reading them.

At press time, she was scheduled to close on a Wilkinsburg house in late July, leaving her longtime place in Lawrenceville. So we wanted to know: What is Sara Innamorato’s Best of the ’Burgh?

What’s your Pittsburgh “hidden gem,” a place that you love that doesn’t get the attention it deserves?

Our public outdoor spaces. “I’ll make a plug for our county parks … You have everything: wave pools, a herd of buffalo, a full-operating farm and, you know, mountain bike trails … It’s something that could be elevated and really used as a tourist attraction.”

If you could only eat one local meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Pierogies — because of their versatility.

If Pittsburgh had a theme song, what would it be?

“The River” by Bruce Springsteen. “It references the hills, the valleys, the rivers. There’s references to union cards — dramatic love stories as well.”

What’s the annual tradition that you wait for every year?

The Garden Party at the Mattress Factory. “I aspire every year to be creative and make my own outfit and be really outrageous.”

Favorite Pittsburgh appearance in a movie or on television?

It’s a tie: “The Pitt” and “The Dark Knight Rises.”

What’s your unpopular Pittsburgh opinion? What is something you think about the city (or a famous aspect of it) that won’t win you any friends?

“Oh my gosh, I do not like ketchup. I know it’s an unpopular opinion, but I’d rather get my fries into mayo or vinegar or ranch or really anything else besides ketchup.”

Where’s the first place you take out-of-town guests?

Besides an incline ride to Mount Washington — Apteka. “It’s delicious.”

You get one incline ride with any Pittsburgher, living or dead. Who is it?

Fred Rogers. “When you’re thinking about now, the division that exists across political parties, and they’re trying to strip away funding for public television and public radio … I think Mister Rogers was just able to transcend a lot of that tension in a way that really united people. And I would just ask for his advice right now — how to do the work to remind people that we’re all neighbors.”

If you could bring back one Pittsburgh place or restaurant that’s no longer there, which would you pick?

The Shadow Lounge in East Liberty