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.
We're visiting a Mediterranean market, dining in a stunning new museum restaurant in Oakland and eating soup dumplings in Squirrel Hill. Plus, we talk with Dennis Marron of the forthcoming restaurants Merchant Oyster Company and or, The Whale.
Many Pittsburgh bars have solid beer lists, well-mixed cocktails or a bartender who's handy with a shot and a story. We need more than that. What makes these bars the best?
#pixburgh: A Photographic Experience features images from the Sen. John Heinz History Center vault, which contains close to 1 million images. The show features a sampling of 400 images from the 1850s through today — including landmarks, fun, folly and floods.
We're drinking cold-pressed juice in Lawrenceville, dining at a new Italian eatery in the Strip, an old favorite in the South Side and adventuring for Korean food in Beaver. Plus, we talk to Hidden Harbor lead bartender Max Stein.
We visit a gourmet market in Aspinwall, a much-anticipated Downtown barbecue restaurant, a new Taiwanese kitchen and more. Plus, we talk to Pirata bar consultant Spencer Warren.
The chilling prospect of scampering from the parking lot can put a damper on plans for a winter’s evening out. Here are options that will allow you to stay indoors the whole way when the weather outside is frightful, so you can leave your overcoat and galoshes in the car.
