Archive For The “BYOB” Category
La Feria
By Erika | May 19, 2006
La Feria 5527 Walnut St Shadyside, 15232 412-682-4501 M-Sat: 11-10 YUM! La Feria is my favorite treat ever. La Feria specializes in bringing Peruvian culture to Pittsburgh. Hot Damn, we are a lucky city! Look at all the ethnic places we have available to us: Vietnamese, Japanese, Indian (Northern and Southern), Korean, Ethiopian, Argentinean, Mediterranean, [...]
Coca Café
By Erika | April 3, 2006
Coca Café 3811 Butler St Lawrenceville 15201 412-621-3171 T-F 7-3, Sat 8-4, Sun 10-3 I’m going to do something I don’t normally do: be straightforward. Coca Café is one of my new favorite breakfast huts in town. Not only is it cheap and delicious, but the menu has all sorts of items covering a little [...]
Abay
By Erika | March 22, 2006
Abay 130 S Highland Ave East Liberty, 15206 412-661-9735 T-Sat 11:30-2:30 and 5-10; Sun 11:30-2:30 and 5-9 When we heard rumors that an Ethiopian restaurant was coming to little ole’ Pittsburgh, my friends and I were overjoyed. While waiting for months for the restaurant to open, we wound up promising everyone we knew that we’d [...]
The Fajita Grill 5865 Ellsworth Ave Shadyside, 15232 (412) 362-3030 T-Sun 11am-4am; 5pm-10pm This restaurant’s name is eponymous with its specialty: fajitas. No where around these parts will you find a finer fajita, with all the options you could dream up, and plenty of toppings. In fact, you won’t just find fine fajitas at the [...]
Sweet Basil & La Filipiniana Lawrenceville Location: 5321 Butler St 412-781-8724 T-S: 5-1 Squirrel Hill Location: 2022 Murray Ave 412-422-8950 Lunch : T-F . 11.30-3 Dinner : T-F 5-10, Sat-Sun 12-10 Looking for something exotic and interesting? Look no further: try Sweet Basil & La Filipiniana, a Thai and Filipino restaurant that is in Lawrenceville [...]
The Mediterranean Grill 5824 Forbes Ave, Squirrel Hill 412-521-5505 Mon – Sat 11:30-9:30 This Lebanese place is one of the best kept secrets of the Mediterranean scene in Pittsburgh. Actually, that is the subject of much debate, as I know people who might say they think Kassab’s or Aladdin’s is better, but this just reflects [...]
Vivo
By Erika | January 13, 2006
Vivo 565 Lincoln Ave Bellevue, PA 15202-3531 (412) 761-9500 Wed-Sat 5-9:30 Just wait until you eat here! This restaurant is so good, so careful about its preparation, so attuned to their ingredients – it is a special find indeed. It is very expensive, BYOB, and out in the middle of nowhere-land, but the food AND [...]