Archive For The “Casual” Category
Quiet Storm 5430 Penn Ave Garfield 15206 (412) 661-9355 www.qspgh.com (has menus!) M, W-Sat: 9-9; Sun 10-4; Closed Tuesday As long as I am writing up places that requested my opinion, I think I will finally get around to Quiet Storm. Jill from Quiet Storm actually wrote to me many moons ago, in 2006, requesting [...]
Ritter’s Diner 5221 Baum Blvd (412) 682-4852 24 hours Oh Ritter’s. You are so…. Ritter’s! This place has so much individuality, it is practically its own person. And more than any other place I know in Pittsburgh, everyone I’ve talked to is completely polarized about it. They either got burned by or are totally in [...]
Eat Unique 305 South Craig St. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-683-9993 M-F, 7:30am-8pm; Sat, 10am-5:30pm In Pittsburgh we have no shortage of delicious, locally owned restaurants, as you can see from the loads of reviews posted here. But, these are mostly sit-down with entrées and service, best for dinner. When it comes to lunchtime, ‘burghers are [...]
Pho Minh
By Erika | July 24, 2009
Pho Minh 4917 Penn Ave Garfield, 15224 412-661-7443 M,W,Th: 11-2, 5-9; F-Sat: 11-10; Sun: 12-8; Closed Tu. I’ve been meaning to go to Pho Minh for a while, and frankly I’m not sure how I went almost 12 years in the city, never going there. I have to admit, I’ve been a Tram’s enthusiast for [...]
Cuzamil
By Erika | April 24, 2007
Cuzamil 2109 Murray Ave Squirrel Hill, 15217 M-F: 5pm-2am; Sat-Sun: Noon-2am Cuzamil is a new Mexican restaurant that took over the space previously occupied by the incredibly authentic Mi Mexico in Squirrel Hill. Like Mi Mexico, it’s main draws are that it isn’t awful, and it is the only Mexican restaurant within walking distance to [...]
People’s Indian Restaurant 5147 Penn Ave Garfield (East End), 15224 412-661-3160 M-Sun: 11am-10pm Holy Cannoli! It is Week 9! Because it was the day of the Super-Snow, we decided to go local and pick People’s Indian, on Penn. People’s used to be the hipster-favorite about 5 years ago. Since then, the new hipster Indian scene [...]
Namaste India 3101 Banksville Rd Pittsburgh, PA 15216 (412) 563-1901 M: 5-10; Tues-Fri: 11:30-2:30, 5-10; Sat-Sun: Noon-3, 5-10 As we get through Week 7 of the Indian Food-A-Thon, I’d like to reiterate how lucky I feel we are in Pittsburgh to have such a large number of Indian restaurants at our disposal. Unfortunately, not all [...]
India Garden: Monroeville 3813 William Penn Hwy Monroeville, 15146 412-372-0400 M: 12-10 ; Tues-Sat: 11:30-10; Sun: 5-10 As we hit our stride going into Week 6 of the Indian Food-A-Thon, we decided to go to the sister restaurant of a place most of the rating panel has been to many times, Indian Garden. The familiar [...]

