Archive For The “Misc” Category
NaCl (Salt of the Earth) 5523 Penn Ave Garfield 15206 412-441-7258 M-Sat: 5pm – 1am (kitchen closes at midnight); Closed Sunday http://www.saltpgh.com/ Yay for new restaurants! Salt, NaCl, Salt of the Earth, whatever you want to call it, has been getting tons of press, and as a result, tons of play. I’ve been twice now, [...]
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 [...]
Jimmy Tsang’s 5700 Centre Ave Shadyside 15206 412-661-4226 M-Th: 11:30-10; F-Sat 11:30-11; Sun 3-9 Gotta say – this has been an interesting month. And on top of that, I’ve been hitting up an unusual category of restaurant: the kind that you’ve noticed around town and that sticks in your mind but that you never even [...]
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 [...]
Orchids – CLOSED 4519 Centre Ave North Oakland, 15213 412-688-8383 M-F: 11-2:30, 5-10; Sat-Sun: 11:30-3, 5-10 (buffet only at lunchtime) Just when I thought we had a long road of sub-genius restaurants ahead of us, in Week 8 we found a surprise in the relatively brand new restaurant, Orchids. Orchids moved into the old location [...]
Taco Loco 2700 Jane St South Side, PA 15203 (412) 488-8858 Tu-Th: 11-10; F&Sat: 11am-Midnight; Sun: 12-9 I think I may have mentioned Taco Loco in a previous review where I was raving about Mexico City (the restaurant), but I have been up late every night since worrying that it came off as if I [...]