A new place! El Sabor: It’s where some random sports bar might have used to be. (And, fun fact, it’s in a spot that was voted “eyesore property” of the month back in 2009. Boy, how that has turned around in 15 years - it’s a great little Latin Kitchen now!)
Burgatory: It’s where Three Rivers Stadium used to be.
The Abbey: It’s where Henninger Funeral Home and The Wayne Brass Foundry used to be.
Sly Fox Taphouse at the Point: It’s where Stone Neapolitan Pizza used to be. (And before that, a bunch of state government offices. Look, I found that information on the internet, and now you need to know it too.)
Stack’d in Oakland: It’s where Joe Mama’s used to be.
Allegheny City Brewing: Assuming its new taproom is open, it’s where - most recently - a vacant lot used to be. (If the taproom is not open, head back to Foreland Street and the main brewery. There used to be an old seafood restaurant that had an “underwater” Aquamarine room on that corner.)
Spork Pie: It’s where Double Wide Grill used to be. OK, it is what Double Wide used to be. I guess they rebranded? Are sporks cooler than trailers?
The Pitch on Butler: It’s where No Name’s (for a hot second), NPL, Gus’s, and Backroom Bar and Grill used to be. That bar has seen some stuff, kids.
Hofbrauhaus: It’s where J&L Steel used to be. (There’s a historical marker on the trail and everything!)
Two map options for you:
1) If you’re fancy, here’s one option.
2) If you’re not, Darrin offers: Go to the trail. Face east. Run until you are half as far as you want to go in total. Turn around. Come back.
Roland's: It used to be The Rail Restaurant in the 1940s, and it used to be on 28th and Penn. Who knew?!
Southern Tier: It’s where the rest of Gold Lot 2 used to be, and where Toby Keith’s bar and then NPL were supposed to be.
Here’s the map — it’s kind of a marathon course preview!
Chupka's 2: A Pittsburgh classic. I assume it’s been there since steel workers were having an Iron and Imp at lunch.
Dancing Gnome: It’s where a random warehouse used to be.
City Kitchen: It’s where Galley Bakery Square used to be. And where Social used to be. And, if you go back far enough, where it used to be a Nabisco factory.
Aslin: It’s where the Produce Terminal used to be!
CHANGED LOCATION: As it turns out Tom’s Watch Bar isn’t open on Tuesdays. Whoops. We’ll just head to the other side of PNC Park to Mike’s Beer Bar. Mike. Tom. Same difference, right?
(Also, it’s where Beerhead and the Beer Market used to be.)
Fat Head's: It’s where an insurance, real estate, and notary public office used to be… in, like, 1874, But perhaps you don’t remember those days.
A new place! St. Clair Social: It’s where The Sharp Edge used to be.
Cinderlands: It’s where the Spaghetti Warehouse used to be.
Voodoo: It’s where Rivertown used to be.
Urban Tap on the South Side: It’s where Old Europe used to be! (And that place sounds like it had some real Pittsburgh character - Ukrainian food, pierogis, goulash.) It also used to be Mantini’s Woodfired and then the Brik Room.
Silky’s is a Bloomfield institution. Their tagine is “Food. Fun. Libations.” (not necessarily in that order).
You know, it’s where that furniture store used to be. Now it’s an arcade/restaurant/bar.
I’d tell you what the Modern Cafe used to be, but the Modern has been a North Side standard since 1933 (yes, the same year that the Steelers were founded).*
*The Modern Cafe was also the sight of one of the best trivia nights ever — the win was decided by arm wrestling.
Your New Year’s Resolution is one day old. If it was focused on healthy eating, time to blow it up with Tuesday Pizza Night.
Celebrate Boxing Day at OTB in the South Side. Hopefully you got that bike you wanted over the holidays!
It’s called Dive Bar, but it’s no dive. It’s like calling a really tall guy Shorty… very confusing.
It’s time for the holiday lights run! Let’s not screw around. We’ll start this run in the belly of the holiday-festive beast: Market Square!
Here’s the Lights Map! (Sorry it’s late.)
We haven’t been here in ages. Enjoy your favorite cocktails and pretend you’re in Mad Men or something.
OK, we’re having back-to-back weeks at these new bowling/gaming places popping up all over the city. It’s a chance for side-by-side comparison of the North Side and South Side varieties. You decide!
Thanksgiving and family are just a few days away. Do some advance stress-reduction with games and fire pits at Shorty's.
Everyday is Yeungling special day at Lot 17! That’s a win.
Anyone else still remember when this place was the Spaghetti Warehouse?
Happy Halloween! Wear a costume if you want! Maybe the skunk mascot of Stinky’s? You do you.
Aren’t all foxes sly? Isn’t that a key characteristics of foxes? Just wondering.
With roughly four restaurants, 24 taps, and a bunch of cocktails, there are lots of options tonight!
Do you have to go through the back of a magical wardrobe to find this place? Oh, no. That would be Aslan, not Aslin. Very confusing for childhood book nerds.
