Ruggers Pub
Ruggers Pub: a bar where missing a few teeth is the norm. (Rugby isn’t messing around.)
Caliente (Aspinwall)
Come on, Caliente’s website is worldsbestpizza.com. If it’s on the internet, it has to be true, right? Pay attention: this is the one in Aspinwall.
11th Hour Brewing
It’s still so dark out, it feels like the 11th Hour. But it’s bright inside. (And someone confirmed there will be a food truck this time!)
Villa Reale
Enough of these fancy-dancy new-fangled breweries. Time for an old school Pittsburgh pizzeria.
J. Gough's Tavern
Say it out loud. Say it again, but faster. Get it? The run is from Greenfield this week.
*Location Change* Nadine's Bar & Restaurant
We’re calling an audible, and going to Nadine’s (Apparently Michael’s no longer has booze. It’s not Dry January yet, people!)
Hidden Harbor
Hidden Harbor: It’s where the fanciest gas station was in the 1930s. (Requested by Terry)
Huszar's
Huszar: It’s where the Recovery Room used to be. (It’s also the site of the first cancelled run in PWRD history. Thanks COVID.) (Suggested by Tim.)
Lawrence Hall
New place! Lawrence Hall. It’s where an 1890s warehouse that was used a movie theater used to be.
(Lolev seemed like a good idea, but they don’t have food trucks on Tuesdays. Whoops.)
Brillobox
New place! Brillobox: It’s where Penn Cafe used to be, and way before that, Ninehouser’s. And it’s been a tavern since 1895. That’s a track record. (Suggested by Jen)
Here’s the map. (Happy Thanksgiving!)
Mike's Beer Bar
Mike’s Beer Bar: It’s where Beerhead and the Beer Market used to be. (Suggested by Jessica)
Velum Fermentation
New place! Velum Fermentation: It’s where the Duquesne Brewing bottling plant used to be. (Suggested by Alex)
Cinderlands Warehouse
Cinderlands: It’s where the Spaghetti Warehouse used to be. (Suggested by Jessica)
Trace Brewing
Trace Brewing: It’s where a brass and bronze foundry used to be, followed The Shop (a punk rock venue). (Suggested by Jen)
Church Brew Works
Church Brew Works: It’s where St. John the Baptist Catholic Church used to be. (Suggested by Terry)
Bulldog Pub
Bulldog Pub: It’s where Wilk’s and Maroney’s and Petrilli’s used to be. (Suggested by Tim)
Ruggers Pub
Ruggers Pub: It’s roughly where the Brady Street Bridge used to be. (Suggested by Tim)
Moonlit Burgers (Uptown)
New place! Moonlit Burgers in Uptown: It’s where Red Ring used to be. (Suggested by Tim)
Tom's Watch Bar
Tom’s Watch Bar: It’s where Ben’s ill-fated restaurant was supposed to be. (Suggested by … someone. But not Tim.)
East End Brewing Company
East End Brewing is where an abandoned warehouse used to be. (Suggested by Alex)
Birmingham Bridge Tavern
Birmingham Bridge Tavern: It’s where Union Street used to be. (Look it up. 29th Street had a history of controversy in the naming of streets.) (Suggested by Tim)
Hitchhiker Brewing (Sharpsburg)
New spot! Hitchhiker Brewing in Sharpsburg is newly open on Tuesdays. It’s where Fort Pitt Brewing used to be. (Suggested by Jessica)
PS: Parking advice from Hitchhiker: Please do not park in the parking lot next to the brewery. This is not our parking lot and our customers do not have permission to park in this lot. Free on street parking is offered on all surrounding streets. In areas where there is Residential Permit Parking, this is only M-F 6am-6pm and excludes weekends.
In addition, there are two municipal parking lots located within two blocks on 13th St.
Primanti's (Downtown)
Primanti’s in Market Square: It’s where the first Allegheny County Courthouse used to be. (Suggested by Sean.)
Federal Galley
Federal Galley: It’s where the Allegheny Center Mall used to be. (Suggested by Jess & Matt.)
Sly Fox Highline
Sly Fox: It’s where the Pittsburgh Terminal Property used to be, apparently the largest, most efficient cargo warehouse between New York City and Chicago. (Suggested by Sean.)
Park Place Pub
Park Place Pub: It’s where a community storefront has been since the early 1900s. They didn’t have the internet then. (Suggested by Terry and by Tim)
11th Hour Brewing
New place! And it’s where the Lawrence Public School, built in 1872, used to be. (Suggested by Jessica.)
Penn Brewery
Penn Brewery is open on Tuesdays again! It’s where the E&O and Ober Brothers Breweries used to be. It’s good when some things don’t change. (Suggested by Alex and Matt.)
The Eagle
The Eagle: It’s where an office furniture company used to be. (Suggested by Sean.)
Lot 17
Lot 17: It’s where August F. Mueller’s used to be, according to the ad on the outside wall. (Suggested by Terry)
The Pitch on Butler
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.