The city of Pittsburgh is known for having a remarkable neighborhood atmosphere. It is repeatedly included in the rankings of the “Most Livable City” because of its rich culture and tradition, especially when it comes to its wide array of cuisines that they offer to their visitors. The city may not be as sophisticated as [...]
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Goodbye Pittsburgh
So I’ve officially left Pittsburgh. I’m sitting in a hotel room in Lincoln, NE at the moment on my laptop watching the NBA finals with my dog. I have 2 more days of driving left until I reach Utah. My last week in Pittsburgh was spent selling the remainder of my stuff on Craigslist, hanging [...]
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Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza
I headed out to Monroeville on Monday for lunch. I’ve been wanting to check out Sammy’s Kebab House for awhile now. Working in Murrsyville we have quite a few food options around our work location on 286, so we don’t venture out to Monroeville too often, partly because traffic can be a pain in the [...]
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The Pittsburgh Food Experiments Review
In a previous article, I gave a shout-out to an upcoming event called the Pittsburgh Dumpling Experiment, which was a part of a larger national tour called the Food Experiment National Tour. On Sunday, the tour stopped in Pittsburgh at Mr. Smalls and my friend Will and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity for $10 [...]
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The Pittsburgh Dumpling Experiment
Attention Pittsburgh amateur chefs and people that like to eat and drink good beer: The Brooklyn Brewery Food Experiment Tour is coming to Pittsburgh. For the Competitors The tour is trying to find the best amateur chefs from around the nation and they will be making a stop in Pittsburgh on Sunday May 20th. Chefs [...]
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Penn’s Corner CSA Week 3 – 5
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged, so hopefully this will get me back into the swing of things. (I’ve been busy packing and moving my stuff to Utah – yes, my house is still for sale.) I have a few posts in the pipe (visit to BRGR, a trip to the Strip District, and [...]
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Pittsburgh Craft Beer Week
Yes that’s right – an entire week devoted to celebrating the wonders of craft beer! A craft brewer is defined as a small, independent, traditional beer maker. Generally a craft brewer produces 6 million barrels of beer per year (or fewer). The majority of craft brewers are not owned by a larger alcoholic beverage industry [...]
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Penn’s Corner CSA Week 2
I was so excited about the first week, that I decided I should share my bounty from week #2. If you aren’t familiar with what a farm share is, check out my post from last week about the Penn’s Corner Farm Share – Week 1. We got the preview email over the weekend while we [...]
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Penn’s Corner Farm Share
“It’s like Christmas for grownups, except the presents come every week, and instead of toys there are turnips and spinach.” A coworker of mine turned me on to the idea of buying into a farm share last summer. Before that mention, I’d never heard of the concept. And although I grow my own garden every [...]
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The Franklin Inn
I know I promised this review last week. I put it off a little too long so I’m going to try to write about everything I can remember. We had a pretty big group, so if any of you are reading this, feel free to chime in below in the comment section. Ever since I [...]
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