Category Archives: food & drink

Pgh is Lovely – New Restaurants & Valentine’s Day Ideas (Radio Round Up)

Here is a round up of the events we shared on the DVE morning show today. We had a great discussion about new restaurants in Pittsburgh and great food bloggers so many new places to check out. Plus lots of love-ly events to check out this weekend and for Valentine’s Day. New Restaurants in Town Station Street Hot Dogs – located behind the more

14 Ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day in Pittsburgh.

We have searched high and low (ok, we read a lot of blogs and answered a lot of tweets) to bring you a list of 14 unique ways to celebrate February 14, 2012.  I had an annual Valentine’s Day tradition of pizza at Aiello’s in Sq. Hill with a dear friend who now lives in New Orleans. This list includes something for everyone at every price point. more

Mad Lovin’ – MadMex Valentine’s Day Special

The folks at the Big Burrito restaurant group are good at special events – check out their latest newsletter for a run down of all of their restaurants - reservations are suggested.  ( I just looked at OpenTable for Tue. Feb 14 – there are a few seating left for early – before 5pm or late – after 9:30pm at Soba, Casbah, Umi.) Should you more

Sneak Peek at Station Street Hot Dogs

Twitter is all abuzz about the newest establishment to open in Pittsburgh.  Station Street Hot Dogs, located on Broad Street (kind of behind the new Target) in East Liberty, official opens today at 4pm. We got a sneak peek at the place from Dave Lagnese (who is a super supporter of the neighborhood – stop by and say hello to him at the East Liberty more

Good Grubbing With You – Following Up on the First GrubWithUs Dinner

A few weeks ago we posted about the website GrubWithUs and the first Pittsburgh GrubWithUs meal – see our original post here. The event was a great success. Check out some of the feedback and learn about upcoming meals. [View the story "A Follow Up on GrubWithUs in Pittsburgh" on Storify] more

Pittsburgh Restaurant Week 2012: January 16-22

Next week forget about cooking and cleaning up your kitchen, and make a reservation somewhere for Pittsburgh Restaurant Week! From January 16-22, participating Pittsburgh restaurants will be offering discounted specials and dining options for locals to get out and enjoy some delicious food at inexpensive prices. It’s a chance for people from the more

Grub With Pgh – New Website Plans Family Style Meals for Strangers

I first learned about the website GrubWithUs sometime last fall. Their tag line – eat with awesome people – caught my eye. GrubWithUs is a service that organizes family style dinners around restaurants and/or topics. Is dining with a group of strangers awkward? It could be, but it look like GrubWithUs has had some success making in work.  Check out more