Category Archives: Restaurants

Joy of Cookies Tour

The shops and galleries of Lawrenceville are hosting their annual cookie tour. This is a great place to start your Christmas shopping and to support local businesses. Each business will offer a sampling of different cookies and give away the recipe.

A new bakery, Artisan Harvest, will be celebrating their grand opening in Lawrenceville during the cookie tour.

Lawrenceville Joy of Cookies Tour
Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m
On Saturday there will be a trolley running along the tour route.
More information and map available here.

Happy Hour Squared – Live Music from Blindsider and Liz Berlin in Market Square

Market Square 2008 – Stay & Play Fridays hosted by PUMP

Thursdays is the day for happy hour in Market Square. Thursday, September 13th is the final Live at the Square. Stop by Market Square for a happy hour extraordinaire. Live music from local bands Blindsider and Liz Berlin. Liz Berlin is a member of Rusted Root and she is a co-owner of the venue Mr. Smalls Fun House.
Live at the Square
Happy Hour in Market Square
Thursday, September 13, 5:30-7:30 pm
More Info: DowntownPittsburgh.com

Open Houses

Sunday, September 9th, is the Mexican War Streets House and Garden Tour.Ã‚Â Here is your chance to check out the North Side and take a peek inside some of the houses and gardens that have been lovingly rehabbed and restored. There are 14 houses on the self-guided tour. There will also be food available from an assortment of local restaurants.
Mexican War Streets House and Garden Tour
Sunday September 9, 2007
11am-5pm

If you would like to read more about the North Side – check out these posts on the Pittsburgh Dish, they have lots of reviews about the North Side.

The Harris is on Hiatus

Just wanted to say hello to the good folks from the Harris Grill – and the amazing Pittsburgh Fire department. The Harris caught fire last weekend and will be closed for some time to rebuild. The Pittsburgh Fire department arrived lighting fast, the fire was brought under control quickly and thankfully everyone got out of the building with out any problems. This is sad loss for Pittsburgh’s bacon lovers and out door happy hour fans. In the meantime, we need to find a few good places to drink outside for the last few weeks of summer. Please leave yours suggestions about other great patios to enjoy.

Bringing Bacon Back

We have blogged about this before (TGIB, November 2005).Ã‚Â I was just back at the Harris Grill last week enjoying their amazing establishment …

delightful outdoor seating
delicious food – I heart baby burgers
tasty beer
delightful fire pit in winter – I hope you will bring this back again this fall
super fun people who work there – my server Matt last week could not have been nicer

But there is another reason to love this place, no it is not the awesome pictures on the menus (I hope someday that can be me), or the frozen cosmos (love those too).

I was able to confirm that indeed, every Tuesday is still BACON NIGHT.Ã‚Â Thats right kids, free baskets of bacon at the bar.Ã‚Â I think there is a $1 charge to enjoy your bacon outside.Ã‚Â I think you will agree $1 is a small price to pay for bacon with your beer on the patio.