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No Forks, No Rush: Eating With Your Hands at Tana in East Liberty
East Liberty's Ethiopian table runs on injera, slow berbere heat, and the kind of meal you eat with your hands. Here's how to do it right.
The Local · June 24, 2026
How to Eat Your Way Through the Strip District
A sunrise-to-last-call eating plan for the Strip: biscotti and banana hotcakes at dawn, the wood-fired short rib sandwich at noon, Argentine steak after dark. Come hungry, leave heavier.
The Local · June 24, 2026
Pusadee's Garden Is the Prettiest Table in Lawrenceville
Butler Street out front, a secret courtyard out back, and Thai cooking that earns every bit of the hype. Here is how to actually do a night at Pusadee's.
The Local · June 24, 2026
The Burnt Almond Torte Is the One Cake Pittsburgh Agrees On
There is one cake every Pittsburgher has eaten at a birthday, a graduation, or a wake. Here is why the Burnt Almond Torte earns its hometown sainthood.
The Local · June 24, 2026
At Poulet Bleu, Pittsburgh Finally Has a French Room Worth the Fuss
Lawrenceville's polished French bistro does the basics flawlessly, anchored by a roast chicken worth planning a week around. Just don't expect it to be cheap, quiet, or easy to book.
The Local · June 22, 2026
The Pittsburgh Fish Fry: A Local's Guide to Lent's Biggest Sandwich
In the Burgh, Lent means a slab of fried cod the size of a forearm hanging off a bun that never had a chance. Here's how the fish fry works, what separates a great one from a sad one, and where to actually go.
The Local · June 24, 2026
The Pamela's Hotcake Is Worth Emptying Your Wallet of Actual Cash
A flat, crispy-edged hotcake that has nothing to do with a normal pancake, served in a packed Strip District diner that does not care about your debit card.
The Local · June 24, 2026
Morcilla Earns Its Place Among Pittsburgh's Best, One Small Plate at a Time
Justin Severino's Lawrenceville Spanish spot makes its own charcuterie and treats every pintxo like it matters. Just don't go expecting cheap, and don't go in a hurry.
The Local · June 21, 2026
The Bread Alone Is Worth the Fight to Get a Table at Lilith
An emerald-green room on a Shadyside side street where Puerto Rican and Sicilian cooking go toe to toe. The food rules. The reservation is the boss fight.
The Local · June 24, 2026
How to Eat Your Way Down Butler Street
Butler Street is the engine room of Pittsburgh dining. Here's how a local eats down it. The two five-star kings, the half-price sleeper, and the one spot coasting on its Instagram.
The Local · June 24, 2026
The Best Tacos in Pittsburgh Come Out of a Beechview Grocery Store
There is a taco counter wedged in the back of a Beechview corner market, and it quietly outcooks half the sit-down spots in the city. Here is how to do it right.
The Local · June 24, 2026
Klavon's Is a Time Machine That Happens to Serve Sundaes
A 1920s soda fountain that survived the whole 20th century, parked in the Strip, still scooping. Here is why you make the trip even though it is just ice cream.
The Local · June 24, 2026
Hyde Park Prime Is the North Shore Steak You Order Before the Game
White tablecloths, a ribeye cooked exactly how you asked, and a lobster-and-mushroom move named after the Rooneys. Here is how to do it right.
The Local · June 24, 2026
Fet-Fisk Is Pittsburgh's Strangest Restaurant Worth the Trip
A tiny Bloomfield kitchen working in Nordic technique cures and smokes its own fish and asks you to slow down. The catch: you have to meet it on its terms.
The Local · June 23, 2026
Why Gaucho Is Worth the Line, Every Single Time
There's a line down the block and a cloud of woodsmoke hanging over the Strip. Here's why you stand in it anyway.
The Local · June 20, 2026
Primanti Bros: Tourist Trap or Pittsburgh Cathedral? Yes.
Every local has a take on the fries-in-the-sandwich thing. Here's the honest one.
The Local · June 18, 2026
DiAnoia's Makes You Believe in Focaccia Again
A no-reservations Italian counter-plus-dining room in the Strip where the bread alone is worth the trip. Here's what to order and when to show up.
The Local · June 24, 2026
The Pittsburgh Date-Night Tables That Actually Close the Deal
Date night isn't about the food alone. It's the room, the light, the lean-across-the-table moment. Here are the Pittsburgh tables that actually seal it, and the one everybody overrates.
The Local · June 24, 2026
Cure Is the Closest Pittsburgh Gets to a Salumi Religion
A whole-animal kitchen on Butler Street where the meat board is the main event. Here is what to know before you go and why it earns the bill.
The Local · June 24, 2026
The Strip-Mall Sichuan Joint That Quietly Outcooks Half the City
A James Beard nominee runs a Sichuan kitchen out of a Forward Avenue strip mall in Squirrel Hill, and the food is some of the best in the country. Here is how to order it.
The Local · June 24, 2026
Bloomfield Calls Itself Little Italy. The Best Plate Is Scandinavian.
Bloomfield still flies the Little Italy banner over Liberty Ave. But the best eating on this stretch is now Nordic, Vietnamese, and vegan. Here's how the Burgh's old Italian quarter actually feeds yinz in 2026.
The Local · June 24, 2026
The Best Sandwiches in Pittsburgh (That Aren't Primanti's)
Primanti's is a photo op, not a great sandwich. Here are the ones locals actually drive across the Burgh for: wood-fired short rib, fried cod, warm pepperoni rolls, and a cult shop in Squirrel Hill.
The Local · June 24, 2026
The Best Restaurants in Pittsburgh Right Now (2026): The Ranking We Actually Stand By
Three Pittsburgh restaurants earned a flat-out 5.0 from us this year. Here's the honest ranking of where to eat in the Burgh right now. Kings first, hype checked, no filler.
The Local · June 24, 2026
The Best Pizza in Pittsburgh, According to a Local Who Eats It
Detroit squares, sourdough, blistered Neapolitan, and the Murray Ave slice war. An honest, opinionated ranking of where to actually get great pizza in the Burgh.
The Local · June 24, 2026
Where to Get the Best Pierogi in Pittsburgh
Church basements, a Polish Hill dive, a no-frills Strip deli, and a vegan kitchen that out-pierogis them all. Here's where the dumpling actually delivers.
The Local · June 24, 2026
The Best Brunch in Pittsburgh (And Which Lines Are Worth It)
Where to actually get brunch worth waking up for in the Burgh. The Strip District diner empire, the scene-y sit-downs, and an honest read on which lines earn your forty-five minutes.
The Local · June 24, 2026
Apteka Made Me Stop Doubting Vegan Pierogi
A Polish-grandmother food, made entirely without meat or dairy, that somehow tastes more like home than the original.
The Local · June 15, 2026