4 ranked
The best Cocktails restaurants in Pittsburgh
4 Cocktails kitchens on the map, from cheap counters to the full sit-down. Downtown carries the most of them, and every one is ranked by the same 1-5 score as the rest of the site.
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Downtown · $$$ · No. 73 of 157 overall
Pittsburgh's first bar ever nominated for a James Beard Outstanding Bar Program, and the whiskey wall, 600-plus bottles up a two-story shelf, still stops you cold. After a stint dark, it's back, and the kitchen is more than an afterthought: the dirty pasta and the rabbit-and-dumplings hold up next to anything dahntahn. Dark, clubby, and built for a serious drink.
Order: The dirty pasta with duck, off a wall of 600+ whiskeys
- 2Bar Botanico3.4
Lawrenceville · $$ · No. 106 of 157 overall
The cocktail bar Lawrenceville actually needed. Artsy, plant-draped, half hippie cafe and half serious drinks den. The bartenders care, the seasonal cocktails are genuinely creative, and they'll bend over backwards for an allergy. It's a drinks-first spot, so set your expectations on the bites, but for a low-key Butler St nightcap it's a charmer.
Order: A creative seasonal cocktail in the plant-strewn room
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Oakland · $$$ · No. 137 of 157 overall
Perched atop the Oaklander hotel with one of the few real skyline-and-Cathedral views in the East End. The cooking is good-not-stunning, but the rooftop terrace on a clear night does a lot of the heavy lifting. Come for sunset drinks.
Order: Rooftop plates with the Cathedral in view
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Every list on this site is cut from the same board: 157 restaurants scored 1-5 by one critic, where nothing can be bought. How the ratings work →