FOOD & DRINK

Pittsburgh's pizza scene is a delicious anomaly, defying the norms of traditional pizza styles. From its iconic square-cut pies with a thick, focaccia-like crust to its unique toppings and regional variations, Pittsburgh pizza has carved out a distinct identity that locals fiercely defend. 1. Fiori's Pizzaria. Located in the Brookline...

Ricky Spicuzza, a Pittsburgh native, has worked in several leadership roles at each of Palace Entertainment’s Pittsburgh-based parks.

After a marcaroni penguin egg was discarded by its parents at the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium, the chick has found a new home with a family of gentoo penguins, making it the first multi-species family at the zoo.

A new Pittsburgh-inspired restaurant opened in Downtown’s PPG Place.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- The unrelenting heat is turning our normally green landscape brown.With no immediate relief on the way, what can you do to save your shriveling lawn?A grass guru has shared a list of do's and don'ts.Your lawn turning brown is a natural process."It's trying to protect itself from the elements that it's trying to live through," Penn State Extension turf expert Jeff Fowler said.Fowler says the deep roots of your grass are hanging onto whatever water and nutrients they can get and letting the part we see go dormant."Dormancy doesn't mean death. Dormancy means it's like a bear...

It’s a pretty good time to be a pop punk fan in Pittsburgh. Between upcoming shows by Taking Back Sunday, Sum 41, and Green Day, the concert calendar is overflowing with familiar classics, not to mention the recent Four Chord Music Fest, which celebrated its tenth year with The Story So Far and The All-American Rejects last month.

INEZ sings of love, justice and the Black condition while simultaneously trying to tame and unify Pittsburgh's sprawling soul music scene. The post Singer INEZ Wants To Build Pittsburgh’s Sprawling Black Music Scene Into A Unified Whole appeared first on NewsOne.

The Yinzer Dogs food truck celebrates National Hot Dog Day on Wed., July 17 with free hot dogs and some friendly canines. A Seize the Dog event will take place from 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. at Mellon Square on Sixth Ave. Pittsburghers can get BOGO hot dogs while meeting “four of Pittsburgh’s hottest dogs,” available for adoption from nonprofit animal resource center Animal Friends.

Liquorless libations aren’t just for Dry January. This summer, Pittsburgh restaurants are pouring unique, booze-free concoctions. “I started bartending at 19, when there was really no such thing as mocktails,” says Rachel Sinagra, who oversees upscale American eatery Fig & Ash’s bar program. “I think it’s really cool to see how NA offerings are becoming so popular, and are more widely available at restaurants. It started in bigger cities. To see we’re embracing it so much is amazing.”

PITTSBURGH ― Taking Back Sunday won't need to worry about twisters this time, when that rock band returns to western Pennsylvania. "The last time I was there was the Four Chord Festival last year, and there was a tornado, so everything got pushed back and we ended up doing only five songs acoustic, just three of us, so I'm really excited to be able to play there with a full band," Taking Back Sunday singer Adam Lazzara said recently.

Dippy is turning 125 this year, and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History is hosting a slate of festivities to celebrate the beloved dino. Thursday, July 18 is Teen Night: Dippy 125, where teens ages 13-18 are invited to a free night full of dinosaur-themed activities, snacks in the teens-only lounge, and learning what made Dippy such an important discovery. Tickets must be registered in advance, as capacity is limited.

Adding a splash of color and safety to the neighborhood. One of the many exciting Advocacy projects we’ve been working on this year is the planning and execution of a traffic calming street mural outside of Carnegie Library Woods Run branch. The mural is now complete, and we were proud to be a part of the mural dedication during the Library’s 60th anniversary celebration of their Woods Run location on Saturday, July 13! It has been a great experience and we’re excited to share photos of it all with you.

Jul. 15—PASADENA, Calif. — Procedural dramas — episodic shows that tell a story with a beginning, middle and end in one hour — were TV staples from the 1950s through the 1990s. In the '80s, serialized dramas with ongoing storylines began to emerge with "Hill Street Blues," "St. Elsewhere," and later "China Beach." Cable advanced the genre with the likes of "The Shield," "The Sopranos" and ...

For as long as fans want to hear Let It Go and Defying Gravity, songs that Idina Menzel put on the map of Viral Hits, she will gladly keep singing them. Her concert coming to the Benedum Center on August 10, 2024, is part of her Take Me or Leave Me Tour – a nod to a song from Rent, the show that brought her a Tony nomination her first time on Broadway, in 1996.

The Abbey Offers Outdoor Optics, Too. What draws a lot of interest to Lawrenceville’s once-brass-foundry-then-funeral-home and now-multi-bar-restaurant-with-coffeehouse is its decor. It’s a lot to behold. The owners pride themselves in having employed only local designer-craftsmen to transform this grand facility into a gallery of industrial arts. But a recent drive along Butler Street proved that the outdoor dining area is no less popular. It may be one of the largest in Pittsburgh (that is, not wholly dependent on satisfying a craft beer or BBQ crowd) and it, too, features its own architectural intrigue. Central to its well-shaded patio is a large swan fountain. Of course, The Abbey’s patrons don’t just come to gawk; eclectic cocktails and culinary-to-casual cuisine are the call. Seafood, pasta, and chicken dishes all feature prominently on the brunch, lunch and dinner menus. Also commanding diners’ attention is the Abbey Burger (grass-fed beef patty topped with brown sugar, peppered bacon, sharp white American, and caramelized onion aioli) as well as the house mac ’n cheese (to which one can add any number of protein enhancers.) Current craft cocktails include Peach of Mind, Summer Sangria, and a tempting Szechuan-me-Daiquiri. Their espresso martini sounds good too. Afterall, The Abbey has its own coffeehouse indoors. But it may be the patio that pleases you most. 4635 Butler Street, Lawrenceville. (C.P.O.)

Our Pittsburgh Artists of the Week are Anne Eliza. The Pittsburgh-based piano pop duo tackle the struggle of sobriety and dealing with the choices we make on their new song “Devil Behind My Door.”. You can learn more about Anne Eliza in the interview below and be sure to...

Grapow Asian Street Food will be opening in Oakland on July 17. Signage first went up in early June at 411 S. Craig St. (map) in what was briefly and most recently the neighborhood's second Chick'n. It will be open 11 am to 9 pm. Grapow is the name of a Thai street food dish, and sneak peeks at the menu are available on the restaurant's Instagram.

Here is onStage Pittsburgh‘s current lineup of upcoming theater, opera, dance, Pittsburgh Symphony, classical, and chamber music performances in the greater Pittsburgh area this summer. We try to list as many events as possible in our weekly listings; however, many more events are happening in our area, so check...

There are certain pieces of art that are new, but feel like they've always been with us. Not in any hoary, cliched or predictable way, but because they fit so comfortably into the canon that it's hard to believe this is the first you are seeing and hearing of them. Very Berry Dead, a tragicomic play by local actor, writer and fight choreographer José Pérez IV, is one of those shows: it's certainly not quite like anything you've seen before, but it FEELS like something that had to exist, that was always going to exist. A play that feels at home in the canon, and that audiences will feel at home seeing.