For breakfast, we often take our out-of-town guests to DeLucca's (sp?) in the Strip District. It's sort of quintissental Pittsburgh, and a walk through the Strip is an experience in itself. We also eat at Dave's Diner on S. Ardmore Blvd. Traditional Greek-owned PA diner. One place, I DISlike is Bagel Nosh in Squirrel Hill. They has small portions, a crowded atmosphere and bad scrambled eggs. Actually, I have to confess that I'm generally disappointed with PA breakfasts; they just don't measure up to those I've had in the South, Southwest or Midwest. Ah, for grits and gravy in KY or biscuits from the Mecca in Dallas. Sweet memories!
Pittsburgh, PA
diner breakfast
Please consider DeLuca's on Penn Ave. between 19th & 18th (a bus or
streetcar across the Mon. river in to town, then a bus up Liberty Ave to
about 20th walk a block to the left and your in the Strip {Market}
district. Or better yet take a cab). While DeLuca's is not a classic
diner, it is a late 20's style eatery clearly pre-dating diners. In can
be crowed and loud on week ends, try setting at the counter neer the
grill. Try the french toast made of pgh's finest Itanian bread. Fresh
baked ham slced off the bone and fried with your eggs. The Fritatta(sp)
is great, as is the gas flame toasted bread.
Some folks will tell you about Vera's in the West End on Ritters on Baum
Blvd. in Bloodfield both are classics to some, but their food quality
does not approch DeLuca's and they arelocated it the middle of nowhere
wearth walking to. Also once your at the Strip visit Penn. Mac. across
the street and Prima Cafe' around the corner wonderful Italian pastry
and Expresso as well as middle aged & old Italian guys starting the
day(sometimes in the afternoon)
Please excuse the spelling
Tom Bellucci DeLuca's, Ritters, Pamela's -- Bah. You folks don't roam far enough.
The finest, most heart-clogging, obscenely generous, you-want-
coffee-with-that-hon breakfast in the area may be found at the
Gab-n-Eat
(in scenic downtown Carnegie)
My favorites are the "hot sausage on the side" (which defies
description but is sort of a plate-sized fried glob of something which
was killed, ground up and seasoned) and the "Cajun style home fries"
(again, words fail me, but it's only $.10 extra over the regular home
fries, and clearly money well-spent). I'm not sure if these are on the
menu -- I just pointed at some guy and said I'll have what he's
having. It's that kind of place. Hell, they might even set you up with
some KY sauce if you ask nice.
-- WillThomas B. wrote: |> |> Some folks will tell you about Vera's in the West End on Ritters on Baum |> Blvd. in Bloodfield both are classics to some, but their food quality |> does not approch DeLuca's and they arelocated it the middle of nowhere Ritter's is a 3am drunken stupor type place, IMO. I have been there a only once, I'll admit, but I was NOT impressed. Cary
On 17-Mar-94 in RE: Diner Breakfast Someone wrote: >Ritter's is a 3am drunken stupor type place, IMO. I have been there a only >once, I'll admit, but I was NOT impressed. But that is the beauty of the place. Many a time I have been sauced to the gills and found some kindly sober soul to take me on the pilgramage down to Ritter's where I happily scarf down omlettes home fries and many other things carfully calculated to shorten my lifespan enourmously. Hell there's just about nothing else in Pittsbugh open all night. Cheap too. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- James Stepanek NRA member Graduate Student Materials Science and Engineering Carnegie Mellon University God created mankind, Samuel Colt made them equal. Thank God I'm an atheist. These are my opinions and if the university had them I'd probably go into convulsions --------------------------------esp------------------------------------------
Cary K. wrote: > >Thomas B. wrote: >|> > >Ritter's is a 3am drunken stupor type place, IMO. I have been there a only >once, I'll admit, but I was NOT impressed. > > >Cary I agree Ritters is over rated! There food is disgusting, and I am not a picky eater! For example, One night when I was there I ordered chicken with a side of mayonaise. The mayo was served in a bog round stainless steal tub. While I was scooping some out for my sandwhich, I discovered a big lump in the mayo! YUCK! Also, my fiance and I shared a piece of pie while we were there. The pie had a two inch thick hard scum layer on the top, uno like when you leave a pie unwrapped in the fridge for days--or weeks? Oh well this is just my 2 cents.