My companion and I went here last night. Yes, they are finally open! Turns out this week is a 'soft' opening, no publicity. Starting the 25th they will REALLY be open. We went in fully expecting to see a place full of 'opening night' syndrome - ie. poor service, poor food, wait staff that was inept. Boy were we in for a surprize! Everything was excellent, with one small problem (see below). Currently they have 6 brews ready. The sampler included 5, and all were pretty good, their Nut Brown was, IMO, excellent and if you like Black Raspberry GO! They have a Black Raspberry Wheat that was incredible. They JUST started their last batch yesterday so there isn't a whole lot left this season. I had a seasonal pasta dish that was very good. Small 'disks' of pasta with sausage, spinach and chicken and a healthy dose of pine nuts, in a garlic-butter sauce. I didn't eat it all, but I was saving room for dessert. My companion had their British Burger, served on an english muffin. Evidently it was a bit too well done (comes from asking for Medium well, IMO) and a touch burnt, but edible. The fries were superb. For some reason, we were offered free dessert. Not sure why, but I took them up on it, whilst my companion happily munched on the INCREDIBLE foccachia bread they served. My chocolate cake was far superior to anything I've have from Gullifties. REAL whipped cream, rich, luscious. The bill including tip, came to $33. But, I tipped heavy. All of the wait staff were plesant. Many stopped to chat. I suspect they have all the staff on duty (there seemed to be too many wait staff for a 'normal' night) for training. They were as bubbly as the fermenting beer we were seated next to. :-) I have no idea if this place will continue to be as wonderful as it was last night, but do give it a try! Oh, it's in the new Penn Center Plaza thing, near Applebees and Sears in Wilkins Township.
Pittsburgh, PA