Need Pittsburgh restaurants

 On 1 Jan 1996, Rex D. wrote:

 >
 > Happy New Year!
 >
 > I will be going to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania soon and would like some
 > recommendations for good restaurants.  All types.
 >
 > Thanks,
 >
 > Rex
 >
 >
       Cafe Allegro  (51  12 St.  - 481-7788):  Pgh.'s VERY best, alone
                   at the top (IMHO, as a recently transplanted Pitts-
                   burgher). A bistro, and they do everything very,
                   very well.  Would be anybody's 1st choice.  Mod. exp.
       Tessaro's     (4601 Liberty Ave.  - 682-6809).  A hamburger joint
                   in the best sense; no reservations, a great cross-
                   section of the world, from the jeans crowd to those
                   just coming from the cocktail party circuit.  Limited
                   menu, mainly burgers or grilled chicken sandwiches,
                   no desserts, always crowded and usually a wait. Very
                   small, always fun.
       Cafe Azure    (317 S. Craig  - 681-3533).  An up-or-down bistro
                   in the Oakland area (near U. Pgh, CMU), one never
                   knows from month to month, so you might want to
                   check around before making any reservations.
       Pasta Piatto  (736 Bellefonte St. - 621-5547).  In the Shadyside area;
                   Excellent Italian food, esp. their Gorgonzola salad.

 Restaurants, as we all know, come and go, and so there are probably many
 new ones on the scene since we left 2 years ago, but I feel sure that
 the ones above (at least 3 of them) are still as they always have been.
 A good, inexpensive chain, is Dingbats, on the order of TGIF's - and a
 good breakfast can always be had at Kings.  Mt. Washington has a number
 of places that you could go for drinks before dinner (Cafe Allegro is
 just down the mtn.), with great views, but the restaurants up there are
 VERY overrated, so I would skip eating there.  Hope this helps.  Sally

 Mallorca, on Carson street in the south side.
 Orgasmic Spanish food.Real pricey but worth it.

 Gulliftys on Murray Ave. for decent, moderately priced sandwhiches,
 soup, pizza-type items. The est desserts in Pittsburgh for the last
 eight zillion years.

 Tai Pei or China Palace on Walnut Street in Shadyside for Chinese.
 both excellent-tai pei has dim sum and great duck.

 Sushi Too on Walnut Street for Japanese.

 Sito's sandwich cafe , just of Forbes near the Beehive in Oakland (683-SITO)
 Cheap, wonderful mediterranean stuff, vegan & vegetarian stufftoo.

 Do not eat at Hana downtown. It's nasty.

 Kaya in the Strip District, Smallman street
 Trendy-ass Caribbean food, microbrews etc.
 Small and loud,  mango salsa is lovely.