Laura H. wrote in article ... > 1) We're hoping to do some shopping for food on the strip on Sunday. > Are many of the grocers open? We've only been there on a Saturday. Almost everything in the strip except Wholey's fish emporium is closed on Sunday (although Wholeys is a lot of fun, and they have recently added a sushi chef who is there on Sunday and will prepare things for you at the counter). Presumably Primanti's in the strip is also open, famous for their bizarre sandwiches with the frenchfries in the sandwich. > 2) We want to eat out and are not sure what we want (given our > selection here, almost anything is desired). Looking for a Greek > restaurant or even a good Italian or Indian. For Greek, try Suzies, on Shady Avenue in Squirrel Hill. This is moderately priced and the food is generally quite good. Also close to there are Il Valeto, a small Italian restaurant on Forbes in Oakland a block from the museum that is expensive but very good. We almost always have fine meals that are several cuts above the usual Italian restaurant at La Cucina Flegrea, a small family run restaurant on Murray Avenue in Squirrel Hill. On South Craig street in Oakland are an indian grocery store, Ali Baba's (a very good middle eastern restaurant), LuLu's noodles restaurant (fair), and Star of India restuarant (fair to good). If you want other ethnic dining, try Mallorca on the south side, carson street (Portugeuse, pricey), or Trams (wonderful very inexpensive Vietnamese hole in the wall place in Lawrenceville). For a meal in a grand setting try the Grand Concourse in station square on the south side, always festive in its feel with excellent food (moderate to expensive). > 4) Any other food related suggestions you have would be appreciated > (good bagels, etc.). This is a fairly broad question but it won't take > much to impress us. On Ellsworth in Shadyside there is a tiny shopping center with a Japanese grocery store, and an upscale fancy food take out boutique called La Charcuterie. These are likely to be open on Sunday. A block or two away on Ellsworth is a bagel store/cafe type place which is nice, the name of which I can't recall at the moment. Murray Avenue in Squirrel Hill used to be extremely lively on Sundays, but alas the great bakeries are gone, Bageland is gone, the Greengrocer has closed, we're down to only one deli there, and one kosher market. However, open on Sunday on Murray avenue are BakerStreet which does have nice if pricey breads, and we like the new deli incarnation Kazanskys. Also in the same block or two is the concensus pizza favorite of many people, Mineos. Hope this is helpful.
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I disagree about Ali Baba being _very_good_
It is very affordable, but you only get what you pay for.
If you want a good middle eastern restaurant, try Khalil's on Baum.
(4757 Baum blvd, 412-683-4757 for our friends from out of town).
Dave Guillou.
C. B. wrote:
> [...] Ali Baba's (a very good middle eastern restaurant) [...]Laura H. wrote: > We are planning on going to Pittsburgh next weekend. We live in > 1) We're hoping to do some shopping for food on the strip on Sunday. > Are many of the grocers open? We've only been there on a Saturday. As others mentioned, generally not--other than Wholey's. But I have this vague recollection that Pennsylvania Macaroni might be open Sundays the week or two before Christmas? I might be wrong about that but you could call them to ask 412-471-8330. 2) We want to eat out and are not sure what we want (given our > selection here, almost anything is desired). Looking for a Greek > restaurant or even a good Italian or Indian. Actually, we'd take For Indian Food in the City take a look at the list of restaurants at http://www.pittsburghindian.com. > 3) I've seen a place called DeLallo's (sp.?) in Jeannette mentioned >in this group. Is this an Italian grocery? We sometimes see DeLallo > products such as Pesto and various peppers in Clarksburg. Our these > products connected to this grocery? Would you recommend a trip to > DeLallo's? Yes, this is the retail store of the importer/distributor/packager etc. DeLallo. It's a nice, though often crowded, Italian market. It has a more upscale feel than most of the stores in the Strip but there's not much you can't get in the strip (if anything) that would warrant a trip to Jeanette unless you have a masochistic desire to drive out Route 30 (though I guess paying the tolls on the turnpike is an option). They might be open on Sunday but I think you'd do just as well (probably better) in the strip if you can find places open. > 4) Any other food related suggestions you have would be appreciated > (good bagels, etc.). This is a fairly broad question but it won't If you crave some really fine beer, check out Jim Mann's Beer in Pittsburgh page and look for the links to the Microbreweries http://www.city-net.com/~lmann/beer/ Jeff
C. B. wrote in article ... > Laura H. wrote in article > ... > > 1) We're hoping to do some shopping for food on the strip on Sunday. > > Are many of the grocers open? We've only been there on a Saturday. > Almost everything in the strip except Wholey's fish emporium is closed on > Sunday (although Wholeys is a lot of fun, and they have recently added a > sushi chef who is there on Sunday and will prepare things for you at the > counter). Presumably Primanti's in the strip is also open, famous for their > bizarre sandwiches with the frenchfries in the sandwich. I believe a couple of the Asian grocers are open on Sundays - Asian Foods and Kim Do, I think. > > 2) We want to eat out and are not sure what we want (given our > > selection here, almost anything is desired). Looking for a Greek > > restaurant or even a good Italian or Indian. > > For Greek, try Suzies, on Shady Avenue in Squirrel Hill. This is > moderately priced and the food is generally quite good. Not Greek, but close - for middle Eastern try Kassab's on the South Side, corner of 10th St. and Carson. I'm not a fan of Suzie's. I think they're a little pricey and the food isn't all that great. > Also close to > there are Il Valeto, a small Italian restaurant on Forbes in Oakland a > block from the museum that is expensive but very good. Way over-priced and mediocre at best. > We almost always > have fine meals that are several cuts above the usual Italian restaurant at > La Cucina Flegrea, a small family run restaurant on Murray Avenue in > Squirrel Hill. On South Craig street in Oakland are an indian grocery > store, Ali Baba's (a very good middle eastern restaurant), Kassab's is much better. > LuLu's noodles restaurant (fair), They're good for cheap, fast food. > and Star of India restuarant (fair to good). Much better is India Garden on Atwood in Oakland. Also, my favorite Indian is Taste of India on Penn Ave. across from St. Francis Hosp. (not sure if that's considered Bloomfield or Lawrenceville). And while you're there, a couple of blocks closer to town is Tram's Kitchen, the best Vietnamese in town, very cheap and compares very favorably with the Vietnamese food in Little Saigon in Orange Co. Calif. which is a very large Vietnamese community with tons of very authentic and very delicious Vietnamese food. > If you > want other ethnic dining, try Mallorca on the south side, carson street > (Portugeuse, pricey), or Trams (wonderful very inexpensive Vietnamese hole > in the wall place in Lawrenceville). See above. Kate Kate Connally " If I were as old as I feel, I 'd be dead already."
David G. wrote in article ... > I disagree about Ali Baba being _very_good_ > It is very affordable, but you only get what you pay for. I don't think it's all that affordable and as I said in my other post, it's not very good. > If you want a good middle eastern restaurant, try Khalil's on Baum. > (4757 Baum blvd, 412-683-4757 for our friends from out of town). I have to strongly disagree. Khalil's is absolutely awful. Kate Kate Connally " If I were as old as I feel, I 'd be dead already."
Do you mean that you find Ali Baba ("not very good") to be worse
than Khalil's ("absolutely awful")? This would be puzzling. In fact,
I don't know anyone who does not find Ali Baba food to be bland.
On the other hand, I know quite a few students from the middle east
who like Khalil's food. Interestingly, I have seen few non-middle-
eastern customers the half-dozen times I've been to Khalil's. I take
that as a positive indication.
Dave Guillou
Kate C. wrote:
> > If you want a good middle eastern restaurant, try Khalil's on Baum.
> > (4757 Baum blvd, 412-683-4757 for our friends from out of town).
>
> I have to strongly disagree. Khalil's is absolutely awful.
>
> KateRESTAURANT SUGGESTION BELOW.... Laura H. wrote: > > We are planning on going to Pittsburgh next weekend. We live in Elkins, > WV and are looking forward to a wider selection of food and > restaurants. While we've been to Pittsburgh and have enjoyed it, I have > a few questions: > > 1) We're hoping to do some shopping for food on the strip on Sunday. > Are many of the grocers open? We've only been there on a Saturday. > > 2) We want to eat out and are not sure what we want (given our > selection here, almost anything is desired). Looking for a Greek > restaurant or even a good Italian or Indian. Actually, we'd take > recommendations on any type of restaurant excepting a steak type place. > We're not sure where we are staying. I RECOMMEND OLD EUROPE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. ALL WELL PREPARED EASTERN EUROPEAN FOOD. THEY ARE NEW (SINCE SEPT.) AND HAVE HAD NO LESS THAN 5 GREAT REVIEWS. I HAVE BEEN THERE SEVERAL TIMES AND NOT ONCE DISAPPOINTED. SO IF IT'S DIFFERENT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. THIS IS IT. LOCATED ON CARSON STREET BETWEEN 12TH & 13TH. I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER HANDY, BUT I'M SURE YOU CAN GET IT FROM INFORMATION. > > 3) I've seen a place called DeLallo's (sp.?) in Jeannette mentioned in > this group. Is this an Italian grocery? We sometimes see DeLallo > products such as Pesto and various peppers in Clarksburg. Our these > products connected to this grocery? Would you recommend a trip to > DeLallo's? > > 4) Any other food related suggestions you have would be appreciated > (good bagels, etc.). This is a fairly broad question but it won't take > much to impress us. > > Thanks, in advance, for any suggestions. We rarely are able to get out > of town and are looking forward to this trip to the Big City.
> > Laura H. wrote in article > > ... > > > 1) We're hoping to do some shopping for food on the strip on Sunday. > > > Are many of the grocers open? We've only been there on a Saturday. Laura, one more thing to add to a strip trip: There's a wonderful icecream parlor some blocks up (away from town) from the strip called Klavon's. It was recently restored, I believe by the ?grandchild of the original owner, has lots of character, good icecream treats and penny candy, and they are very friendly and welcoming there. Worth a visit, especially if you have some kids with you.