Lynne R. wrote: > A long time friend is coming to Pittsburgh for a meeting in a couple > weeks. I promised to take her to dinner (it is my turn to treat) and > I'd like to find a nice place (not super fancy/expensive, but a good > place to enjoy conversation and nice, interesting food). Last spring, a 'burgh friend and I (a former resident) entertained about a half-dozen folks from the UK, the Netherlands, and Australia. Our itinerary was to park at the bottom of incline near the Point, head up to the Grandview Saloon for a drink, then over to the North Side for a great dinner at Cafe Victoria, and then capped off with a night cap at the Church Brew Works on Liberty Ave. From their response, it was quite the memorable evening (I think the brew just off the altar of a former Catholic church really capped it). That said, you could probably do well on the South Side too. Dinner at Cafe Allegro would be nice followed by some live entertainement at Nick's Fat City. Or check out all the fun things you can do at my old Sahsaid page, now very nicely maintained by Penn at http://www.betatesters.com/penn/sahside/. Or, perhaps a trip to the Strip...maybe dinner at Kaya followed by music at Rosebud's? But then if she's in town on Saturday, maybe you should save the Strip for Saturday AM! Beth Mazur [email removed]
Pittsburgh, PA
seeking downtown restaurant
We've always had good meals at La Scala. It's across the street from Heinz Hall. The atmosphere is spare, but the food is excellent. Lynne R. wrote: >A long time friend is coming to Pittsburgh for a meeting in a couple >weeks. I promised to take her to dinner (it is my turn to treat) and >I'd like to find a nice place (not super fancy/expensive, but a good >place to enjoy conversation and nice, interesting food). > >she lives in Palo Alto and I'd like to show her that Pittsburgh has >neat places to eat too. I'd prefer to stay close to downtown. > >Thanks for any suggestions. > >--lynne
I really like Le Pommier - it's a little French place with good food, reasonable prices and great service (I guess a couple owns it - he usually serves as the maitre d'). Ask to sit upstairs, the view is very nice, and the duck is very good. I have also used Ask Jeeves (http://www.ask.com) to find new places to eat, even if I know the city (often listings on the Web are updates more frequently than in guides, etc.) You can use plain English to ask questions (i.e. What are some good restaurants in Pittsburgh?) and it will crossreference its own database with AltaVista, InfoSeek, etc. to get you an answer. Cheers! ---Share what you know. Learn what you don't.---