The Foundry Ale works, located at 2816 Smallman Street (across the street from the now-defunct Three Rivers Brewing) is Pittsburgh's newest brewpub. The beer is good as is the food, and the menu is rather diverse. The beer prices are good. The food prices range from $5.50 for a good cheeseburger and fries to $19 for the filet mignon. The Foundry has an interesting menu. They have some traditional good solid pub food like hamburgers and fish sandiwches. They also have BBQ, pizza (both traditional and yuppie), pasta, and fish. They have a nice range of appetizers. We had the shrimp and sausage "beignets," which were quite good (though not what I'd have called beignets). The burgers, fish, and chicken sandwiches also were good. The beer menu is also diverse. They now have ten different beers, with styles ranging from things I'd rather not bother with (a lite beer clone and a Molson clone) to an IPA and a stout. I tried the following beers: American Pale Ale -- a very nice, rather hoppy pale ale. It's certainly one of the best ales I've had at a local brewpub. India Pale Ale -- a good beer, though a bit of a letdown as an IPA. I'd expect the IPA to be hoppier thant the pale ale. This one wasn't, thought it was still good. Foundry Brown Ales -- a good, somewhat malty brown ale. Pitt Witt -- a passable white beer, but it's no Celis White (but then again nobody else's white beer is) Foundry Oatmeal Stout -- it's a tossup as to which Foundry beer was my favorite, this or the pale ale. This was a nice, slightly sweet, oatmeal stout. Foundry Fest -- a fest style lager. OK, but the Penn Brewery does this better (and Valhalla had one in this style a while back that was also better). Overall, the Foundry is quite worth the trip. My favorite beers tend to be pale ales, IPAs, stouts, and porters, and the Foundry ranks favorably with the Strip Brewery as a good place to get beers in these styles.
Pittsburgh, PA