This is a big restaurant run by a celebrity chef.  With that you get unique but only decent food, big crowds and so-so service. The food was good.  We had […]

We like to stop in here for a drink before dinner at Quartino. A great place for a drink especially if you are a champagne fan.  Don’t scoff at the cocktails, […]

Ingredients 1 1/2 ounce gin 3/4 ounce lemon juice 1/4 ounce raspberry syrup or grenadine 1 egg white Instructions Dry shake ingredients to emulsify, add ice, shake and served straight up.

This has been on out to try list for a longish time so on our 2013 trip we stopped in before dinner at Del Frisco’s.  We sat in the library/fireplace […]

INGREDIENTS 2 oz. bourbon 1/2 oz. Campari 1/2 oz. grenadine 7 fresh mint leaves 1/4 oz. fresh lemon juice 2 oz. sparkling wine Ice cubes Tools: shaker, strainer Glass: wine […]

The food is Eat ‘n Park, not The Porch or Six Penn, and it’s good. (Ranch dressing in the pump next to the ketchup & mustard is a nice touch) […]

It’s a shame we didn’t post this earlier since Avenue B is in the ‘top tier’ of the Pittsburgh restaurants right now. Service is always good and it’s not so […]

So we only had coffee and desert. Coffee was…eehh. Desert was both the ancho chili & chocolate pot de creme (good, but a bit light on the chili) and the […]