17 September 2006
Episode 10: Pittsburgh & Pierogies
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During May one of my best friends from university, Rie, went to Pittsburgh for a visit from Tokyo, where she now lives. Since I’m always looking for a good excuse to go back to Pittsburgh, I decided to meet Rie up there for a few days.
Pittsburgh is one of my favourite cities in the whole world for a myriad of reasons including, but not limited to: my alma mater is located there, the city has a lot of character & history, it’s a great place to photograph, plus there are so many fantastic places to eat and buy food and just look at food. Watch our 10th episode to learn about places to visit in the foodie haven that is Pittsburgh. For the contact information for each of the places mentioned in this episode, please see below.
Hummus wrap, russet & sweet potato fries, pint of Yuengling
Fuel & Fuddle
212 Oakland Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
+1 412.682.3473
Grilled cheese, small fries, Coke
Original Hot Dog Shop [”The O”]
3901 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
+1 412.621.1185
The next few places are located in one of my favourite foodie areas, the Strip District, which is just northeast of downtown.
Walnut, chocolate, and cherry biscotti
The Enrico Biscotti Co.
2022 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
+1 412.281.2602
The beloved and constantly busy cheese counter
The olive spread
Pennsylvania Macaroni Co.
2010–2012 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
+1 412.471.8330
The Shadyside & Dr. Pepper with Big Ben watching over me
Peppi’s
1721 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
+1 412.562.0125
Klavon’s fun interior and my sundae made with Reinhold ice cream
Klavon’s Ice Cream Parlor
2801 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
+1 412.434.0451
Orange juice, French toast, peanut butter pancakes
Ritter’s Diner
5221 Baum Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
+1 412.682.4852
I must apologize for the quality of these next couple of pictures. It’s sort of dark in the Church Brew Works, and I’m strange and usually anti-flash, except for snapshots.
Birch beer & traditional pierogies
Grilled portobello sandwich & fries
The Church Brew Works
3525 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15201
+1 412.688.8200
I also enjoyed beverages at a couple places that I didn’t mention in this episode, but they are worth mentioning now.
Taro milk tea
Rose Tea Café
5880 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
+1 412.421.2238
Hot chocolate, kiwi Italian soda, ice latte with hazelnut
A cookie as big as my face!
Crazy Mocha
5830 Ellsworth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
+1 412.441.9344
As I keep saying, Pittsburgh is a fabulous city; I highly recommend visiting or even living there. And if you ever plan on going there for holiday, feel free to email me and I’ll help you plan your trip :) Going to Pittsburgh is always a guaranteed good time—especially for your tastebuds.
5 comments for “Episode 10: Pittsburgh & Pierogies”
Nice episode! Just wanted to mention for anyone clicking the links above and finding them not working, if you upper-case the first part of the video filename, ie PIT360.mov, it’ll work.
said Anonymous Coward on 18 September 2006 at 9:38Glad you enjoyed the episode!
And thanks for letting me know about the links; I have since updated them to all be upper-case :)
said Becky on 18 September 2006 at 15:06Pittsburgh! I loved the culinary tour! You guys hit all the great places.
(I just realized that most other average folks with just think of unger as hunger w/o the “h” and wonder what’s up with the 35.)
yum yum yum — man I do miss pittsburgh.
oh I almost forgot! I like your haircut.
said Erin on 23 September 2006 at 20:56What a great trip down memory lane! I was looking for one of my old blogs and somehow came across yours and it was great seeing Pittsburgh through the eyes of a former resident as well (both my husband and I attended school there). I haven’t lived in Pittsburgh since 2002 but to this day Church Brew Works is one of my ten favorite restaurants of all time! I also miss The O. Having one’s dorm upstairs from that place did a number on my waistline my freshman year! Another recommendation I wanted to list for anyone reading and going to Pittsburgh is Primanti’s in the South Side. There’s nothing more fabulous that a giant sandwhich made all the more giant by adding french fries to it.
Great post.
said [another] Becky on 24 October 2006 at 17:51Yowza, another Becky who loves Pittsburgh & all its yummy restaurants! What a small world :)
Yes, Primanti Brothers is a great recommendation. Sometimes when I’m eating out and I order a sandwich that comes with fries, I’ll put some of the fries on my sandwich. It’s just a tasty combination.
said Becky on 24 October 2006 at 20:29