Guidebook for Pittsburgh

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Guidebook for Pittsburgh

Food Scene

Kyoto-style Japanese comfort food, unique menu, restaurant owned by a local Japanese/Chinese couple. Very authentic and yummy!
17 locals recommend
Teppanyaki Kyoto Restaurant
5808 Bryant St
17 locals recommend
Kyoto-style Japanese comfort food, unique menu, restaurant owned by a local Japanese/Chinese couple. Very authentic and yummy!
Great locally-owned cafe with wifi.
43 locals recommend
Tazza D'Oro
1125 N Highland Ave
43 locals recommend
Great locally-owned cafe with wifi.
Consistently great, upscale but unpretentious cuisine in a vibrant, happening environment. Fantastic weekend brunch.
36 locals recommend
Park Bruges
5801 Bryant St
36 locals recommend
Consistently great, upscale but unpretentious cuisine in a vibrant, happening environment. Fantastic weekend brunch.
Good, fresh, inexpensive Thai cuisine in a vibrant environment.
38 locals recommend
Smiling Banana Leaf
5901 Bryant St
38 locals recommend
Good, fresh, inexpensive Thai cuisine in a vibrant environment.
Upscale restaurant with excellent brunch.
23 locals recommend
E2
5904 Bryant St
23 locals recommend
Upscale restaurant with excellent brunch.
A French restaurant staffed mostly by French people. Great savory or sweet crepes (the buckwheat ones are gluten free), amazing French food, and a rainbow of fresh macarons. Practice your French while you dine!
24 locals recommend
Paris 66 Bistro
6018 Centre Ave
24 locals recommend
A French restaurant staffed mostly by French people. Great savory or sweet crepes (the buckwheat ones are gluten free), amazing French food, and a rainbow of fresh macarons. Practice your French while you dine!

Essentials

Excellent local grocery store/deli. Good gluten-free selection, gourmet selections, unpretentious.
11 locals recommend
Bryant Street Market
5901 Bryant St
11 locals recommend
Excellent local grocery store/deli. Good gluten-free selection, gourmet selections, unpretentious.
Whole Foods is about 8 minutes by car, 12 minutes by bus (it's on a direct bus line from here!)
138 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
5700 Centre Ave
138 locals recommend
Whole Foods is about 8 minutes by car, 12 minutes by bus (it's on a direct bus line from here!)
Trader Joe's is about an 8-minute drive away, near Bakery Square.
117 locals recommend
Trader Joe's
9020 Covenant Ave
117 locals recommend
Trader Joe's is about an 8-minute drive away, near Bakery Square.
The local food co-op is a 12-15 minute drive. In addition to being your source for bulk organic food and other co-op staples, they have a hot bar that has breakfast and brunch food on weekends, and lunch/dinner every day, at very reasonable prices. Also, good coffee to go.
37 locals recommend
East End Food Co-op
7516 Meade St
37 locals recommend
The local food co-op is a 12-15 minute drive. In addition to being your source for bulk organic food and other co-op staples, they have a hot bar that has breakfast and brunch food on weekends, and lunch/dinner every day, at very reasonable prices. Also, good coffee to go.
Target is about a 6-minute drive away.
67 locals recommend
Target
6231 Penn Ave
67 locals recommend
Target is about a 6-minute drive away.

Everything Else

Fantastic maker space with the equipment and classes you need to be able to make anything you want!
TechShop
192 Bakery Square Blvd
Fantastic maker space with the equipment and classes you need to be able to make anything you want!
Great shopping, restaurants, and also home to Google and Tech Shop
25 locals recommend
Bakery Square
6425 Penn Ave
25 locals recommend
Great shopping, restaurants, and also home to Google and Tech Shop

Drinks & Nightlife

Our local bar, around the corner at 5719 Bryant (corner of Bryant St. and N. St. Clair), is a good place to hang out and talk with friends. It's on the quiet side, for a bar, and they have good food.
Park Place Pub
5719-5721 Bryant St
Our local bar, around the corner at 5719 Bryant (corner of Bryant St. and N. St. Clair), is a good place to hang out and talk with friends. It's on the quiet side, for a bar, and they have good food.

Parks & Nature

Very pretty park, popular with families and dog-walkers on sunny days, often has live music in the summer. Our guests who like to jog often go here to do it.
58 locals recommend
Highland Park
58 locals recommend
Very pretty park, popular with families and dog-walkers on sunny days, often has live music in the summer. Our guests who like to jog often go here to do it.

Arts & Culture

Really cool local history museum.
127 locals recommend
Senator John Heinz History Center
1212 Smallman St
127 locals recommend
Really cool local history museum.
Stunning, enormous 19th-century library with a cafe, classes open to the public, and kids' activities. For instance, every Saturday from 10:30-11AM is story reading for kids age 0-36 months; after the reading, kids can play with puzzles, a toy train set or of course books.
16 locals recommend
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Main
4400 Forbes Ave
16 locals recommend
Stunning, enormous 19th-century library with a cafe, classes open to the public, and kids' activities. For instance, every Saturday from 10:30-11AM is story reading for kids age 0-36 months; after the reading, kids can play with puzzles, a toy train set or of course books.

Sightseeing

Gorgeous neogothic skyscraper built in the 1930s with soaring interiors that look like a cross between European cathedrals and Hogwarts. It's part of the University of Pittsburgh campus. You can tour the nationality rooms (classrooms meticulously designed to evoke different countries or cultures) and in November and December, every nationality room is decorated for the holidays. Great tours, and amazing views from the upper floors.
113 locals recommend
Cathedral of Learning
4200 Fifth Ave
113 locals recommend
Gorgeous neogothic skyscraper built in the 1930s with soaring interiors that look like a cross between European cathedrals and Hogwarts. It's part of the University of Pittsburgh campus. You can tour the nationality rooms (classrooms meticulously designed to evoke different countries or cultures) and in November and December, every nationality room is decorated for the holidays. Great tours, and amazing views from the upper floors.