Anything decent walking distance from the University for an early dinner or happy hour? Nothing too fancy.
Driving is an option, but walking is preferred. I’m not seeing a whole lot of options.
Let me horn in on Abbie’s thread to broaden it. Any restaurant recommendations generally for Pittsburgh since the last thread?
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Union grill is close; it’s casual but does have pretty good food.
There are a lot of other options that are a short drive away.
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Fet Fisk in Bloomfield lots of national exposure. Hipster type place and a difficult reservation.
Fish nor Fowl in Bloomfield/East Liberty. It’s. More Italian but have a few fish dishes. The pastas last week were really good. Sadly, no corkage allowed.
Balvanera is the Strip is a branch of a NYC Argentine restaurant. Good restaurant, don’t know about corkage.
Morcilla in Lawrenceville. Spanish/Basque type food.
Butterjoint is in Oakland (where Pitt is), maybe not within walking distance. We go there occasionally.
Most of the Pitt/CMU options are geared towards students. Shadyside seems more like the place where professors go for dinner. Casbah is one choice. @MChang have you been to Lilith? Seems to be pretty good, but we haven’t been.
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Lilith is very good but very small and hard to get into.
I believe Abbie is vegetarian so apteka would probably be the best choice if you’re going to go somewhere by car.
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Forgot about Apteka. Another place with national “exposure.” Only reservations for 4 or more. If you’re vegetarian this is the place. Vom Boden had a tasting event there.
My wife isn’t crazy about vegetarian so we have only gone a few times, but it’s really good. Plus no reservations for 2.
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Butterjoint looks really good and might be just what we are looking for.
I’m meeting a friend to see a concert, so we are looking for somewhere to go beforehand and on the more casual side. I’d prefer not to have to make reservations, as I don’t know our exact timeline yet.
Apteka looks awesome, and I definitely need to check it out soon.