Food & Drink

Move over wings and mozzarella sticks — not-your-average appetizers are showing up on menus across Western Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh’s Ritual House chef Ed Smith said restaurants are looking to provide unique appetizer options for their clientele. “They’re paying more attention and elevating appetizer offerings as they set the tone for the...

Breakfast is now on the menu at DiAnoia’s Eatery. The Strip District destination will serve breakfast Tuesday through Saturday from 8 to 11 a.m. The restaurant known for Italian fare for lunch and dinner is expanding to the morning with what owners call “breakfast classics with an Italian twist.” The...

Jake Guentzel is gone, but the shake remains. It’s now being taken over by Penguins winger Bryan Rust. Formerly named Jake’s Shake, the Milkshake Factory favorite was discontinued after Guentzel was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes last March. In a new partnership with the Milkshake Factory, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced...

“Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?” Many are familiar with the answer: SpongeBob SquarePants. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the animated Nickelodeon show, Wendy’s launched a Krabby Patty Kollab menu in collaboration with Paramount. The menu items include a Krabby Patty Kollab Burger and Pineapple Under the...

The scent of bell peppers and tomatoes tickles your nose from the steps of the East Busway and Homewood Avenue Station. The aroma of pizza wafts down the block, ushering any passerby to the doorstep of North Homewood Pizza on the corner of North Homewood Avenue and Susquehanna Street. It’s...

A chicken version of McDonald’s iconic Big Mac will debut next week, the company announced. The Chicken Big Mac features two tempura-battered chicken patties with the traditional toppings (special sauce, lettuce, cheese on a sesame seed bun) from the Big Mac. The original sandwich was created in 1966 by Michael...

Pittsburgh Penguins fans can now savor a taste of team history as iconic slogans from retired announcer Mike Lange are incorporated into the menu at PPG Paints Arena. Terry Davidson, Aramark Sports + Entertainment executive chef for the Penguins, revealed new menu items during a media tour, including the Lord...

Vince Mangini’s goal in starting Allegheny Mountain Malt has always been to shorten the supply chain for local beer brewers and farmers. Now the company is looking to expand its offerings, bringing business development director Taiece Brooks on board. “Being able to shake hands with your malter, being able to...

With a name like Allegheny River Water, you know it’s got to be from Pittsburgh. But would you drink it? It’s the latest pop — not soda — beverage from Yinzer Brands, the creators of Pittsburgh-centric greeting cards known as Yinzer Cards. The company is collaborating with Grandpa Joe’s Candy...

NEW YORK — Long before Ina Garten’s Barefoot Contessa mini-empire of bestselling cookbooks and TV shows ever took off, she found herself at an airport, wanting to learn to fly. It was the late 1960s and she was a newlywed in Fayetteville, North Carolina. She and her soldier-husband, Jeffrey, would...

The Pittsburgh Pirates played their final 2024 home game Thursday at PNC Park, but there are items from the ballpark’s concession stands still being served, though not to fans. The leftover food is being donated to 412 Food Rescue, a non-profit that recovers and redistributes food directly to people who...

Erica and Cameron Lewis had been married a mere week when they decided to “hop on the bus.” The Winfield Township couple bought a used school bus at auction in Butler for $6,000 with plans to transform it into a mobile coffee business. The Bus Stop Coffee Co. celebrates its...

Ebony Lunsford-Evans would like nothing more than to spend all day tending her crops and chickens. “I spend a lot of my time out here,” the woman known to some as Farmer Girl Eb said on a recent August morning, gesturing at the farm she runs in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood....

Tarentum is far smaller than Pittsburgh, but the appetite for urban farming to help the poor is just as big. In this Alle-Kiski Valley community of just over 4,000 people, a small community garden launched in 2015 is today feeding low-income residents and others who struggle to find food in...

Surin Thamwiwat teared up as she talked about saying goodbye to customers, many who she’s known for more than three decades. “When I talk to customers and tell them we are closing, they cry and then I cry,” said Surin, sitting next to her beloved husband, Santi Thamwiwat, inside Thai...

For some people, curling up with a glass of wine and a good book is a recipe for a lovely evening. But not everyone drinks wine. Beer and a book can go together just as well. With that in mind, officials from the Delmont Public Library reached out to nearby...

Weight loss trends have been circulating on TikTok and the latest feature green tea. The viral TikTok videos have labeled green tea “nature’s Ozempic,” but is it actually effective? For centuries, green tea has been known as a “diet hack,” the New York Times reported. Green tea has been featured...

Westmoreland Children First, a Greensburg nonprofit that supports the Westmoreland County Children’s Bureau and raises money to provide urgent needs such as beds, school supplies, winter coats and more, will host a wine and chocolate gala Sept. 28 at Saint Vincent College in Unity. It will be from 7-10 p.m....

With a message shaped like a heart and made of coffee beans Soluna, a Latin-inspired cafe in Pittsburgh’s Strip District announced on social media Tuesday it will be closing for good on Sunday. Known for handcrafted coffee, baked goods and Latin-inspired dishes, ownership shared a message that “After much reflection,...

Can you smell it? That spicy- sweetness is hovering in the air right now. Pumpkin spice season is here. Even before it’s cool enough to feel like fall, the warmth of pie spices starts to appear in coffee shops and on store shelves. Pumpkin spice lattes have given way to pumpkin...

Sam Fee was looking for a brewery to have a beer on a Monday. He found many were not open. So, he did something to quench his thirst. He opened Mondays Brewing Co. on Waterdam Plaza Drive in Peters in October 2020 — yes, during a pandemic. He had signed...

Pittsburgh is no stranger to the fish sandwich scene. When Lenten season rolls around each year, fish sandwiches are abundant and sold at just about every VFD, church hall and restaurant in Western Pennsylvania. But what if you’re craving fish-on-bun-fun the rest of the year? These regional fish-friendly restaurants serve...

A staple of the Middle Eastern food community is closing in North Oakland. Co-owners Rosemarie and Salim El-Tahch opened Salim’s Middle Eastern Foods a year after they married in 1978. Forty-five years later, they’re still operating from their original location at 4705 Centre Ave. But the end looms as the...

Well, that’s an official wrap on summer, folks! It’s time to think about chilly nights, mugs of hot apple cider and the scent of falling leaves. Here are a few things to do while ushering in autumn during a still-warm weekend. Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival This weekend, musicians will fill...

Craving Olive Garden breadsticks? Call an Uber. Darden Restaurants, owner of Olive Garden, said Thursday that it signed a deal with Uber Technologies to offer food delivery services for select restaurant locations later this year, the Wall Street Journal reported. Food will be able to be ordered through the Olive...