OT :OT: Favorite local restaurants no longer around...…..
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La Cucina Flegrea, on Murray Avenue in Squirrel Hill. The chef/owner was from the Naples area of Italy, and it was completely authentic. She relocated to a spot in Market Square, but did not last there. It remains the best Italian restaurant to have ever been in Squirrel Hill - hard to fathom that there has not been one there since it moved.
“Capri. Hold please.”
Fraternity brothers and I use to scrounge up coins to buy a pizza and two liter from there.
Surprised to not see Uncle Sam's on this list. Good cheese steak subs.
Do you all remember Mguilsis sp? something like that on Carson Street right after the Westend headed to town on the right, loved the food. I would go there as a very young kid in early 70s
Tuscan Inn would be my choice. Followed by Park Schenley & McKnight Smorgasboard (JK).
Oh damn........what was the restaurant by Tony Pais? It was Portuguese (or he was) and it was always at the top of Best Restaurant Lists. I forget the name. What the hell was it called...okay.....Google, Siri...help.....Baum Vivant! That's it.
There’s no Winkys in Wilmerding.
You gotta back me up on my Winner's story. After all, you found it!!
Maybe not a restaurant per se, but does anyone remember House of Sauce in North Oakland?
yes, it was on Center - down a block or so from Giant Eagle and on the other side of Center. Excellent BBQ chicken.
The (future) missus and I would often get takeout from George Aiken’s and spend a nice summer afternoon - of food, wine, & Frisbee - on Flagstaff Hill. Looking back on it, those were some of the most fun & carefree days of my life.
LOVED Winners. ate there countless times while bartending at calico's
still to this day cant find better kim che
BIMBO'S!!!! Spent my second grade bday there....got a pie in my face. great memories!
Did Pleasure Bar close?
Didn’t see The Elbow Room listed yet and although I drank there a lot more than I ate, I miss The Sharp Edge Beer Emporium.
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As someone who grew up in Erie, I’ve never heard of Conneaut Lake described as a suburb of Erie. 30 miles south and in a different county.
I’m old enough to remember when Bubbles & Sherman was the restaurant in the Webster Hall. It moved to Forbes Street in Squirrel Hill and the Park Schenley replaced it.
Miami Subs pretty good. I would have gone there more often if it weren’t next to Primanti’s and the O.
Did it really close, or is it in some sort of limbo? I can appreciate what they have been attempting. However, I'd rather them teach job skills for regular, good food instead of fish with sea urchin foam, or whatever they serve.
Is that what eventually became the Sharp Edge Creekhouse and has been vacant for a few years?
1. La Fiesta - felt like I was eating in someone's living room but the food was good.
2. House of Chiang - I think I have the name right? Always went there with the parents when they visited. I distinctly remember the pink walls
3. Aladdin's (I think was the name?) next to Mellingers - looks like it is a deli now.
2. House of Chiang - I think I have the name right? Always went there with the parents when they visited. I distinctly remember the pink walls
3. Aladdin's (I think was the name?) next to Mellingers - looks like it is a deli now.
Anyone remember the Italian place on 19 In Wexford, about a half mile north of NA highschool? It's been closed for at least 10-15 years, the the building is gone too.
Wife and I ate there once and I recall liking what I had. Name escapes me.
Wife and I ate there once and I recall liking what I had. Name escapes me.
Great chef, we have followed him for years. Controversial but interesting, talented guy. We started with him at a taco place in the Southside, Yo Ritas , a hot dog place on the circle in East Liberty, Salt of the Earth, Union Pig and Chicken. We sort of know him and like him. Hope it is not closed.
Does anyone remember Erculani's (?) in Ebensburg? Never made it there but people used to rave and I regret not going there before it closed.
It was DiPietro's. Their original location in West View is still open
Jake Hickton ran that. He started at Park Schenley. Great place.
No, it's still alive and well. They changed ownership a few years ago and dropped the Mariani's name from the signage, but kept many of same recipes.
No. The Creekhouse is right by the bridge. Winkys was a short bit up the road. I think the Winkys building is now a veterinarian.
I forget who but someone just bought the Creekhouse along with a sister bar. Caliente maybe?
