Category Archives: dinner

Murray Avenue Restaurant Challenge: La Cucina Flegrea

posted by: | December 7, 2010
Achievement: #2. Eat at every restaurant on Murray Ave

We had one last big-dinner restaurant on our Murray Ave list, and we chose to try it out on the night of the big World of Warcraft Cataclysm release. I think it goes without saying that an important event like … Continue reading →

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Living It Up At The Primadonna

posted by: | October 27, 2010
Achievement: #23. Have dinner at the Primadonna

The Primadonna is a formerly-well-known Italian restaurant in McKees Rocks that I know about for a funny reason. Back when we were little (maybe 10 or 11?), my friend Jessica’s parents took us to the Neville Chemical Plant open house. … Continue reading →

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Cooking Light Recipes: Crostini, Pasta, And Herbed Chicken Parmesan

posted by: | October 24, 2010
Achievement: #7. Make 26 different recipes from Cooking Light

Either Michael really loves elaborate dinners, or he’s trying to finish up the Cooking Light Achievement way ahead of schedule. In a new masterpiece, he managed (yet again) to make three dishes for one dinner. Ladies, you all know why … Continue reading →

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Murray Avenue Restaurant Challenge: Gullifty’s, A Squirrel Hill Institution

posted by: | September 11, 2010
Achievement: #2. Eat at every restaurant on Murray Ave

Another Saturday night, another trip up the hill for dinner! This time, we hit Gullifty’s, which is a restaurant best known for its desserts and appeal to CMU students. This is one of those rare occasions where we visited something … Continue reading →

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Murray Avenue Restaurant Challenge: Chaya Japanese Restaurant

posted by: | September 4, 2010
Achievement: #2. Eat at every restaurant on Murray Ave

We’ve started almost a new standard of going out for a Murray Ave dinner each Saturday night. This week, it was time to hit up a delightful BYOB Japanese restaurant called Chaya. We were very excited for this, because we’d … Continue reading →

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