Category Archives: squirrel hill
In Which We Graduate To Baller (Crawler) Status
From the Department of Special and Excessive Events…we submit for your review, the Inaugural 101 Achievements Baller Crawler Meatball Ball Crawl. Enjoy! Continue reading
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Filed under #22, #22-18, bloomfield, downtown, drinking, extreme eating, food, greenfield, italian, italian food, lawrenceville, meat, meatballs, pittsburgh, restaurant, squirrel hill, strip district, the strip, USBG, wine
Pub Golf In Space: An Epic Journey
Once a year, we host a city-ranging event in which we walk, drink, and eat our way through 18 bars in the course of a single, very long day. This was our fourth such event, and the first one we’ve actually managed to document properly. Enjoy! Continue reading
Filed under #23, #23-17, #4, #4-17, bloomfield, cocktails, downtown, drinking, excess, jameson, lawrenceville, margaritas, pittsburgh, pizza, pub golf, shadyside, south side, squirrel hill, statue, strip district, tequila
The Dead Parrots Society At Hidden Harbor
We recently embarked on a guided tour through the world of rum, led by the kind folks at Hidden Harbor. Over the course of the year, we’ll be trying 20 rums produced in 20 countries. Here are our notes from the first 5 we tried. Continue reading
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Filed under #29, #29-17, booze, drinking, education, pittsburgh, rum, rum passport, squirrel hill, tiki
February Coffee Talk: Commonplace Coffee
Each month, we’re visiting a different coffee shop somewhere in or around Pittsburgh. This month, we checked out the Squirrel Hill location of The Commonplace Coffeehouse. Have a look! Continue reading
Filed under #78, #78-17, coffee, coffee shop, dessert, squirrel hill
January Coffee Talk: The 61c Cafe
Once a month, we’re going to be checking out a different coffee shop somewhere in the Pittsburgh area. First off: the 61c Cafe, a favorite of ours for nearly two decades! Continue reading
Filed under #78, #78-17, coffee, coffee shop, pittsburgh, squirrel hill
Pizza-lympics: Doubling Down With Aiello’s And Mineo’s
Thus far we’ve seen a handful of contenders in this 2014 Pittsburgh Pizza-lympics, but now we’ve got our first intra-neighborhood showdown: Aiello’s vs Mineo’s. Who shall rule?! Continue reading
Filed under #52, #52-14, pittsburgh, pizza, squirrel hill
Around The World In Dining: Korean Food At Green Pepper
Last night, after ages and ages of indecision about dinner, we decided it was time to knock off our third ethnic dinner by trying Korean food for the first time. Yes, I know we lived in Los Angeles for a … Continue reading
Filed under #42, #42-11, korean food, miso soup, restaurant, squirrel hill
Group-On Up: The 4 Wood Grille
Wow, it’s not even the end of the first month of the year, and we’ve already used two of our Groupons or Living Social coupons! (This is mostly because we love to eat, and we are trying to save some … Continue reading
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Filed under #93, #93-11, dinner, groupon/living social, restaurant, squirrel hill