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pghcitypaper.comThis week's food news includes updates on Lorelei, Okane Sushi Bar, Burgatory, Better-Maid Donut, Colombino Coffee, Sea Monkey, and more...
Sushi tacos, coffee subscriptions, and more Pittsburgh food news
This week's food news includes updates on Lorelei, Okane Sushi Bar, Burgatory, Better-Maid Donut, Colombino Coffee, Sea Monkey, and more.
As 2025 draws to a close, Pittsburgh City Paper‘s editorial staff members select their favorite stories from the year. Relive A&E editor
@awaltzcp.bsky.social's 2025 highlights...
CP Year in Review: A&E editor Amanda Waltz’s favorite stories of 2025
Pittsburgh City Paper A&E Editor Amanda Waltz looks back on her favorite stories from 2025.
As 2025 draws to a close, Pittsburgh City Paper‘s editorial staff members select their favorite stories from the year. Relive news editor
@colinbwilliams.com 2025 highlights...
CP Year in Review: News editor Colin Williams’ favorite stories of 2025
As 2025 draws to a close, Pittsburgh City Paper‘s editorial staff members select their favorite stories from the year. Relive news editor Colin Williams’ 2025 highlights below: Will the real John Fett...
Looking for a new job? We searched through local employment guides to curate a list of the best job openings around Pittsburgh this week, including a Human Resources Manager, an Art Educator, two wine-related jobs, and more...
Now Hiring in Pittsburgh: City Winery, Kane Community Living Centers, Children's Museum, and more
Looking for a new job? We searched through local employment guides to curate a list of the best job openings around Pittsburgh this week.
This was our X-mas list for Santa. Will we get what we want by next year? We hope so ...
Here’s what we want Santa to bring Pittsburgh for Christmas
Dear Santa, the Pittsburgh City Paper staff, have made a list, please check it twice. We love this town, but it could be improved by a few things that are naughty, and a few that are nice.
Looking for a new job? We searched through local employment guides to curate a list of the best job openings around Pittsburgh this week, including an event planner and a director of operations, plus a new workforce program and more...
Now Hiring in Pittsburgh: The Pittsburgh Pirates, Mt. Lebanon Magazine, RentHelpPGH, and more
Looking for a new job? We searched through local employment guides to curate a list of the best job openings around Pittsburgh this week.
If you look at a lot of houses — or lots of very similar things of any kind — eventually, your brain will start seeing patterns where there are none...
Affordable-ish Housing in Pittsburgh: Houses as Pittsburgh athletes edition
Here’s a bunch of Pittsburgh houses that remind us of Pittsburgh sporting semi-legends.
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We added more resources to our running list of free holiday meals in Pittsburgh on Dec. 18 at 3:36 p.m.
Where to find free or low-cost holiday meals in Pittsburgh this December
Several Pittsburgh organizations are offering free holiday meals, grocery distributions, and food support for individuals who could use a little extra help this holiday season.
Find Holiday markets, movies, and laser shows, DJ dance parties, high school hoops at PPG Paints Arena, and other big events in Pittsburgh this week...
Pittsburgh’s top events: Thu., Dec. 18-Wed., Dec. 24
Holiday markets, movies, and laser shows, DJ dance parties, high school hoops at PPG Paints Arena, and other big events in Pittsburgh.
For those who felt the city’s response was inadequate, “They’re right. Plain and simple.”
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Why are Pittsburgh's snow plows MIA?
A recent storm highlighted issues with Pittsburgh's fleet of snow removal vehicles, and the app built to track them.
Ahead of the region's first true mega-event next April, officials are helping businesses prepare...
ONE wants NFL Draft visitors to experience the "real" Pittsburgh
Ahead of the region's first true mega-event next April, the NFL Draft, officials are helping businesses prepare.
This week's food news includes updates on Spirit, Baby Loves Tacos, Old Thunder Brewing, Murray Avenue Grill, and more...
South Side Burger King strikes again, The Park House reopens, and more Pittsburgh food news
This week's food news includes updates on Spirit, Baby Loves Tacos, Old Thunder Brewing, Murray Avenue Grill, and more.
Looking for a new job? We searched through local employment guides to curate a list of the best job openings around Pittsburgh this week, including a literacy coach and a professional soccer tryout opportunity, plus a new workforce program and more...
Now Hiring in Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Riveters SC, R Wine Cellar, Jerry's Records, and more
Looking for a new job? We searched through local employment guides to curate a list of the best job openings around Pittsburgh this week, including a literacy coach and a professional soccer tryout op...
Pittsburghers care a lot. And we don’t care what you think — the yin and yang of Yinzerdom(?)
Affordable-ish Housing in Pittsburgh: Yin and yang of Yinzerdom edition
Pittsburghers care a lot. And we don’t care what you think — the yin and yang of Yinzerdom.
Employees at the region’s only independent abortion clinic are negotiating for higher pay, healthcare, benefits including parental leave, codified gender inclusivity practices, and other protections...
Pittsburgh’s People of Year 2025 — Labor: ARHC Union Workers
Since unionizing in June, workers at the Allegheny Reproductive Health Center (ARHC) have been holding the line. The newly-formed Allegheny Reproductive Justice Union (ARJU), affiliated with the Offic...
Our breakdown of "Sam McCool’s New Pittsburghese: How to Speak Like a Pittsburgher," a 40-page guide covering the ins and ahts of yinzer vocabulary.
Making sense of a 1982 guide to Pittsburghese
Breaking down Sam McCool’s New Pittsburghese: How to Speak Like a Pittsburgher, a 40-page guide covering the ins and ahts of yinzer vocabulary.
This week's food news includes updates on Carmi Soul Food, Grist House, Creative Chem Co., 7 Brew Coffee, holiday cookie events, and more...
Jeff Goldblum and coffee, bikes and beer, and more Pittsburgh food news
This week's food news includes updates on Carmi Soul Food, Grist House, Creative Chem Co., 7 Brew Coffee, holiday cookie events, and more.
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The scoop shop will serve Leona's signature lactose-free ice cream plus "cozy" treats for winter visitors...
Leona's sandwiched into Garfield's growing food scene
The scoop shop will serve Leona's signature lactose-free ice cream plus "cozy" treats for winter visitors.
Today at 10 a.m., our own
@colinbwilliams.com will be on City Cast for a fun holiday quiz!
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The City Cast Pittsburgh daily podcast and the Hey Pittsburgh daily newsletter are made by Pittsburghers for Pittsburghers.
If every book begins with a central question, the one Sherrie Flick asks consistently throughout hers is, what does it mean to be from Pittsburgh?
Pittsburgh writers Jessie Sage and Sherrie Flick talk "Rust Belt feminism" over pool at a South Side dive bar
If every book begins with a central question, the one Sherrie Flick asks consistently throughout hers is, what does it mean to be from Pittsburgh?
I’ve said plenty of strange things in this affordable real estate column, mostly in jest, but there's one error I make pretty regularly...
Affordable-ish Housing in Pittsburgh: Bad Take Hall of Fame edition
I’ve said plenty of strange things in this column, mostly in jest, but there's one error I make pretty regularly.
We have a print issue dropping this Friday! Thanks for your patience, since this issue was supposed to be on newsstands this Thursday, but due to a printing issue, it is running late. In the meantime, you can check out our new mega-issue online at
pghcitypaper.com.
For over a decade, Harrison Apple has worked to preserve the city’s queer past. This year, Apple continued their efforts as co-founder of the Pittsburgh Queer History Project (PQHP)...
Pittsburgh’s People of Year 2025 — Visual Art: Harrison Apple
Queer history has undergone more than its fair share of erasure, including in Pittsburgh. Local bars, clubs, and other spaces that, over the decades, served as safe havens for the city’s LGBTQ populat...
The automated rideshare service will begin driving in Downtown Pittsburgh soon...
”Yinz ready to ride?” Self-driving Waymo cabs will return to Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh’s roads have proved challenging for previous autonomous vehicle companies. However, Waymo’s vast experience could mean smoother going this time around.
In this issue, Pittsburgh City Paper is proud to shine a light on these helpers, all of whom are making our city a better place in a different way, in the world of politics, business, culture, and beyond...
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People of the Year 2025
In this issue, Pittsburgh City Paper is proud to shine a light on these helpers, all of whom are making our city a better place in a different way.
We have a print issue dropping this week! While we normally drop issues on Wednesday, we are going to be on newsstands this Thursday. You can also check out this new mega-issue online at
pghcitypaper.com.
This week's food news includes updates on Shake Shack, The Grant Bar and Lounge, Patron Mexican Grill, Taqueria Acosta, holiday ice cream flavors, and more...
Pawpaw ginger beer, eggnog ice cream, and more Pittsburgh food news
This week's food news includes updates on Shake Shack, The Grant Bar and Lounge, Patron Mexican Grill, Taqueria Acosta, holiday ice cream flavors, and more.
Looking for a new job? We searched through local employment guides to curate a list of the best job openings around Pittsburgh this week, including a director of operations, an interior designer, a marketing assistant, and more...
Now Hiring in Pittsburgh: Contemporary Craft, Trax Farm Market, City Winery, and more
Looking for a new job? We searched through local employment guides to curate a list of the best job openings around Pittsburgh this week, including a director of operations, an interior designer, a ma...
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This season, we are offering a Holiday Discount on all City Paper merch! Get 20% off with code Holiday20. Sale runs 11/26-12/31.
pghcitypaperstore.com/collections/...At this new-ish Sharpsburg restaurant, come for the authentic Italian flavors, stay for the evocative, vintage ambiance...
Ranucci's serves timeless Italian cuisine and evocative vibes
At this new-ish Sharpsburg restaurant, come for the authentic Italian flavors, stay for the evocative, vintage ambiance.
The denizens of one of Pittsburgh’s most affluent neighborhoods have taken sides on a Very Important Issue — whether the Walnut Street holiday tree was worthy of gracing the alleyway across from the abandoned Apple store...
Walnut Street's Christmas #Treegate is vexing a Shadyside Facebook group
Drama ensued when a post in a Shadyside Facebook group expressed "embarrassment" over a decorated tree on Walnut Street.
Relics of our car-centric past could be converted into pedestrian-friendly parkland...
Transit Talk: Bypass the Bypass with a bigger bike trail
Relics of our car-centric past could be converted into pedestrian-friendly parkland.
Looking for a new job? We searched through local employment guides to curate a list of the best job openings around Pittsburgh this week, including a social worker, an executive director, a head of brand campaigns, and more...
Now Hiring in Pittsburgh: Carnegie Library, The Mascot Organization, Con Alma, and more
Looking for a new job? We searched through local employment guides to curate a list of the best job openings around Pittsburgh this week, including a social worker, an executive director, a head of br...
While examining the local housing market, one wonders: what do we truly need as a city?
Affordable-ish Housing in Pittsburgh: Wants vs. needs edition
While examining the local housing market, one wonders: what do we truly need as a city?
Broke Babe Supper Club went from a series of free dinners to an artistic project examining the relationships between hunger, class, and creativity...
Broke Babe Supper Club satisfies appetite for food and connection
Broke Babe Supper Club went from a series of free dinners to an artistic project examining the relationships between hunger, class, and creativity.
The Monroeville Convention Center hosted The Ultimate Brick Show over the weekend, showcasing local Lego builders and collectors...
Lego enthusiasts attend Ultimate Brick Show in Monroeville
The Monroeville Convention Center hosted The Ultimate Brick Show over the weekend, showcasing local Lego builders and collectors. Families participated in Lego building exercises, trivia contests and ...
Inside the soon-to-be-demolished Monroeville Mall was once a full-sized ice skating rink; it’s easy to see the remnants of it:
Memories of the Monroeville Ice Palace remain frozen in time 40 years on
The ghosts of a grand ice rink still linger at the Monroeville Mall in the area that now serves as its food court.
This week's food news includes updates on Bar Botanico, Eat’n Park, Vendor Bender, Pita My Shawarma, Thanksgiving turkey giveaways, and more...
Shawarma and wine, free turkeys, and more Pittsburgh food news
This week's food news includes updates on Bar Botanico, Eat’n Park, Vendor Bender, Pita My Shawarma, Thanksgiving turkey giveaways, and more.
Who has the best basement bar in PGH?
Have you built the ultimate sports cave in your basement? Do you have a dank dungeon bar where you like to hang? Enter a photo of your drinking area, and win 2 free tickets to Handmade Arcade and a shirt!
Additionally, just for entering, you can win a prize.
Best Basement Bars Contest!
If you’re having a tough year and need a little extra help this season, many places are offering free Thanksgiving meals across Pittsburgh:
Where Pittsburgh residents can get a free or cheap Thanksgiving meal
If you’re having a tough year and need a little extra help this season, there are many places offering free Thanksgiving meals across Pittsburgh
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Looking for a new job? We searched through local employment guides to curate a list of the best job openings around Pittsburgh this week, including a mill operations manager, an interior design assistant, a finance manager, and more...
Now Hiring in Pittsburgh: Landforce, The Open Road, City of Pittsburgh, and more
Check out the newest job listings: now hiring in Pittsburgh
Iron City Circus Arts packed the house last weekend for four shows during their premiere of Aerial Arcana: A Tarot Tale...
Iron City Circus Arts presents Aerial Arcana: A Tarot Tale
Iron City Circus Arts packed the house last weekend for four shows during their premiere of Aerial Arcana: A Tarot Tale. Performers danced around the audience, swung from silk and executed impressive ...
What’s so special about Mad Mex’s Gobblerito? It’s hard to explain. Each ingredient is just ok on its own, but together, it’s a kaleidoscope of delicious magnificence...
A love letter to the Gobblerito
I proudly declare to the world: I love the Gobblerito.
When it comes to improving local food systems, everything old is new again...
Zeromile Co-op wants to bring a worker-member food hub to Lawrenceville
When it comes to improving local food systems, everything old is new again.
