Welcome

To Begin:

This blog is a starting point for my explorations. As a young adult in Pittsburgh I'm looking for new ways to stay awake and not fall asleep (aside from instagraming my painfully overpriced latte). I decided that a food blog was the best choice for spicing things up. I should state that I have no formal culinary training, a fairly unsophisticated palette, and I have to check Google when looking over certain menus.
Unlike many others without a high brow culinary background however, I’ve become well acquainted with some of the best restaurants in the area.  This is largely due to my significant other who has the most extensive background in “trying restaurants” of anyone I have ever met.  His love for upscale dining, over the top orders, and his sadness that he no longer lives in New York has helped to expose me to the art of food and service.  Therefore I consider myself more than qualified to describe things I eat, things I make, what I love, and why life is beautiful through the steel city lens.

 I hope to keep posts informative, honest and interesting in the future. 



Places I've Been in the Pittsburgh Area:

Big Burrito:                               Steakhouses:
Umi                                           Capital Grille
Kaya                                          Morton's
Soba                                          Ruth's Chris
Mad Mex                                   Bistecca at the Meadows (Washington, PA)
Eleven                                      
Casbah                                 

Sushi/Japanese:                                 Mexican:
Nakama                                             Las Velas (Market Square)
Tamari                                               Emiliano's
Penn Ave Fish Co.                             Old Mexico (totally necessary, Washington, PA)

Diners, Drive Ins and Dives:

Fat Head's                                      Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza (Robinson, PA)
Wingharts Whiskey Bar                   Primanti's
Pamela's                                         Pittsburgh Steak Company
Burgatory                                       Double Wide Grille
Shady Grove                                   The Pretzel Shop (Southside, noteworthy)
Mike and Tony's Gyros                    Cafe on the Strip
Buffalo Wild Wings                         Local Bar and Kitchen
Redbeards                                       Diamond Market Bar and Grille (Market Square)
Quaker Steak and Lube                   The Coca Cafe
Smoke BBQ Taqueria                      Library Bar and Kitchen

Everything Else Under the Sun:

Meat and Potatoes
Dinette
Ibiza Tapas and Wine Bar
Dish Osteria
Isabella's on Grandview
Yo Rita
McCormick and Shmick's
Chioppino
Plum
Nola on the Square
Taste of Dahntahn
Nine on Nine
The Carlton (located inside BNY Mellon)
Sanoma Grille
Up (Shadyside, formerly Walnut Grille location)
Habitat, located in the Fairmont Hotel
Franco's (Washington, PA)

* I'd like to add watching Chopped, Top Chef, Sweet Genius, and countless Food Network to my expertise*