We lived in Shadyside in the 80s - one of us in a house converted to apartments near Walnut St. (before the days of resident parking permits when on-street parking was nearly impossible to find on the weekends) and the other in the area alternately known as East Shadyside or Point Breeze near the old Nabisco … Continue reading Choolaah Indian BBQ
Month: July 2019
Baby Loves Tacos
One thing consistently took us to Bloomfield in the 80s: the now-closed Del’s Bar & Ristorante, which was a popular spot for dinner and pitchers of beer in graduate school. The food was good, plentiful, and inexpensive. More recently, aside from an occasional meal at Tessaro's, Bloomfield was simply a neighborhood that we passed through … Continue reading Baby Loves Tacos
Curbside Coffee via the Coffee Passport
This Saturday Lunch starts with the Coffee Passport. No, we did not have just coffee for lunch, but the purchase of the Coffee Passport led us to our lunch destination. When we lived in rural Northwestern PA, our coffee options were limited to a local coffee shop and McDonalds (which has decent coffee for the … Continue reading Curbside Coffee via the Coffee Passport
Revisiting Pizza Favorites – Part II
Our Saturday Lunch excursions are as much about experience as about the food. Our posts are not food reviews; you can find extensive reviews written by others about many of the places we will visit. Our intent to be more of a travelogue—sometimes the best meals have mediocre food, but great company and circumstances. It … Continue reading Revisiting Pizza Favorites – Part II