Originally Posted by
Sweet Willie
(according to Citysearch)
1. The Strip District
Smallman St, Pittsburgh, PA
Spend a weekend morning exploring the international markets, ethnic eateries and trendy boutiques of the Strip District.
3. Primanti Brothers Bar & Grill
2 S Market Pl, Pittsburgh, PA
Don't even think about leaving the 'Burgh without trying a sandwich stuffed sky-high with meat, cole slaw and french fries.
5.
Original Hot Dog Shop
3901 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
College students and locals congregate at "The O" for enormous baskets of fries, bottles of cheap beer and other sinful foodstuffs.
Have been to Pittsburgh a number of times but only for business with no personal time.
Looks like I'll have 5 hour layover in PIT coming up. Do I have enough time to get to the Strip (have some eats) and get back to the airport ?
Some other food suggestions I've read about, anyone have any thoughts or experiences with these places ?
Get a burger at Tessaro's, 4601 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield, (412) 682-6809
Hours: 11 a.m to midnight. No reservations. Closed on Sundays.
The Pastrami Rachel at the Smallman Street Deli. It's only a couple of years old, but if you make the best pastrami in town (cured in the adjacent building), put it on a quality rye, top it with crunchy slaw, Russian dressing and grill the thing to perfection, you can convince even the most skeptical that this sandwich ranks right up there with the best from New York's classic delis.
A banh mi in the Strip on the Penn Avenue sidewalk near 22nd Street. Under her umbrella outside the My Ngoc restaurant, Lucy Sheets has been selling scrumptious, cilantro-laden Vietnamese sandwiches on crusty French baguettes for over ten years. She's open (usually by 7 a.m.) seven days a week (and very late on Friday and Saturday nights.) Get there before lunch on busy Saturdays so she has a full supply of surprising peppers, grilled meats, fresh cucumbers, carrots, secret sauce and other goodies to stuff in these crusty French bread hoagies.
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