The big Burrito Restaurant Group announces plans for an Alta Via spinoff.
April 20, 2021
RENDERINGS COURTESY STRADA
When big Burrito Restaurant Group president and corporate chef Bill Fuller was developing ideas for Alta Via the group’s O’Hara Township-based restaurant influenced by culinary philosophes of Italy and Northern California he considered adding pizza to the menu, but nixed it in favor of the restaurant’s signature vegetable-forward dishes and house-made pastas.
“Friends kept asking me, ‘Will there be pizza? Will there be pizza?’” Fuller says.
The answer is yes just not at the original Alta Via location.
Earlier this week, Fuller announced plans for AVP a pizza-focused spinoff of Alta Via that will join the restaurant lineup at Bakery Square in Pittsburgh’s East End later this year. Besides Alta Via, which opened in 2019, big Burrito’s restaurant portfolio includes Mad Mex, Casbah, Kaya, Eleven, Soba and Umi.
Jimmy Wan s Restaurant and Lounge Prepares to Celebrate Its 15th Anniversary pittsburghmagazine.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pittsburghmagazine.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Fight to Survive for Pittsburgh Restaurants
The region’s restaurants and bars are doing all they can to survive a pandemic that has meant immeasurable sacrifice and precious little government support in return.
January 21, 2021
“WE NEED TO BAND TOGETHER TO KEEP THE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE SAFE. EVERYBODY IS IN A BAD SPOT WHERE THEY NEED MONEY, BUT PUTTING A BARTENDER IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY HAVE TO POLICE A DINING ROOM ISN’T OK. IT’S AN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION TO THEM.” –– KATE ROMANE, OWNER OF BLACK RADISH KITCHEN
It’s been a terrible year for just about anyone who operates a restaurant, bar or catering business. Since March 16, when the first public health measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 included the prohibition of on-premises consumption, life in the region’s hospitality industry has been a roller coaster of uncertainty. While it’s true that restaurants and bars close every year and Pittsburgh hasn’t, to date, seen a tidal wave
Pittsburgher of the Year: Lisa Scales
As the leader of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, Scales has mobilized the organization to feed the vulnerable members of our community amid a pandemic that threatens their survival.
January 21, 2021
The rain fell relentlessly as the line of cars inched into the parking lot, backed up further than Lisa Scales could see. Peering through fogged-up glasses, she walked up to each car and asked the driver where she should put the box of food. “In the back seat or the trunk?”
Once the provisions were loaded up, she asked, “How are you holding up?”