The former Lombardozzi restaurant space in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood could be getting new life as the well-known food pop-up business Fet Fisk is eyeing the space for a bar, restaurant and event space. Fet Fisk has run a pop-up dinner business for the past few years, serving Scandinavian-inspired dinners at
Edgar Kaufmann Jr. once described his family’s sylvan Fayette County retreat as “a great lantern in the forest giving shape to the dark.” Of course, he was talking about Frank Lloyd Wright’s gravity-defying, world-renowned masterwork, Fallingwater. The description is fitting as the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy prepares to revive its signature
“Alone Together: Encounters in American Realism,” opening Sunday at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, brings together works of art separated by almost a century but connected through the shared experience of living and working in difficult times. “The show broadly responds to the social conditions surrounding the pandemic,” said
The Strip District distillery Kingfly Spirits is known for its whiskeys, spiced rum, vodka, gin and liqueur, served in cocktails at its lively bar in the evenings. Now Kingfly has added fresh-brewed coffee to the mix, looking to claim the daylight hours as well. Kingfly Café opened within the 11,000-square-foot
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