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Move over milk, its beer and cookies again. Allegheny City Brewing from Pittsburgh’s North Side and Nancy B’s Bakery from West Homestead are combing two favorites for a third year with the return of the Chocolate Chip Cookie Stout. For a limited time, the special brew will be available at

Imagine tasting a sweet humungous Nancy B’s Bakery chocolate chip cookie in a brewed liquid form. That’s right. Nancy B’s Bakery of West Homestead has collaborated with Allegheny City Brewing in the North Side’s Deutschtown neighborhood for a dessert beer for a fourth year — only this time they are

It’s one of the first signs of spring — even on a snowy day. Page Dairy Mart on the South Side—now Page’s—opened for the season Wednesday. “People wait months for opening day,” said Margie Page-Prusia, on Tuesday, as she tested the ice cream machine swirling a vanilla cone. “We are

The Pittsburgh cookie table community is a little less sweet today. The city lost Nancy Bertram Runco, owner of Nancy B’s Bakery in West Homestead. She died at 11:36 p.m. Monday from an infection, according to her son, Michael Runco. She was 77. George Irvin Green Funeral Home in Munhall