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A Global Food Tour of Pittsburgh
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Restaurants foster connection and conversation, furnish an escape from the day-to-day routine and, from hamburger to haute cuisine, transform sustenance into bliss. Restaurants are economic drivers, too. In 2017, labor analytics research firm Emsi noted that more people in the region worked in restaurants than in any other field; that’s not counting the other spokes in the wheel, such as farmers, janitorial staff and laundry services, that make the industry run.
This list is dedicated to everyone who works in the hospitality industry. To that end, I’ve decided not to name executive chefs in each restaurant’s information bubble, as is typical for our list. This isn’t meant to diminish the importance of an executive chef to a restaurant; instead, see it as a reflection of the reality that restaurants are a holistic operation.
Where to Eat, Stay, and Play in Pittsburgh Hal B. Klein © Sean Pavone/Getty
Pittsburgh is known as the City of Bridges with nearly 450 of them, it s the most of any city in the world but you could also call it the City of Neighborhoods. Downtown Pittsburgh is certainly a draw, with entertainment venues such as the Heinz Hall performing arts center and the Benedum Theater, tasty nightlife at Tako, Gaucho Parrilla Argentina and The Warren, and an urban getaway at Point State Park, where the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers converge to form the Ohio. Yet the city’s other 89 neighborhoods have something to offer visitors, too. That’s a lot of ground to cover; so for this visit, we’re sticking to the easy-to-get-to East End.