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City Winery upscale eatery, concert venue coming to Pittsburgh’s Strip District
City Winery, a national chain offering food and wine experiences paired with intimate live performances, is coming to Pittsburgh’s Strip District. A late fall opening is projected for the space at the westernmost end of The Terminal at 16th and Smallman streets. Founded in 2008 by Michael Dorf, City Winery...
Building the Valley: Barnyard Coffee & Creamery brings ice cream and more to No Offseason Sports complex in Russellton
What started as a vision for an ice cream shop evolved into a coffee shop and cafe, Barnyard Coffee & Creamery, offering experimental taste twists at the No Offseason Sports complex in Russellton. Barnyard owner Holly Johnston, a Richland resident and Shaler native, worked for years as a sales rep...
Refusing masks, smoking weed and more: Unruly passengers still disrupt U.S. flights
The Federal Aviation Administration announced its largest ever fine for unruly behavior this month, demanding $81,950 from a woman who was duct-taped to her seat on an American Airlines flight to Charlotte in July. According to the FAA, the woman threatened to hurt a flight attendant after falling into the...
Fan-favorite Mexican pizza is returning to the Taco Bell menu
Taco Bell pulled Mexican pizza from its menu in 2020. Now, the fan-favorite item is returning, due in part to a petition on change.org. Fan Krish Jagirdar spearheaded a change.org petition that received more than 171,000 signatures. “Like many Indian-Americans who grew up vegetarian, we had limited access to the...
Find out and fix what Big Data says about you
I thought I knew all about the information that consumer reporting agencies were collecting on me. Then I discovered The Work Number — a database that reports every paycheck I’ve received from my company, with net and gross amounts, going back to my hire date six years ago. Another consumer...
New life for Cycle Diner in Tarentum is possible, owners say
There might still be life in Tarentum’s Cycle Diner, just not as a traditional sit-down eatery. The 1949 diner is owned by Gatto Cycle Shop and attached to its Harley-Davidson showroom along East Sixth Avenue. In January, it was denied a permit by the Allegheny County Health Department to reopen....
Holiday warning: Easter lilies can kill your cat
As people decorate homes for the Easter holiday, there’s a fresh warning about a certain flower. Easter lilies — those lanky, white beauties of spring — are extremely toxic to cats. According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, any plant in the lily family, including daylilies, is deadly for cats....
Easter egg decorating ideas: Shaving cream, rice and moreVideo
You don’t have to rely on the same old boxed kits to dye your Easter eggs this year. Not when there are several other creative ways to add flair and unusual color combos. A concoction of shaving cream and food dyes is one possibility for a swirly look: Read more:...
Check out what Pittsburgh’s South Side has to offer
From old-fashioned saloons and greasy spoons to tattoo parlors, sports stadiums and a shop that sells only instruments you can pick, the South Side has edgy entertainment and enough history to call itself iconic. The neighborhood was once populated by steelworkers coming off their shifts and looking for a place...
Ligonier olive oil shop offers education, gourmet tasting experience
Allison Lunko knew her specialty olive oil shop was a winner when someone asked, “How does it feel to have found something that people around here didn’t even realize they needed?” The Johnstown native opened Laurel Highlands Olive Oil at 140 E. Main St., Ligonier, in June 2021. Almost a...
No timetable for Sullivan’s Steakhouse to reopen after fire
Owners are unsure how long Sullivan’s Steakhouse in Downtown Pittsburgh will be closed after a fire this week. Pittsburgh firefighters responded to the fire Tuesday evening in the restaurant located on the first floor of the U.S. Steel Tower. They contained it to the kitchen. “We are sincerely grateful to...
Carousel in Oakland’s Schenley Plaza opens for the season
Emilia, 3, entered the gate for the PNC Carousel in Schenley Plaza in Oakland. She slowly walked around, considering riding several of the animals. Then she ran towards the teacup. “Do you want me to ride the teacup too?” asked her mother Kelly Marek, of Imperial, on Monday, the opening...
Summer brews to be featured at Greensburg Craft Beer Week
After five years of providing beer lovers with an opportunity to try the latest local brews, Greensburg Craft Beer Week is undergoing changes. This year, the 10-day event will focus on summer brews, with a move from its normal September time slot to June. In addition, the event will kick...
5 things to do in Westmoreland County: April 8-10
Get your Kix The hard-rock, glam-metal band Kix will take the stage at 8 p.m. Friday at The Lamp Theatre, 222 Main St., Irwin. The band’s 1988 release, “Blow My Fuse,” went platinum, with the power ballad “Don’t Close Your Eyes” peaking at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100....
Parks Township couple creates way to comfort dads after loss of a baby
The tiny footprint is protected by wings. It belongs to Molly Rose, whose mom and dad have memorialized her making a mark in this world on the back of a black T-shirt. She will never walk on this earth, but her parents hope the image will become part of the...
Greensburg’s Dv8 coffee shop gets ‘shot in the arm’ with new ownership
Drink a Mexican Volcano, and you never know what might happen. Zack Dreskler went from enjoying the signature beverage at Dv8 Espresso Bar & Gallery in Greensburg to owning the place. A longtime customer, Dreskler took over from former owners Kim and Patricia Elliott-Rentler in early April. The couple, who...
Yellow Bridge Brewing in Delmont plans new Greensburg taproom
Craft beer fans soon will have a new option for wetting their whistles in downtown Greensburg. Yellow Bridge Brewing Co. of Delmont is working on a taproom at 33 E. Pittsburgh St., next door to Sittay’s Mediterranean Kitchen. While the opening date is not set, it probably will be early...
Recipe: Apples, nuts, wine make a classic Passover charoset
It’s one of the six symbolic foods on the Passover seder plate — and it’s pretty delicious, too. Charoset (also spelled haroset) is usually made from sweet fruits, nuts and some red wine, all nods to verses in the Bible. You can keep eating it, of course, once its role...
9 things you should never pack in a checked bag
While we’re big fans of packing light and sticking to a carry-on bag, for longer vacations or trips with lots of souvenirs (hello, wine from France), checking a bag can be the best option. But before you stuff everything into your suitcase and send it on its way, check out...
TribLive Taste Test: Hot Tamales Fierce Cinnamon Peeps
Aren’t Peeps bad enough on their own? Apparently not, if TribLive Taste Test guest host Anthony Varine is involved. This week, with Easter on the way, we try out one of the many variations on Peeps. When last we encountered this marshmallow monstrosity, the Taste Test team was sampling sour...
As air travel picks up in Pittsburgh, TSA reminds travelers: ‘Know what’s in your bag’
As air travel picks up again, Transportation Security Administration officials at Pittsburgh International Airport are reminding travelers to double check their carry-on bags for some of the more innocuous items that can cause headaches at security checkpoints. Across the country, TSA officers are screening between 2 and 2.3 million passengers...
Out & About: Habitat for Humanity brings it on home with revived gala
Central Westmoreland Habitat for Humanity had to cancel its 2020 gala at the last minute, due to the pandemic. Work on its projects also shut down. “It’s been a tough couple of years,” board President Chad Warhold told about 160 attendees at the revived gala, held Saturday evening at Stratigos...
Out & About: Greensburg-Jeannette NAACP hosts annual human rights banquet
The theme of the Greensburg-Jeannette NAACP Annual Human Rights Banquet was “Together We Can Make a Difference.” In terms of politics, education, social and economic inequalities, there’s a lot of work to be done, said President Ruth Tolbert at the Saturday evening event at Greensburg Country Club. “Why are so...
Robots are on the move at Carnegie Science Center
“Warning, warning Will Robinson!” is how B-9, the robot from “Lost in Space,” might put it. The Carnegie Science Center’s Robot Hall of Fame, of which B-9 is a member, has been permanently moved from the second floor to the ground level lobby of The Rangos Giant Cinema. In addition,...
Out & About: The Westmoreland gives curator Barbara Jones diner-style send-off
In museum circles, Barbara Jones is known for her curatorial expertise in the areas of 19th- and 20th-century art. Less well-known is her interest in a niche area of popular culture — diner food. That interest was celebrated at a retirement luncheon in Jones’ honor on Friday, the end of...
