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3rd location for Mineo’s Pizza House opens in Hampton
The black-and-white photo of a man wearing a white apron with his right hand about to open a pizza oven is the first image guests see as they enter. It’s more than a picture. The image is of Giovanni Mineo Sr., who founded the family business — Mineo’s Pizza House...
Knead Community Cafe to unveil spring, summer menu with 14 new offerings
From light to heavy, vegan to meaty, the upcoming new menu at Knead Community Cafe in New Kensington is full of options. While the winter chill lingered this year, Knead’s fall and winter menu will exit with the launch of the spring and summer menu on May 10. It brings...
Veggies and vegan dominate new menu at Farmer x Baker in Aspinwall
Diners can expect a new menu at a waterside cafe located in Aspinwall at Allegheny RiverTrail Park. Farmer x Baker, a repurposed shipping container cafe, reopened this month, introducing a vegan and vegetarian menu. Owner and baker/chef Jennifer Urich said the switch to a meat-free menu at the casual eatery...
Cruisin’ Tikis Pittsburgh return for 5th season of sightseeing tours
A brand-new boat joins two others for the fifth season of Cruisin’ Tikis Pittsburgh, a company that offers sightseeing tours on their unusual little boats on the Allegheny, Ohio and Monongahela rivers. They’re recognizable by their thatched roofs and bamboo poles gliding along the river, like a floating Hawaiian-style hut....
Out & About: Latrobe Art Center serves up ‘Taste of the Neighborhood’
Sometimes the simplest recipes are the best. Start with good food and add good music, good company and good weather. Those ingredients cooked up to a heaping helping of fun at Taste of the Neighborhood on Friday at the Latrobe Art Center. The come-on was simple: “Can’t decide which local...
Advance care planning for guns: Owners can help ensure safe use and transfer of weapons
Kerri Raissian didn’t know what to do about her father’s guns when he died of covid-19 in December at age 86 and left her executor of his estate. Her father, Max McGaughey, hadn’t left a complete list of his firearms and where they were stored, and he hadn’t prepared a...
Your dog’s personality may have little to do with its breed
Research confirms what dog lovers know — every pup is truly an individual. Many of the popular stereotypes about the behavior of golden retrievers, poodles or schnauzers, for example, aren’t supported by science, according to a new study. “There is a huge amount of behavioral variation in every breed, and...
Animal Friends of Westmoreland dance-off returns live to The Palace
Amateur and professional dancers will once again tread the boards of The Palace Theatre, as the popular Dancing With the Celebrities competition returns live on May 6. A signature fundraiser of the Animal Friends of Westmoreland, the dance-off was canceled in 2020 and presented in virtual form in 2021. “It’s...
Munich to stage 1st Oktoberfest after 2-year hiatus
BERLIN — The annual Oktoberfest festival is on again for this fall, the city of Munich said Friday, following a two-year pause due to the coronavirus pandemic. Dieter Reiter, the mayor of the Bavarian capital, said the popular beer festival will be held without restrictions from Sept. 17 to Oct....
Rounding life’s second curve a hard road of self discovery
NEW YORK — It took Jack Craven 20 years to grasp that running his family’s wholesale business selling goods to discount stores wasn’t how he wanted to spend the second half of his life. He also figured out his ever-mounting unhappiness had taken a toll on his relationships with loved...
Greensburg Night Market opens with larger footprint, more vendors
The monthly Greensburg Night Market returns Thursday for its fourth year, with an expanded footprint covering three downtown city blocks. Set for 5:30-9 p.m., the market will stretch along South Pennsylvania Avenue from West Otterman Street to West Third Street. About 80 vendors will be present. “We’ve been wanting to...
In a multigenerational home, design choices can be emotional
ALLISON PARK — Should the hanging from Thailand stay on the living-room wall where it has lived since I was born? Should we lay out the family room as it was when I was 8, when I was 17 or in a completely new configuration? Should we leave my mother’s...
Twin Peaks Restaurant brings ‘sports lodge’ concept to Western Pa. locations
The Pittsburgh area is known for its sports teams, sports fans and, to a lesser extent, its sports bars. And it looks like Western Pennsylvania will be making room for yet another one of the latter with a bit of a twist. The Twin Peaks Restaurant chain based in the...
Out & About: Greensburg, Latrobe artists join for ‘Art Neighbors’ show
They say fences make good neighbors — and apparently so does art. Or maybe it’s that neighbors make good art. Either way, there’s plenty of good art to be seen in “Art Neighbors,” the annual joint exhibition of the Greensburg and Latrobe art centers, which opened with a Saturday reception...
Out & About: Westmoreland Walks event celebrates passion for fashion
What’s the latest in spring fashions? About 100 guests got ideas for updating their warm-weather wardrobes during the Westmoreland Walks Passionately Pink Fashion Show, a Saturday lunchtime event in the new Westmoreland County Community College Event Center in Hempfield. From togs for trendy tots, to weekend golf wear, to gowns...
Ligonier Township couple raise exotic poultry in rustic setting
Nestled in a Ligonier Township hollow, a rustic cabin sits among the trees with a stream running along either side. Ducks dabble in a stone-lined pond, while chickens strut around the grounds. The idyllic scene is home to Dave and Rosslyn Kemerer, a young couple who are living out their...
Argentine restaurant Balvanera coming to the Strip District
A couple years after losing its popular Argentine joint when Gaucho moved to Downtown, Pittsburgh’s Strip District neighborhood will soon be gaining a South American restaurant when New York City-based Balvanera moves into a new ground level space on Smallman Street. Balvanera will occupy 4,400 square feet at the 1600...
Taqueria El Pastorcito opening with authentic Mexican food in New Kensington
A mariachi band will perform Sunday in downtown New Kensington as part of the opening of the city’s newest restaurant. Taqueria El Pastorcito will be open from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday, with the band playing for a couple of hours in the mid-afternoon, owner and chef Jose Tecuanhuehue said....
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....
