9+ hour, 12+ min ago  (281+ words) Picklesburgh returns for its 11th year Thursday, and local businesses are rolling out pickle-flavored food and drinks to celebrate. Eat’n Park announced the return of its limited-edition Pickle Smiley Cookies on Monday. A spin on the restaurant’s classic Smiley Cookie, the…...

18+ hour, 25+ min ago  (1704+ words) Reservations being accepted for free Pot Love dinner Cross Roads Community Presbyterian Church in Leechburg will serve its free monthly Pot Love Dinner at noon Saturday at the church, 271 Main St. Reservations are required by Wednesday and everyone is welcome....

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (665+ words) Pittsburgh Sandwich Society, the food truck by husband-and-wife team Erin Andrzejewski and Michael Carney, has always been a family business. But their latest venture, Winston’s Grilled Eats & Frozen Treats, feels like a generational affair. “It’s different than anything we’ve done,…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (389+ words) A new food truck festival is coming to Lower Burrell this week. The first Hillcrest Flavor Fest will be hosted from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday outside Hillcrest Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center. Julia Sizemore, Hillcrest’s director of nursing and the event organizer, said…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (461+ words) We know this, said Heinz History Center President and CEO Andrew Masich, because when one of the archaeologists first found a jar, “he popped the cork out of the top, reached in, ate one of the pickles and didn’t die....

2+ day, 24+ min ago  (582+ words) Among the many ways you could choose to celebrate the semiquincentennial anniversary of the U.S., indulging in one of the country’s oldest pastimes — whiskey drinking — may be one of the most appealing. To honor the past, both of the country at…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (1013+ words) Reached your tipping point yet? Tipping opportunities are popping up all over Western Pennsylvania as more businesses are asking customers for gratuities. No longer reserved for just restaurants and hair salons, gratuity options and expectations are plentiful at roadside eateries,…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (924+ words) After Wednesday’s lunch rush at Triangle Bar & Grill, owner Tom Crombie gathered the staff to discuss the Commercial Street Bridge closure. The nearly 92-year-old Swissvale sandwich shop — home of the famed Battleship sub — doesn’t typically offer specials, but it’s considering…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (717+ words) The concept behind Street Fries is simple: everyone loves fries. Owner Eric Williams has yet to meet anyone who doesn’t light up at the idea of fried potatoes, especially when they’re fresh-cut and piled with toppings. “From kids to grandma…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (318+ words) Development is set to begin at the site of a recently demolished Pizza Hut restaurant in Cheswick. An O’Reilly Auto Parts store will be built on the lot at 1300 Pittsburgh St., according to site developer Lou Pappan. Pappan, of Fox…...