Café Momentum, located in downtown Pittsburgh, is more than just food outside of Market Square. If you Google “Food Near Me,” it will show you the Momentum Menu, but delving deeper into what accelerates this restaurant makes you want to come back for seconds. Opened in March 2023, Café Momentum was started by Chad Houser…
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OMG, It’s Delicious: My Favorite Pittsburgh Eats for 2024
“What you want to eat?” and “I’ll do the dishes,” is obviously my love language. There were no shortage of plates this year. I broke bread with old friends and new ones in some of my favorite places and new favorites. Here’s a quick rundown of my favorite memorable plates from 2024. Starting at the…
Tomato Basil Pasta with Cajun Seared Scallops
Monday I played Chopped because I was too lazy to go to the grocery store. To my surprise, the age-old saying that “there’s food at home,” is actually true. A friend gave me fresh basil and I remembered that I had scallops from Costco in the freezer (I do not have a Costco Membership). A…
The Sousa-ical: A Song and Dance of Revitalization
“Community revitalization,” “Farm to table,” and now Chef Kevin Sousa is packing up and moving on to Mount Oliver to open his newest Mount Oliver Bodega Restaurant. The Post-Gazette write-up describes it as rustic cuisine. They’re breathing life into an old building. They’re on to new adventures. Sousa is excited about cooking again. If this…
412 Brews: Top 4 October Beers
Growing up I just knew I hated all beers because at family affairs my family drank Coors Light and my friends drank Budweiser. One of those are slightly tolerable. It wasn’t until Braddock got a brewery that I started exploring beers to discover my likes and dislikes. I started recognizing beer terminology like hops, sours,…
Destination Delicious: TerriBerriez Sweet Boutique and Cafe Opening Soon
When Terri Lawson approached me for a logo for her side hustle TerriBerriez Sweet Boutique and Café, I hadn’t seen the destination yet. Every week we sat at the local Panera discussing goals and accomplishments beyond blogs, logos, and fonts. Instead, we talked strategy and not once did I consider myself a mentor until one…
What’s Up with The Pittsburgh Zombie Den?
There’s a pop-up bar in Market Square! The Zombie Den has about two zombies and a fake dead person in the window. It’s more like a bar decorated for Halloween and has a few zombies as an afterthought. Technically, it’s a zombie-ish bar. Like, they met their quota for zombies but just barely. After visiting…
Happy Mon(Daé) 21
It’s one of those Mondays where everyone should get a gold star for existing. The Pittsburgh gloom isn’t making it any better, our roads are holding on just as great as our motivation, but cheers to a positive and productive week ahead and pushing through every detour. 412 Freshness There’s so much positivity happening in…
Seat Yourself at Federal Galley
What’s better than going to one yummy restaurant? Going to four under one roof is the correct answer. And just when you think that there’s no way the peeps at Smallman Galley can outdo themselves, they did! Federal Galley is located at Nova Place and it’s just as cool as its location and bigger than…
412 Fresh: Savor Six Penn Kitchen One More Time
Saying goodbye to downtown Pittsburgh’s Six Penn Kitchen will be hard but we still have until February 17 to savor the unique flavors. Part of the Eat N Park Hospitality Group the restaurant has been a downtown Cultural District staple for nearly a decade. The company cites the need to focus on their other restaurants…
OMG It's Just Daé 