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Del’s Restaurant and Bar

By Chef Chuck • Aug 30th, 2010 • Category: Reviews

On my continued search for authentic Italian food in the city of Pittsburgh, I stopped at Del’s in Bloomfield on Sunday evening with my family and friends.

The restaurant looked nice from the outside, decorated conservatively with large windows,…

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Kerber’s Dairy Farm and Ice Cream

By Chef Chuck • Aug 30th, 2010 • Category: Reviews

If you find yourself in Irwin, PA, and are in the mood for some ice cream, be sure to stop by the Kerber Dairy Farm.  Besides producing a wide variety of quality dairy products, the Kerbers also make premium…

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Pizza Sola (Eastside)

By Katie Lane • Aug 26th, 2010 • Category: Reviews

 

I’ll be honest.  I had waaaaay too much fun the other night.  My sisters and I went out to some bars in East Liberty.  We walked to Buffalo Blues for a few drinks (see Chuck’s review, I totally…

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The Pleasure Bar, Bloomfield

By Chef Chuck • Aug 23rd, 2010 • Category: Reviews

After browsing through our reviews at Pittsburgh Hot Plate, I noticed that we have been lacking in reviews of Italian restaurants!  We have done several pizza reviews (thanks Katie Lane) but have yet to let our readers know what…

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Twisters Ice Cream, Bloomfield

By Chef Chuck • Aug 22nd, 2010 • Category: Reviews

Twisters is a small ice cream shop that serves soft-serve, authentic Italian Ice, and other frozen treats.  It’s in the quaint, and mostly Italian neighborhood of Bloomfield.  What makes this such an appealing place is its old-school appeal.  The…

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