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North Shore Pittsburgh: what the stadium district misses
Pittsburgh's North Shore is defined by its two stadiums, but the neighborhood has more going on than game day. Here's what locals know that visitors miss.
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Bars in Pittsburgh: 14 worth drinking your way through
Pittsburgh's bar scene is bigger and more varied than visitors expect, stretching from no-frills South Side dives to serious cocktail programs in Lawrenceville and Shadyside. Here are 14 worth sitting down at.
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Best restaurants in Pittsburgh: 12 places worth the trip
Pittsburgh's restaurant scene has grown well past its pierogies-and-Primanti's reputation. These 12 spots represent the best the city has to offer right now, across neighborhoods, cuisines, and price points.
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East End food halls in Pittsburgh: what's worth your time
Pittsburgh's East End has quietly become the city's food hall capital, with a cluster of multi-vendor spaces redefining casual dining. Here's a clear-eyed look at what each one actually offers.
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Squirrel Hill's walkable main streets: what makes them work
Squirrel Hill's Forbes and Murray corridor is the closest Pittsburgh gets to a truly walkable urban main street. Here's what makes it function, and what other neighborhoods keep borrowing from it.
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Lawrenceville's backyard gardens: how the neighborhood grows food
Lawrenceville's narrow rowhouse lots hide one of Pittsburgh's most active urban food-growing cultures. From backyard raised beds to shared plots on Butler Street, here's how the neighborhood feeds itself.
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Polish Hill: Pittsburgh's most stubborn neighborhood
Polish Hill is one of Pittsburgh's most geographically dramatic and culturally distinct neighborhoods, perched above the Strip District on a ridge that most people drive past without stopping. That's starting to change.
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Mellon Park: Pittsburgh's most civilized outdoor room
Mellon Park sits at the edge of Point Breeze and Shadyside, offering formal gardens, open lawns, and wooded paths that most Pittsburghers walk right past. It's one of the city's most rewarding green spaces, and it's almost never crowded.
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Arsenal Bowling Center: Pittsburgh's North Side classic
Arsenal Bowling Center has kept Pittsburgh's North Side rolling for decades, drawing league regulars and casual visitors alike to its no-frills, honest-to-goodness lanes.
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Enrico restaurant: Pittsburgh's quiet legend of fine dining
Enrico restaurant has built a lasting reputation in Pittsburgh as one of the city's most thoughtful dining destinations. Here's what to know before you go.
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Lourdes Sanchez: Pittsburgh's flamenco keeper
Lourdes Sanchez has spent decades making Pittsburgh an unlikely home for serious flamenco, training dancers and connecting the city to one of Spain's most demanding art forms.
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What is Pittsburgh known for? The city's defining strengths
Pittsburgh is known for a lot more than steel. From its three rivers and 446 bridges to a robotics research scene that's reshaping the world, here's what defines the city today.
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Trader Jack's: Pittsburgh's beloved riverfront flea market
Trader Jack's has been a Pittsburgh institution for decades, drawing weekend bargain hunters, antique lovers, and curious newcomers to its sprawling riverfront stalls on the North Shore.
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