Pittsburgh Food Nerd

Authentic Turkish food by Frick Park

The brand new Bosphorous Kitchen is open for business! Named after the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul, this restaurant is located walking distance from Frick Park and Regent Square. I haven’t had Turkish cuisine in a hot minute and this spot did not disappoint. As you can see, these portions big, meaty and much if it’s homemade. Vegetarian eaters will find lots of selections too between eggplant dishes, meat-free appetizers like hummus, falafel, yogurt dips and cucumber salad and more.

12/10 on everything!

Don’t miss ordering a lil cup of Turkish coffee and dessert!

📍
7600 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15221

Throwback to Best Bites 🍽️

DYK the group behind this event is hosting their next food crawl in East Liberty on 8/24??

Make your way through 22 (!) foodie stops from East Liberty to Bakery Square on this self-guided tour.

🗓️ Saturday, Aug. 24 from noon to 4pm
🎟️ $70/person (must be 21+)
💻 Grab tix from the link in bio

Another IG-less restaurant that’s worth a visit!

Rico’s made for a great special occasion meal to celebrate my soon-to-be MIL’s bday. 🥳

📍 Rico’s
1 Rico Lane, Pittsburgh (Ross Township)

grand opening details!

Dough Daddy Brewery’s Grand Opening is this weekend, 8/9-8/11! 🎉

Check out these activities, plus great beer, snacks, pizza from and more!

🔥 Live ice sculpture this Friday at 6pm
🎶 Live music all weekend
👕 First 100 guests get a free Dough Daddy shirt
🍕 Enter to win pizza for a year
🍻 $5 drafts all weekend
🎨 Kids’ face painting

📍4381 Gibsonia Rd

’s Sept. menu is out!

I’m still thinking about the launch party menu for last month. Doesn’t this spread look amazing? Check out their page for details on the next dinner coming up in September (sorry, August is already sold out!).

Every month, the private chefs come up with a different popover flavor — plus more seasonal entrees and desserts. Come for the food, but stay for the company at this unique Airbnb house in Beechview.

I’m a first timer guys!!

Tappin kegs and enjoying snacks thanks to Dough Daddy Brewery in Gibsonia. Owned by the Caliente Pizza & Drafthouse fam.

Check out the grand opening festivities from August 9-11!

Your reminder to get brunch at The PA Market!

The second floor of the PA Market in the Strip District has a lot to offer! When it comes to brunch, it’s not just a weekend meal here. Wednesdays - Fridays count too! Six concepts make up this mini food hall on the second floor — each with their own brunch picks. We ordered a generous portion of the poached salmon eggs benny, a classic huevos rancheros, and saved room for the s’mores pancakes for dessert!

Pair your meal with one of the seasonal cocktails, mocktails or a glass of vino from the extensive wine collection. The popsicle drink definitely cooled us off that day.

I need to go back for the brisket hash and smoked salmon board! Who’s with me?

📍108 19th Street - second floor
🕚 Brunch is served until 3:30pm from Wednesdays - Sundays

*hosted

When the theme is popover! 🎉

*hosted New to the Pittsburgh dining scene is Popover for Dinner. Led by two private chefs in an adorable Beechview airbnb home, Popover for Dinner is an intimate supper club taking place once a month with different culinary theme and popover flavor. As I’m typing this, I heard the August dinner is down from 12 seats to 2!

The chefs invited me to their first popover dinner, and here’s what we ate:

Popover with black truffle and gryuere
Crab cake with shaved brussel sprouts
Cioppino-style risotto with mussels, shrimp and scallops
Very berry cheesecake made from scratch

Prices very per dinner, and guests may BYOB. Check out their IG page for details on upcoming dinners.

Beer flights & pizzas 🍻🍕

The Washington Brewing Company knows how to do pizzas and beers right! The pizzas are made in wood fired ovens, and their house smoked meats are prepared in a Big Green Egg grill. Pair it with a beer via a glass, a flight, fill up your growlers or even take home a keg!

During my visit I ordered their signature Brewer’s Pizza with housemade sausage and marinara, topped with pepperoni and hot honey. 🤩

Choose from ~10 beers on tap, and you guys know I’m always down for a flight! Their lineup right now includes seasonal brews (like blackberry or strawberry basil pilsners), a s’mores stout, plus a delicious PB&J brown ale, among more choices.

I want right at their Saturday opening hour, and the place started to fill up quickly for lunch. 🙌 Give them a visit next time you’re in Washington County!

📍28 East Maiden St, Washington, PA

*hosted

Take this as your sign to brunch at ✨

*ad It’s another Sunday Funday at this Sunday (7/21) with a set by , bar and patio games, plus drink specials. Just check out this stacked Bloody Mary!!!

The fun starts at noon!

📍 Allison Park

Boba 🤝 Mochi Donuts 🧋🍩

Say less!! I can’t resist this combo. I ordered the milk tea boba (sugar free, less ice), along with a tasty taro mochi donut. I love the fun size, shape and chewy consistency of these donuts.

Check out if you’re in the area!

Hosted by

It was a great day for ! 🍻

When the bookmobile rolls up 🛻📚

Drop your summer reading recommendations! ⬇️

Book Swap Club is the best kind of club 🫶🏼

Pour one out for Buca di Beppo at Station Square.

We had some fun times here. 🍝 Closed as of Sunday night, June 23.

Special delivery from The Hungry Group 🚗

|hosted| The Strip District-based ghost kitchen specializes in Tex-Mex and Mediterranean food (the best of MY both worlds!), and is available for takeout & delivery. These portions are big and full of bold flavors!

Here are my Tex-Mex favs ⬇️⬇️⬇️

The Hungry Cowgirl Bowl: Their signature bowl with brown rice, slow roasted chicken, marinated steak, romaine, pico de gallo, black beans, salsa and sour cream

Mexican Cornbread with a jalapeño kick

Tres Leches Cake

Elotes

And my Mediterranean faves ⬇️⬇️⬇️

The Hungry Siren Bowl: Another signature bowl with grains, crisp romaine, gyro-style meatballs and slow roasted chicken. Topped with crisp pickled vegetables, marinated cucumbers, lentils, chickpeas, and Tzatziki sauce on the side

Stuffed grape leaves (with rice)

Baklava Cookie Bar

Check out their website for deals when you order.

The best 🍔 is a smash 🍔

|invited| Known for their smashburgers, Burghers Taproom Zelienople offers plenty of tasty options for the whole crew. Enjoy craft food & drinks on the dog-friendly patio

My orders:
➡️ Fox Chapel - a James Beard-award winning burger! Mushroom blend (25% mushrooms / 75% beef), goat cheese, pickled onion and balsamic reduction

➡️ Polish Hill - cheddar, caramelized onions, pierogis and a side of rosemary fries

Wash it down with one of the 12 craft beers on tap, a NA beer or other drink!
➡️ Yellow Funicular Hefeweizen
➡️ Kurogeane Shi (Japanese style rice lager)

📍 3 locations
Zeli (shown here)
Lawrenceville
South Side

Now open late(r) 🌙

Thursdays - Saturdays til 9pm. Let’s do this. 👊🏼

*invited

Salute to Limoncello Fest! 🍋

|invited| After a five-year hiatus, Limoncello Fest is back this Saturday, June 22 at !

The restaurant is giving Amalfi Coast vibes! 🌊 Tickets include 10+ house-made cello tastings, cello-based cocktails, Amalfi Coast street food, Vallozzi’s famous pizza and Mozzarella Bar, and DJ entertainment.

Event details:
🗓️ Sat. June 22 from 1–4pm
🎟️ $85 in advance, $90 at the door
🔗 Link in bio
📍 Vallozzi’s Pittsburgh - 220 5th Ave.
👗 Attire is beach chic
👯‍♀️ 21+ to enter

See you at Festa di Limoncello! 🍋🍋🍋

📸 (pics from our friend’s limoncello-themed bridal shower to get us excited for the PGH event!)

Best Bites at Works

|invited| Who doesn’t love a food crawl? 🤤

Best Bites is coming up on June 29 in South Side Works, and they’re offering BOGO tickets now through Thursday, June 13!

Each ticket includes 14 food and drink tastings from establishments like Slice on Broadway, Pins Mechanical Co., The Specked Egg, Commonplace Coffee, Waffles INCaffeinated, Yinzer Hot Dog Food Truck, Jeni’s Spendid Ice Creams and more.

🗓️ Saturday, June 29 from 12-4pm
🎟️ $70 for the Grand Tasting Ticket
🔗 Link in bio (don’t miss the BOGO!)

Enjoy a bite or sip from each place while enjoying the ambiance of each stop on the food crawl. Who are you taking with you??

(Note: BOGO offer expires at 11:59pm on 6/13.)

When pulls up 🚗

I AM THERE! 😂🚙💨 The truck was parked at over the weekend, and it was calling my name!

My order? The Cheese Seeker with a loaded amount of hot mozzarella sprinkled with sugar & ketchup and mustard on the crispy outer layer. Can’t wait to try the other “korn-dog” variations next. 🤤🤤🤤

Summer Fridays in full effect ✨

What’s up, Kennywood foodies!?

|invited| The Bites and Pints Food & Drink Festival is back at ! Eat your way through this foodie tour featuring bites and alcoholic & NA drink pairings from 8️⃣ countries.

Purchase a bite card, and mix & match all the bites and sips throughout the booths. Each booth has several options to please your palate. 🤤

Buy a bite card online before your visit to get $10 off! (And there are additional discounts for your park admission ticket with an online purchase as well.)

🍽️ Kennywood Bites & Pints Festival
🗓️Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through 6/30/24
🍸 Must be 21+ to purchase a bite card
🎟️ Kennywood.com

Shrimp Fest at Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza & Wings

|invited| Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza is all about shrimp this season, and I’m down for that!

The restaurant is serving up six new shrimp dishes that have some interesting twists to them! Everything is prepared in their signature coal-fired oven at 900 degrees. 🔥🔥🔥

Italian Shrimp Festival Menu:
🍤Shrimp Scampi Appetizer
🍤Shrimp Scampi Pizza
🍤Shrimp Alfredo Pizza
🍤Buffalo Shrimp Pizza
🍤Shrimp Fettuccine Alfredo
🍤Shrimp Scampi Spaghetti

Also a moment for the Maria’s Meatballs…a must-order every time I’m here.

🚨The Italian Shrimp Fest Menu is available for a limited time this summer.🚨

Which dish are you ordering first??

GIVEAWAY 🎟️

|partner| This Friday (June 7), the Mattress Factory will host a MAKE/BELIEVE garden party and is encouraging everyone to dress up in a costume that takes you back to your childhood. ✨✨✨

The museum will be transformed to an enchanted garden and will feature some of the best local food and drinks in PGH!

I’m giving away two 2️⃣ GA tickets asap! ⬇️
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Event details:
📅 Fri, June 7, 2024
⏰ VIP 5:30-11pm | GA 7-11pm
🎟️ VIP $375 | GA $125
📍 Mattress Factory (500 Sampsonia)
🔗 Check out link in bio for tix & info.
🍸 Tickets include an open bar with drinks provided by , food from 20+ local restaurants and live music. (Must be 21+ to attend.)

{One winner (21+) will be chosen by noon on Thursday, 6/6 and notified directly. This giveaway is not associated with Meta. Good luck!}

Momos in Pittsburgh 🥟🥟🥟

|invited| Pittsburghers love their dumplings, but have you ever tried a momo??

Momos, otherwise known as dumplings, are a staple in Nepalese (and Tibetan) cuisine. They come fried or steamed and are packed with protein and veggie fillings. A few people told me Namaste Momo Corner in the South Hills has the most authentic Nepalese food in PGH! So here we are. 🙌

Momos that we ordered:
Johl (soup-based)
Classic steamed momos
C-Style (onions and bell pepper)
Sadeko (veggie momos in a very spicy sauce)

The menu also features rice and noodle-based dishes, appetizers and delicious drinks like the mango lassi and a hot chai.

Choose your level of spice from 1-10! 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Ultimate Girls Day Out at

|partner| Let’s toast to the inaugural Babesburgh Bash! Pittsburgh’s first woman-focused festival is coming to Allegheny Landing Park on Saturday, June 29.

Join us for a day filled with craft brews (here’s me at - one of the featured breweries!), food samples, art, fitness and empowering vibes!

🎟️ Tickets:
🍺 Taster: $39 - Includes a souvenir taster glass & drink samples
🎟️ Non-Taster: $20 Included all other activities
🔗 Link in bio
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💃🏻Things to do at the Babesburgh Bash:
Sample local craft beer, wine, & spirit samples with a souvenir taster glass
Shop from the women-owned markets and farmers markets
Pop-up fitness classes
Health, wellness, & self care exhibits
Music, art, & dance sessions

🗓️ Saturday, June 29, 2024 from 3-8pm

📍Festival entrance will be located at the intersection of Isabella Street and Federal Street - across from PNC Park. (Must be 21+ to enter festival grounds.)

🚨BOGO alert🚨

|partner| Looking to get tickets to the Spring Wine & Spirits Festival?? We have a limited time BOGO deal to share! ⬇️

Event Details:
🗓️ Friday, May 31 at 6PM
📍 Rivers Casino
💰 Use code BOGO24 for buy one, get one free while supplies last!
🎟️ Use code PghFoodNerd5 for $5 off once the BOGO is up!
💻 Link in bio
🍻 Must be 21+ to attend. Please drink responsibly & have a DD/ride share available. (DDs get a reduced ticket fee for this event.)

Thanks to Pittsburgh Magazine and for hosting a happy hour featuring some of the spirits at the festival! 🍸