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Going to Pittsburgh

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Patman said:
The real question is "where is the drinking?" Our crew is the craft/micro type... But anywhere w good people is fine.

I look forward to meeting a lot of you and seeing some people I haven't run into in awhile (bsaeagle)
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My two rules when traveling: eat well and drink well. My crew is craft/micro type, too. From my research, here are some places I'm planning to hit. (Note: we will not have a car, either, so all of these places are walk/public bus/cab-friendly. We are staying in Oakland.)

Sharp Edge Bistro On Penn (922 Penn Avenue) - Downtown/near Consol Energy Center
Meat & Potatoes (649 Penn Avenue) - Downtown/near Consol Energy Center
Piper's Pub (1828 East Carson Street) - South Side
Fat Heads Saloon (1805 East Carson Street) - South Side
Smokin' Joes (2001 East Carson Street) - South Side
Ds 6Pak & Dogs (1118 South Braddock Avenue) - Regent Park
Hough's (563 Greenfield Avenue) - Greenfield

Last two are probably cabs from downtown, but it sounds like they're worth it.
 
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Are there any breakfast places (read: diner) near the Consol? I'm staying at the Cambria Suites. I hate breakfasts at hotels and would rather go to a diner. Or even a bagel place.
 
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Scarlet said:
Are there any breakfast places (read: diner) near the Consol? I'm staying at the Cambria Suites. I hate breakfasts at hotels and would rather go to a diner. Or even a bagel place.
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mmmm, breakfast. I have been looking forward to going out to breakfast. I did a google search and nothing seemed too close, but hopefully a local can provide a recommendation.
 
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Scarlet said:
Are there any breakfast places (read: diner) near the Consol? I'm staying at the Cambria Suites. I hate breakfasts at hotels and would rather go to a diner. Or even a bagel place.
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i've heard the general neighborhood around consol is iffy. Not sure based on that if there will be any local stuff... I'd try checking out between consol and PNC.

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King, us geeks have arranged a friday happy hour at sharp edge... this is doubly unofficial because technically the sponsor organization isn't sponsoring and sharp edge wouldn't guarentee us jack... but I'll get over there at some point.
 
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mookie1995 said:
Walking??? :eek:
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I am a bit crabby in the morning till I've had my coffee and orange juice so if some lowlife wants to bother me in my walk to get said coffee and orange juice, well, he (or she) is taking a big chance. :)

jen said:
mmmm, breakfast. I have been looking forward to going out to breakfast. I did a google search and nothing seemed too close, but hopefully a local can provide a recommendation.
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When we were at Jenna's last weekend, Chuck had some stuff and it looks like there's a Bruegger's Bagels pretty close by. We managed there when we were in St. paul, didn't we? Of course we had Mickey's close by as well. I want a Mickey's Diner type of place.
 
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Scarlet said:
I am a bit crabby in the morning till I've had my coffee and orange juice so if some lowlife wants to bother me in my walk to get said coffee and orange juice, well, he (or she) is taking a big chance. :)



When we were at Jenna's last weekend, Chuck had some stuff and it looks like there's a Bruegger's Bagels pretty close by. We managed there when we were in St. paul, didn't we? Of course we had Mickey's close by as well. I want a Mickey's Diner type of place.
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According to the google there's two bruggers and a dunk quarter/half mile to the west of consol (my search was based off of Duquesne which is direct south of consol)
 
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Scarlet said:
I am a bit crabby in the morning till I've had my coffee and orange juice so if some lowlife wants to bother me in my walk to get said coffee and orange juice, well, he (or she) is taking a big chance. :)
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We are also staying at the Cambria Suites (and I'm definitely up for a good breakfast myself). This place gets good reviews but it's a 30 minute walk (though the hotel says it has complimentary shuttle service around downtown so that might be an option).

http://www.pamelasdiner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/strip_menu.pdf
 
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MaryK said:
We are also staying at the Cambria Suites (and I'm definitely up for a good breakfast myself). This place gets good reviews but it's a 30 minute walk (though the hotel says it has complimentary shuttle service around downtown so that might be an option).

http://www.pamelasdiner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/strip_menu.pdf
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Oooooooo!. Good to know. In my quest to excercise, I have been trying to walk in the mornings. This could be a reason to do so. Or, you know, shuttle there, walk back. Especially if I get pancakes. jen? Thoughts?
 
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Scarlet said:
Oooooooo!. Good to know. In my quest to excercise, I have been trying to walk in the mornings. This could be a reason to do so. Or, you know, shuttle there, walk back. Especially if I get pancakes. jen? Thoughts?
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walking both ways sounds good to me. the more we walk, the more cocktails and croissant French toast we can have. ;) and it's a good excuse to pack yet another pair of shoes.

edit: although with the number of cocktails that are usually consumed... we should probably walk to san francisco for breakfast. :)
 
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Re: Going to Pittsburgh

Scarlet said:
Oooooooo!. Good to know. In my quest to excercise, I have been trying to walk in the mornings. This could be a reason to do so. Or, you know, shuttle there, walk back. Especially if I get pancakes. jen? Thoughts?
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There's also:

City Cafe, 951 Liberty
https://plus.google.com/108258126136389233242/about?gl=US&hl=en-US

and Bluebird Kitchen, 221 Forbes
http://bluebirdkitchen.com/

Both downtown, and (according to Google maps) a little under a mile away.

(And I'm not even going! :( )
 
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There should be a Starbucks on every street corner :p

I stayed in Boston for the Hockey East tournament and my hotel was 2 blocks from the subway stop. In that space I had three Dunkin Donuts and 2 Starbucks.
 
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I went to Kelly Os last week. That was pretty good, and near downtown (north shore). Only open 5 to 3. But serves breakfast that whole time as far as i can tell.

Im thinking about wearing my gopher jersey to the pirates game. It does have Dziedzic (pens player) on the back after all.
 
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Weather forecast yet?

Mookie may want to golf Friday. So thinking may just take the kids and see mother while there... All depends on weather :(
 
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Scarlet said:
THIS. I mean really. 10:30?? That's another reason why I don't like hotel breakfasts. They stop at 10:30 also.
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Seriously. Like nobody on vacation ever wants to sleep in and THEN eat breakfast.
 
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mookie1995 said:
Weather forecast yet?

Mookie may want to golf Friday. So thinking may just take the kids and see mother while there... All depends on weather :(
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current extended forecast is looking good.

Apr 10 - 76
Apr 11 - 67
Apr 12 - 54
Apr 13 - 54
Apr 14 - 63
Apr 15 - 73
 
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