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Re: Restaurant Recommendations?

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Yeah I never eat on McKnight other than fast food. Really its Qdoba, Wendy's, Pizza Hut, thats all. I will go to Fox and Hound to get druuuuuuuunk every once in a while though.
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Re: Restaurant Recommendations?

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GO GET LOUNGE FRIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Idoit40fans wrote:
Yeah I never eat on McKnight other than fast food. Really its Qdoba, Wendy's, Pizza Hut, thats all. I will go to Fox and Hound to get druuuuuuuunk every once in a while though.
We've had the Fox and Hound food a few months ago and it was yuckerz
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Malkamaniac wrote:
Idoit40fans wrote:
Yeah I never eat on McKnight other than fast food. Really its Qdoba, Wendy's, Pizza Hut, thats all. I will go to Fox and Hound to get druuuuuuuunk every once in a while though.
We've had the Fox and Hound food a few months ago and it was yuckerz
Yeah I don't go there to eat
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i go there to run the train on ******** in shuffleboard
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Re: Restaurant Recommendations?

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jwienand wrote:
GO GET LOUNGE FRIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That would be our staple except that's what we eat like every few weeks. Lounge Fries and Hot Ranch wings, yowza.
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Re: Restaurant Recommendations?

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Sounds like we need to get a North Hills LGP get together going
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Malkamaniac wrote:
jwienand wrote:
GO GET LOUNGE FRIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That would be our staple except that's what we eat like every few weeks. Lounge Fries and Hot Ranch wings, yowza.
I ordered that exact thing last weekend :thumb:
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jwienand wrote:
Sounds like we need to get a North Hills LGP get together going
As always, I'm down
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the cafe on the first floor of passavant has nice paninis on fridays
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Shyster wrote:
I live in Ross and I concur that while the McKnight corridor has plenty of restaurants, most of them are generic chains or aren't all that good. There's a distinctive lack of fine dining.
This is, unfortunately, true.
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what did you choose?
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Only in Pittsburgh would people recommend bars when someone asks about restaurants. :lol:

The two best restaurants in Pittsburgh for my tastes are the Bigelow Grille and Tusca. I don't have as many opportunities to eat at some of the smaller, out of the way restaurants being that I don't live there any more. There are some that were described here that sound great.

On the subject of bars selling food, to me Big Jims > Fatheads. I leave Fatheads sick at the stomach everytime. Too much grease. I'm not saying it doesn't taste good, it just hits me hard. Their Fried Mushrooms are great, but I can only eat 3 or 4 of them.
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If you like crab legs, try Morgans in Penn Hills. All you can eat crab legs plus two sides on Monday and Tuesday night for like 23 bucks. I have no idea if any of their other food is good, but the crab is delicious. They also have all you can eat prime rib and fried shrimp on Wednesdays.
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If anyone is brave enough to go to Wilkensburg

http://www.salvatores.biz/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

This place is not too bad either. It is on Centre Ave near Oakland.

http://www.penn-station.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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I didn't go scanning through 9 pages to see if this was mentioned or not, but for people in the North Hills area the Franklin Inn is supposed to have kick ass Mexican. I've never been there, so I can't say one way or the other.

http://www.franklininn.net/

One thing I do know about the place is it's notorious for being packed & long waits for seats at dinner time. (Up to an hour)
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Iovino cafe in Mt. Lebo is very good. Small place, but fantastic food.

Out in Bethel Park, I like Pasta Too. Simple, traditional Italian place. Good food, massive portions. Expect to wait though.

Up on Mt. Washington, I love Satalio's. Again, simple, good Italian food.

For pizza, I like Fiori's and Napoli's. Napoli's is my favorite, but the distance is a hinderance on occasion.

Bangkok Balcony in Squirrel Hill is my favorite for Thai. :thumb:
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BadHands71 wrote:
Iovino cafe in Mt. Lebo is very good. Small place, but fantastic food.

Out in Bethel Park, I like Pasta Too. Simple, traditional Italian place. Good food, massive portions. Expect to wait though.

Up on Mt. Washington, I love Satalio's. Again, simple, good Italian food.

For pizza, I like Fiori's and Napoli's. Napoli's is my favorite, but the distance is a hinderance on occasion.

Bangkok Balcony in Squirrel Hill is my favorite for Thai. :thumb:
Fiori's and Bankgkok Balcony are two of the worst eateries/restaurants in Pittsburgh. One serves playdough masquerading as pizza, and the other serves MSG molded to look like chicken.
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Letang Is The Truth wrote:
what did you choose?
Pizza Hut :(
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BadHands71 wrote:
Iovino cafe in Mt. Lebo is very good. Small place, but fantastic food.

Out in Bethel Park, I like Pasta Too. Simple, traditional Italian place. Good food, massive portions. Expect to wait though.

Up on Mt. Washington, I love Satalio's. Again, simple, good Italian food.

For pizza, I like Fiori's and Napoli's. Napoli's is my favorite, but the distance is a hinderance on occasion.

Bangkok Balcony in Squirrel Hill is my favorite for Thai. :thumb:

I refuse to go to an Italian Restaurant that serves Chicken Parm. For that reason Pasta Too is out. Try il pizzaiolo or dish instead.
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slappybrown wrote:
BadHands71 wrote:
Iovino cafe in Mt. Lebo is very good. Small place, but fantastic food.

Out in Bethel Park, I like Pasta Too. Simple, traditional Italian place. Good food, massive portions. Expect to wait though.

Up on Mt. Washington, I love Satalio's. Again, simple, good Italian food.

For pizza, I like Fiori's and Napoli's. Napoli's is my favorite, but the distance is a hinderance on occasion.

Bangkok Balcony in Squirrel Hill is my favorite for Thai. :thumb:
Fiori's and Bankgkok Balcony are two of the worst eateries/restaurants in Pittsburgh. One serves playdough masquerading as pizza, and the other serves MSG molded to look like chicken.
http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/23/270123/r ... Pittsburgh

http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/23/270598/r ... Pittsburgh

Sounds like Slappy is just part of a bitter, angry minority :pop:
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slappybrown wrote:
BadHands71 wrote:
Iovino cafe in Mt. Lebo is very good. Small place, but fantastic food.

Out in Bethel Park, I like Pasta Too. Simple, traditional Italian place. Good food, massive portions. Expect to wait though.

Up on Mt. Washington, I love Satalio's. Again, simple, good Italian food.

For pizza, I like Fiori's and Napoli's. Napoli's is my favorite, but the distance is a hinderance on occasion.

Bangkok Balcony in Squirrel Hill is my favorite for Thai. :thumb:
Fiori's and Bankgkok Balcony are two of the worst eateries/restaurants in Pittsburgh. One serves playdough masquerading as pizza, and the other serves MSG molded to look like chicken.

Funny Bangkok consistently gets high ratings from reviews. Even on a national stage. Ate there only once, it was Thai food, I liked it. Agree with you about Fiori's, think their pizza is among the worst I've ever had
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slappybrown wrote:
One serves playdough masquerading as pizza
a whole a bucket of dumb, this comment is :pop:
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thehockeyguru wrote:
BadHands71 wrote:
Iovino cafe in Mt. Lebo is very good. Small place, but fantastic food.

Out in Bethel Park, I like Pasta Too. Simple, traditional Italian place. Good food, massive portions. Expect to wait though.

Up on Mt. Washington, I love Satalio's. Again, simple, good Italian food.

For pizza, I like Fiori's and Napoli's. Napoli's is my favorite, but the distance is a hinderance on occasion.

Bangkok Balcony in Squirrel Hill is my favorite for Thai. :thumb:

I refuse to go to an Italian Restaurant that serves Chicken Parm. For that reason Pasta Too is out. Try il pizzaiolo or dish instead.

Pasta Two rocks. Great food, great portions
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canaan wrote:
slappybrown wrote:
One serves playdough masquerading as pizza
a whole a bucket of dumb, this comment is :pop:
Especially because it's "Play-Doh"