Category Archives: bloomfield
In Which We Graduate To Baller (Crawler) Status
From the Department of Special and Excessive Events…we submit for your review, the Inaugural 101 Achievements Baller Crawler Meatball Ball Crawl. Enjoy! Continue reading
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Filed under #22, #22-18, bloomfield, downtown, drinking, extreme eating, food, greenfield, italian, italian food, lawrenceville, meat, meatballs, pittsburgh, restaurant, squirrel hill, strip district, the strip, USBG, wine
The Great Pittsburgh Pierogi Crawl
We begin 2018 with some unfinished 2017 business. We’d be truly remiss if we did not present to you…the 2017 101 Achievements Pierogi Crawl! Continue reading
Filed under #21, #21-17, blog awards, bloomfield, east liberty, garfield, greenfield, oakland, pierogies, shadyside, south side, station square
Pub Golf In Space: An Epic Journey
Once a year, we host a city-ranging event in which we walk, drink, and eat our way through 18 bars in the course of a single, very long day. This was our fourth such event, and the first one we’ve actually managed to document properly. Enjoy! Continue reading
Filed under #23, #23-17, #4, #4-17, bloomfield, cocktails, downtown, drinking, excess, jameson, lawrenceville, margaritas, pittsburgh, pizza, pub golf, shadyside, south side, squirrel hill, statue, strip district, tequila
A Locally Sourced Italian Dinner With Donatelli’s
Throughout the year, we’ll be doing more local shopping at various ethnic stores, and then making meals from what we gather. First up, we’re starting in the comfort zone with Italian cooking. We shopped at Donatelli’s in Bloomfield; check out what we made! Continue reading
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Filed under #61, #61-15, bloomfield, buy fresh buy local, cooking, CSA, italian food
The Baller Meatball Ball-Off: Lombardozzi’s Restaurant
In this third installment of the Baller Meatball Ball-Off, we return to the site of one of our very first Achievements, Lombardozzi’s Restaurant. We remembered well the succulent balls of Lombardozzi’s; but were they truly baller enough for this ball-off? Read on to find out. Continue reading
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Filed under #22, #22-15, bloomfield, italian food, meat, meatballs
Run, Don’t Walk, To Cafe Sam!
In which we take a long-overdue trip to Cafe Sam, a lovely little restaurant located on the cusp of Shadyside and Bloomfield. In our humble opinion, this place is a gem — read on to see why. Continue reading
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Filed under #92, #92-13, bloomfield, burgers, dessert, dinner, drinking, french fries, italian food, meat, pasta, pittsburgh, pizza, restaurant, salad, seafood, shadyside, side dishes, wine
Blogger Dinner @ #Sausalido
Tuesday of Restaurant Week brought one of our favorite events: the blogger dinner! Even better? This season’s dinner was held at our favorite Bloomfield restaurant, Sausalido! Read on for some world-rocking appetizers! Continue reading
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Filed under #76, #76-13, beets, bloomfield, buy fresh buy local, byob, dessert, dinner, restaurant, restaurant week, salad, wine
Caliente Gives Us A Groupon Win!
Hey girl, did you know there’s a new hot pizza spot in Bloomfield? Yeah girl, and get this: it’s got a full bar. And a spacious sit-down dining area. Oh, and it’s crazy cheap and crazy good. Yeah girl, really. … Continue reading
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Filed under #29, #29-12, bloomfield, groupon, groupon/living social, pizza
Bloomfield Sandwich Shop: Not Just For Breakfast
You know those annoying Olive Garden commercials that say, “When you’re here, you’re family!”? They annoy me because, despite any wonderful service I may have received at a local Olive Garden restaurant, I can’t say I’ve ever felt like family. … Continue reading
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Filed under #2, #2-12, bloomfield, diner food, fish sandwich, lunch