Hal B. Klein

1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Hal B. Klein

La Tavola Italiana owner Joseph Giaramita knows all about Pittsburgh’s artisanal pizza movement. His son, Anthony, was at its forefront, running Pizza Taglio in East Liberty in 2015-2020. “The only advice I gave Tony when he wanted to open his place was to watch the oven and to follow his passion,” he says.

2 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Hal B. Klein

March is a transitional month in Western Pennsylvania. The weather shifts between leisurely strolls without jackets and biting reminders that it's too soon to pack away winter coats. Winter storage crops like beets and cabbage are nearly spent, even as spring produce cautiously pokes through the soil. These are the meals that had me buzzing as we seesaw toward nicer weather.

3 weeks ago | mahoningmatters.com | Hal B. Klein

Two things are certain at the start of every Pirates season:We arrive full of hope that this year, truly, things will be different and the team will end its decade-long postseason drought. And, the Post-Gazette will offer a home-opener dining guide that'll point you to a few of our favorite destinations near PNC Park for your pre- and post-game enjoyment.

3 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Hal B. Klein

Patrick John, a restaurateur who helped shape the arc of Pittsburgh dining in the 1960s and ’70s, died March 23 due to complications from vascular dementia. He was 88. Mr. Foy was born in Cleveland in 1937 and graduated from Ohio University in 1958 with a degree in journalism. He worked in advertising for a little less than a decade before pivoting into a second act that would help change the face of dining and drinking in Downtown Pittsburgh and, later, the suburbs.

3 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Hal B. Klein

Two things are certain at the start of every Pirates season:We arrive full of hope that this year, truly, things will be different and the team will end its decade-long postseason drought. And, the Post-Gazette will offer a home-opener dining guide that’ll point you to a few of our favorite destinations near PNC Park for your pre- and post-game enjoyment.