Milk Bank cookie fundraiser benefits area’s tiniest and most vulnerable It’s a Pittsburgh cookie table for a cause. The third annual Milk Bank & Cookies event, which raises money for the Mid-Atlantic Mothers’...

Upcoming events: There's a Coffee & Chocolate Festival this weekend and Milk Bank & Cookies fundraisers to help premature infants Nov. 6. #pittsburghevents #milkbank
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Poulet Bleu chef returns to ‘dream job’ with Lawrenceville spot set to reopen Poulet Bleu’s fans can experience chef Grant McCollum’s work for themselves when the Lawrenceville French bistro reopens on Oct. 21.

Popular Pittsburgh restaurant #PouletBleu is reopening tomorrow after an extended pause for repairs. Head chef Graham McCollum is ready. #pittsburghrestaurants www.post-gazette.com/life/dining/...

Cream-top milk brings rich rewards to dairy-ice cream partnership Like apparitions from a strange sci-fi universe, giant white plastic tubes lie sprawled across farmland in Washington County. Perhaps odder than these...

Fun visiting Twin Brook Dairy farm, and the father-daughter duo making it work. I also highly recommend their nutty Alpine-style Farm Girl cheese. #pafarms #dairyfarming #icecream www.post-gazette.com/life/food/20...

Shortages, Smoothies and Fraud: The Matcha Market Cracks Under Pressure

Shortages, Smoothies and Fraud: The Matcha Market Cracks Under Pressure www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/d...

Pittsburgh is not hurting for coffee options, so three Starbucks closures is likely not life-changing for most. Time to explore a nearby local option! #coffee #Pittsburgh #Starbucks

Conservation grants provide life-changing help to farmers and surrounding communities Things were looking grim for Lindsay McKee and Brian Wiltrout’s Good Dog Farm in West Deer before their 2½-acre operation was awarded a life-changing $85,000 state grant.

Small farms get a helping hand from state conservations grants. #alleghenycounty #conservation #familyfarm www.post-gazette.com/life/food/20...

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Korean corn dogs, boba tea, mochi doughnuts and more at new snack shop in Bellevue Moochi & You, which opened in Bellevue in mid-August, offers a menu of pan-Asian, TikTok-famous drinks and snacks: bubble tea, milk tea, mochi doughnuts and Korean corn dogs.

Crazy, space-alien-looking Korean corn dogs, baby-teether mochi doughnuts, authentic, fresh-brewed milk tea. Everything a teenager or once-upon-a-teenager would love.
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Pittsburgh bar owners or bar fans! For a lineup of bars opening early for the Dublin Steelers game on Sunday, please let me know if you have early hours and/or specials. smotoyama@post-gazette.com #pittsburghbars #steelers

Yemeni coffee shop from the trend’s birthplace blooms in Oakland Coffee has ancient roots in Yemen, and Yemenis fleeing the country’s ongoing civil war have brought their coffee culture with them to the U.S. Yemeni coffee shop, Shibam Coffee, recently opened in Pit...

Coffee from Yemen, one of the birthplaces of coffee, makes its way from Dearborn, Mich., to Pittsburgh, with swanky digs to boot. www.post-gazette.com/life/drinks/...

Jerry of Ben & Jerry’s Resigns, Saying Company Has Been ‘Silenced’

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Head to Penn Brewery tonight for Oktoberfest keg-tapping madness with the musical accompaniment of the Polkamaniacs. 6-9 pm with keg tapping at 6:30, 800 Vinial St on the North Side.

In my role as de facto flack for MSF :) Friday Sept. 12 is apparently National Milkshake Day and you can get 2 chocolate milkshakes for the price of one at Milk Shake Factories.

The Gen Z dirty soda craze is here If you’re a food-and-drink TikTok consumer, a regular viewer of Hulu’s “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” or a Mormon yourself,...

From 'Mormon Wives' to TikTok to a Pittsburgh restaurant near you: www.post-gazette.com/life/drinks/...

10 chefs, 10 dishes help 412 Food Rescue celebrate a decade of fighting food waste, insecurity 412 Food Rescue is celebrating its 10th anniversary in September — Hunger Action Month — with a fundraiser called Rooted. The Sept. 13 event...

412 Food Rescue, which helps keep surplus food out of landfills, is hosting a fundraiser Sat. Sept. 13 highlighting 10 dishes and 10 chefs to celebrate its 10 years. www.post-gazette.com/life/food/20...

Fast-casual Cava opens in Oakland and draws a crowd Pittsburghers are hungry for Mediterranean chow, judging by the crowds at the opening weekend of the city’s first Cava. The fast-casual chain, with...

Fast-casual Cava opens in Pittsburgh to enthusiasm despite big dip in stock last week. The chain plans further expansion in the Burgh soon.
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Every dog (and owner) has their day at Pittsburgh's dog bars There’s a new type of doggie paradise in Pittsburgh: dog cafes and bars that offer both human food and drinks along with an off-leash dog play area.

Dog bars -- combination dog park and social hang for the owners (with food and/or drink) -- have come to Pittsburgh.
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My teenage daughter's favorite fake Kpop group made it to Billboard's No. 1 spot.

Take a look inside Western Pa.’s only malthouse “Beer is very much an agricultural product,” a Westmoreland County brewer recently told me. Nowhere is that more evident than a malthouse,...

I discovered what malting is, a very weird process. Who thought of this? www.post-gazette.com/life/drinks/...

Blackberry Meadows Farm's pasture-raised pork gives local flavor to your cookout The Popsicle guy was the clincher in deciding on a big change for two local farmers. Blackberry Meadows Farm proprietors Jen Montgomery and Greg Boulos...

Blackberry Meadows ribs were a hit at our barbecue! www.post-gazette.com/life/food/20...

Roots Natural Kitchen rides the food bowl trend, planning 2 more locations in the suburbs Two new Roots Natural Kitchen locations are on the way this year in Ross and Scott in Pittsburgh.

Roots Natural Kitchen opened in Scott Township this weekend after a delay, in an old Bruegger's Bagels. Here is my general article about the chain and its growth in Pittsburgh.
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‘Pittsburgh meets the Pacific’ on new multipurpose entertainment barge Shore Thing Pittsburgh nonprofit Riverlife has created a new multipurpose summer entertainment spot in the form of a 4,800-square-foot floating barge on the Allegheny...

A floating barge entertainment spot makes rare good use of the Pittsburgh waterfront: www.post-gazette.com/life/dining/...

Grass-fed beef, delivered to your door, involves inspired works of agriculture Ron Kriess’ cattle were not happy. They stared suspiciously at an intruder in their midst, a nosy reporter. Several mooed loudly to express their...

I found Allegheny Grass-Fed Cooperative's beef tender, juicy and not gamey (as grass-fed beef is often thought of). And they deliver!
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A community food destination in Larimer enters its final renovation phase It’s been a long time coming, but work on Celebration Hall, a food destination and community space in Larimer, is nearing the finish line. Once completed,...

Larimer will be getting a beautiful new food hall next year. Final phase of construction starts soon.
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Free coffee for veterans, and an in-store option to purchase a cup of coffee for a veteran on July 4th at Brave Bean. Their addresses: 20 E. General Robinson St. in the Pop District, 550 Broadway Blvd. in Pitcairn

CCAC culinary grads learn how to cook up a business Reem Helou was listening attentively. It was the last day of her menu planning class in the Community College of Allegheny County’s culinary program. Her...

Congrats to all the new grads, including at CCAC's culinary program! www.post-gazette.com/life/food/20...

Food21 trumpets the power of Allegheny County’s local food economy A new report from nonprofit Food21 claims that food-related business makes up about 10% of Allegheny County’s gross domestic product — or about $13 billion, out of a total county GDP of $128 billion a...

"Don't ignore the power of food business on the local economy" says Food21 in new report: www.post-gazette.com/life/food/20...

I'm become a regular flack for Milkshake Factory, but it is strawberry season, and until July 27 the chain will offer its Strawberry Pretzel Pie Shake for $10. The pie is likely of local origin and the ice cream reputed to be Dolly Parton's fave.

Zac’s Sweet Shop available at two Pittsburgh spots The McKeesport native’s brand comes to WorkshopPGH.

Pittsburgh native Zac's Sweets now available at Feast on Brilliant, 27 Brilliant Ave., in addition to WorkshopPGH. My earlier story on Workshop: www.post-gazette.com/life/food/20...

Can you drink your way to good health with soda? Depending on where you shop and in which aisle, you may have noticed the colorful packaging of “gut sodas” taking up shelf space. These sodas...

Of 3 'gut sodas' I tried, there was one I liked. What it did or did not do for my microbiota, I cannot say. www.post-gazette.com/life/food/20...