Pittsburgh Foodies Thread (Penn Hills, Penn: cost of, weekend getaway, steakhouse) - Pennsylvania (PA) - Page 131 - City-Data Forum

SteelCityRising · 11-18-2014, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by jay5835

Ate again at Sienna Mercato. Loved it. "Thanksgiving" meatballs on mashed potatoes; wedge (of iceberg) salad; ricotta donuts with chocolate sauce (split three ways) for dessert. So far, this place has done no wrong. I feel comfortable using "amazeballs" to describe it.

Home | Sienna MercatoSienna Mercato | Good. Times. Three.

942 Penn Avenue. Across the street from Sonoma Grill.

Thanks for the review. I'm planning to take the better half here for our fourth anniversary dinner in January. He loves balls....well, MEATballs, anyways!

BarqCider · 11-18-2014, 02:43 AM

just saw a video of some dude talking about pgh and it made me wish I had some burgatory again LOL. although primantis now ships across the us lol. costs $100 and you cook it yourself

PA_Native71 · 11-20-2014, 07:02 PM

I'll give one: Freedom Farms Donuts ( Freedom Farms Donut Shop | Home of GAC's Farm Kings | Freedom Farms )
Their selection is amazing and the quality is really good, their filled donuts are amazing and filled almost too much. It is definitely worth the trip, but they are only opened Wed-Sun 5AM-1PM so you will have to stop early.

SolitaryThrush · 11-24-2014, 07:55 PM

New Korean place, Nak Won Garden, opens in Shadyside / East Liberty.

Pennsylvasia: Nak Won Garden Korean Restaurant

sskink · 11-27-2014, 05:58 PM

I'm almost hesitant to post this in a "foodies" thread, but as the wife and I didn't go back east for T-day this year and I'm not a big turkey fan, we decided to head to Texas de Brazil and strap on the feed bags. Never been there before, but we're fans now.

I think this will be our Plan B for all future Thanksgivings. Total meat coma, all while avoiding turkey (which they had, but I didn't partake).

Obviously the plus side is endless meat until you're ready to blow up. Downside is you don't get it cooked to order - everything is intended to be medium rare. You could special order rare (or well done if inclined), but you'd have to wait. The salad bar is great, but we opted to only fill up to the level that met minimum vitamin/mineral requirements, leaving plenty of room for meat. We planned to pig out (price was $44.95/person), so ate a late breakfast, no lunch. I'm going to guess we devoured a pound and half of protein each.

Unadulterated American gluttony and we couldn't have been happier.

wpipkins2 · 11-28-2014, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by sskink

I'm almost hesitant to post this in a "foodies" thread, but as the wife and I didn't go back east for T-day this year and I'm not a big turkey fan, we decided to head to Texas de Brazil and strap on the feed bags. Never been there before, but we're fans now.

I think this will be our Plan B for all future Thanksgivings. Total meat coma, all while avoiding turkey (which they had, but I didn't partake).

Obviously the plus side is endless meat until you're ready to blow up. Downside is you don't get it cooked to order - everything is intended to be medium rare. You could special order rare (or well done if inclined), but you'd have to wait. The salad bar is great, but we opted to only fill up to the level that met minimum vitamin/mineral requirements, leaving plenty of room for meat. We planned to pig out (price was $44.95/person), so ate a late breakfast, no lunch. I'm going to guess we devoured a pound and half of protein each.

Unadulterated American gluttony and we couldn't have been happier.

Im a meat eater and loved the Texas de Brazil experience. I was hesitant at first because I cannot eat at buffet style places. Once there I was comfortable and focused my attention on the meat and really enjoyed myself. I take small baggies for the small meat portions.