🍽️ Try these new Pittsburgh restaurants

Your Friday food news edition!

New Restaurants, Bakeries & Bars

Want to try something new in 2024? Get breakfast at Wise County Cafe in Allegheny West, dinner at Burgh'ers Brewing at the Highline in the South Side, and drinks at the Greenhouse Co-Op, a plant store and cidery in Greenfield. Find more new openings here. [Pittsburgh Magazine]

Mocktails for Dry January

You can skip the booze but still have beverages with your bevy of friends. Try out Tina’s in Bloomfield, Harold’s Haunt in Millvale, and others on this City Paper list.

• 📣 Editor’s tip: Two Frays Brewery in Garfield is hosting Mod Mondays with Open Road Bar, Pittsburgh’s premier non-alcoholic bottle shop. Plus, the brewery is celebrating Open Road’s birthday party January 15.

Cheers With Winter Beers

So maybe Dry January isn’t your thing? Warm up with a gingerbread stout from Cinderlands, a winter solstice ale from Allegheny City Brewing and Fermenta Brewing Company, and more recommended by the newest member of the City Cast team, Owen Gabbey. [Pittsburgh City Paper]

• 🔥 Hot tip: Want to advertise in our newsletter or podcast? Owen is your guy!
• 🍻 Want to drink beer and earn prizes? Learn more in our interview with the Pittsburgh Brewers Guild. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]

Snag Deals With The Co-Op App

The East End Food Co-Op just launched a new app that lets you browse the latest deals at the Point Breeze grocery. The first 3,000 users to download the app can get $10 towards a purchase.

Neighborhoods Who Cook Together

Manchester and Beechview are on opposite sides of the city, but they’re bridged together through the Cross-Culture Program that teaches Black and Latino kids how to cook. The effort is a collaboration between the Iota Phi Foundation and Casa San José, and it runs eight to 12 weeks in the fall at Anderson Manor in Manchester. [PublicSource]

PIT Parking Hikes, Tree Recycling, and a Big Day 1 for the New County Exec

Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato took office this week and enacted a slew of changes to the pay and benefits offered to non-union county workers, which she says will be necessary to fill more than 1,000 open jobs. Pittsburgh International Airport increased their parking fees again for the second time in less than a year. And we’re sharing everything you need to know to recycle your live Christmas tree. Plus, stick around to the end to hear podcast host Megan Harris fangirl over Pennsylvania butter.