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🍝 Pgh’s best restaurants of 2025
August 13, 2025 · — Francesca Dabecco
Yinz hungry? It’s Pittsburgh Restaurant Week, which means you can get special discounted meals at participating businesses.
Wondering which ones you should scout out? Food writer Emily Catalano dined at more than 80 local restaurants in one year, and she’s sharing her favorites on today’s City Cast Pittsburgh podcast.
What's CITY Talking About?
Pittsburgh Rallies for a New PA Budget
The advocacy organization Pittsburghers for Public Transit gathered outside of the City County Building in Downtown on Monday to press state lawmakers to pass a budget that would fund local transit. [PPT]
- Pittsburgh Regional Transit will have to make massive service cuts if it doesn’t get more funding from the state. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]
- PA's budget is now six weeks late. What’s held up in the budget? [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]
U.S. Steel Investigates Coke Works Explosion
The cause of the Clairton battery explosion that killed two workers and injured 10 others is still unclear. U.S. Steel executives said there were no safety concerns leading up to the blast. Gov. Josh Shapiro visited the Mon Valley plant yesterday with County Executive Sara Innamorato to thank first responders and offer state resources. Most of the plant was back in operation on Tuesday. [WESA / TribLive]
Fired Cop To Be Reinstated
A Commonwealth Court judge ruled that former Pittsburgh Police officer Keith Edmonds, who was fired after repeatedly shocking 54-year-old Jim Rogers with a Taser during an arrest, must be reinstated with back pay and benefits. Rogers died a day after the 2021 incident; his family reached an $8 million settlement with the city. [90.5 WESA]
- Mayor Ed Gainey's office plans to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court. [TribLive]
What To Do
Wednesday, Aug. 13
- 💡 Trivia Night at Bottlerocket (Allentown)
- 🚲 Bike Light Giveaway with BikePGH (Homewood)
- 🍓 Farmers Market on the Mount (Mt. Washington)
- 🍑 Farmers Market in Bayne Park (Bellevue)
- 🥕 Farm Stand on Braddock Avenue (Braddock)
- 🎷 Jazz Jam with Broad Street Collective (Mt. Washington)
- 🎶 Feels like Summer at Pittsburgh Winery (Strip District)
- 👟 Girls Who Walk at Goodlander (Larimer)
- 🐕 Pgh Trivia at Hound Haus (East Liberty)
- 🎤 Stand Up for Sobriety at Sunken Bus Studios (Ross)
- 🍉 Summer Party with Pghers for Public Transit (Mt. Washington)
- 🎨 Black Arts Conversation at August Wilson Center (Downtown)
- 🌭 Korean Corn Dogs & Games at Kafair Cafe (Morningside)
- 🌳 Seed Collection 101 with Tree Pittsburgh (Lawrenceville)
- 🔍 East End Treasure Hunt in Rockwell Park (Point Breeze)
- 🍷 Tango Velvet at Refucilo Winery (Allegheny West)
- 🌿 Nature Nights at Etna Eco Park (Etna)
Thursday, Aug. 14
- 🇮🇹 Little Italy Days — through August 17 (Bloomfield)
- ☀️ Summer Yoga at Millvale Community Library (Millvale)
- 🍅 Farmers Market in Market Square (Downtown)
- 🌽 Farmers Market at Castle Consortia (McKees Rocks)
- 🍳 Food is Community with Community Kitchen (Allegheny West)
- 🪕 The Grass Gals in Schenley Plaza (Oakland)
- ✏️ Urban Sketchers Meetup at Page's Dairy Mart (Arlington)
- 🥂 Rooftop Pours at Field Day (Lawrenceville)
- 🌳 Community Day at Garland Park (East Liberty)
- 🌺 Afro Caribbean Garden Party at Happenstance (Bloomfield)
- 💻 Power Point Party at Greenhouse Co-op (Greenfield)
- 📸 Blawrenceville Photo Walk with Bodega Film Lab (Bloomfield)
It seems that my tomatoes came late this summer, but now they’re popping off! Note to self: You only need to plant TWO cherry tomato plants next year 🍅
Already excited for fall gardening? Or wanting to do some backyard renovating when the weather cools? Here are some pointers on what you can (and can’t) do in your Pittsburgh backyard.
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