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| - If Pittsburgh is the next foodie city -- and the cuisine is beginning to catch up with the hype -- I hope more places are like Kaleidoscope Cafe (more so than Salt Of The Earth and the like) ... and here's why:
You get all the adventurous food, layering of flavors, inventive combinations, fresh ingredients -- but for about 35% less our of your wallet (and about 25% more content on your plate). Rather than detail everything we ate and what was great, good, or OK (and the food is solidly at about an 8 1/2 out of 10) here are the headlines:
YOU ARE PAYING FOR GOOD FOOD COOKED CREATIVELY - INSTEAD OF A LIQUOR LICENSE (they are BYOB -- another savings passed on to you), RENT (the neighborhood Is in the very early stages of gentrification -- very early), or THE DECOR (it's not bad, but it's no post-modern art gallery).
THE PORTIONS ARE MODERATE, THE FLAVORS ARE BIG.
THE CHEF IS ACCESSIBLE AND CARES WHAT YOU THINK OF HIS FOOD (he came around to every table to chat, and for the one customer who had complaints, the chef was eager to do anything to make it right).
WE ORDERED A BOWL OF SOUP (which was a true bowl, not a birdseed holder), TWO APPETIZERS, and TWO ENTREES -- ALL FOR $60.
I not only hope this place makes it, but is a model for what is to come to Pittsburgh: Creative, tasty, satisfying.
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