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| - The Pirates and PNC Park have made me a genuine baseball fan, but Manny's BBQ broke my heart.
This review is not about the great stadium, or the view, the helpful customer service agents (yes, really), the fun walk across the Carson and Clemente bridges, or the fact that I will root for the Pirates even if they inexplicably find themselves trailing the Brewers after just five minutes in the first inning.
This is about a sandwich that I paid dearly for, a Pulled Pork Stacker that did not live up to the greatness of its potential, a salt lick of a meal topped off with flabby, overcooked pierogies. With a few tweaks and a little more care, it would have been a fine thing. Instead, I'm left thinking "I should have taken it back." I am the polar opposite of a picky eater, but substandard barbeque is something I cannot abide.
Leaving the park after the game, I saw half a dozen interesting-looking restaurants in the Cultural District that had stayed open in hopes of wooing postgame business - maybe that's my new game-winning strategy, even if the Pirates lose.
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