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| - I came to La Feria on a visit to Pittsburgh after a night of... um, well... there was drinking. A not moderate amount of drinking. An amount of drinking that made me dumb enough to let my friend talk me into thinking I was rich enough to eat every snack provided in my hotel room mini bar but also made me smart enough (or feeling gross enough) to know I needed a healthy detox the next day.
My travel mate was driving and picked a nearby French place for breakfast and mocked my healthy eating option. I was not having it. I decided to be a picky little bitch and as soon as we were asked what we wanted to order at the French place I declined everything but a coffee. He threw a lil table fit, I had to laugh (because that's what he gets), and told him to calm his tits because he could still get whatever he wanted from the French place and I'm just gonna call in food at La Feria up the street and pick it up when the check came. It was definitely the longest route from point A to point B but I got what I wanted and seeing my friend have a conniption was the cherry on top.
I headed over to La Feria, which is located on the second floor of what is apparently another popular morning dining spot. I was a little confused at first because all I saw to begin with a retail store... a magnificent retail store with homewares art that were bold, colorful, and either in the form of animals or nudes, which is precisely my apartment aesthetic.
I didn't have a ton of time to shop but luckily, if you order food to-go, you have to walk through the restaurant to pick up your food and past all the retail goods and then to pay, you have to go back up to the retail register so technically a one stop shop for food and trinkets.
I scored two nominally priced driftwood carvings of an anteater and a leopard but if I'd had 10 more minutes I know I would have walked out with an exponentially larger receipt.
For food I got their recommendation with a Peruvian black bean salad that had more fixins than salad, which is exactly how I dig my salads. There was a very light dressing. lots of quinoa, pine nuts, cranberries, and more. It was light, fresh, and made me feel at least a little better about my health situation than if I'd pigged out on crepes.
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