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 | 	- Hard Rock Cafe is one of the best places to chill in while at Station Square; it's comfy, stylish, and always has classic rock music vids and songs playing on the TVs they've set up around the place. I've been here for both lunch and dinner and both times I've left ready to go back and eat another meal (which then never happens just due to the fact that Station Square is a bit of a pain to get to and park in); it had been a few years between my only two visits here, though, so I'm wondering if they changed the menu up since I last ate here. I seem to remember the options in terms of food being a bit smaller during my first visit. 
Well, either way, I was happy to find such a varied menu when I returned - burgers, salad, delicious looking sandwiches, fish - my table easily sat in silence for ten minutes just mulling over what we wanted to eat. I settled on a Goat Cheese Chicken Salad Sandwich. I can't say this is something I've seen served at many other places, and it was really, really good. Very unique. It went well with my fantastic berry margarita. 
However, an important note about making dinner plans based on my personal preferences - if possible, when you visit or make a reservation, ask in advance if there's going to be a show during your meal. Not so much because the show will be bad and you'll need to avoid it - I mean, it IS called the Hard Rock Cafe - but because, well, if you're looking for a restaurant to just sit, eat and chat with friends, then you need to be prepared for the fact that the Cafe will soon transform from a nice place to do exactly that into a noisy distracting high-class bar. This nearly happened to my group; we had gone to this place specifically to celebrate a friend's birthday, but any time someone tested the mics we couldn't even hear ourselves think. We ran out just before the show started.
But really, I can't hold that against the Cafe, and overall it really is one of the nicest chains to eat at in Pittsburgh. Now maybe I'll find the motivation to make my way back to Station Square to eat here again sooner rather than later.
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