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| - Penn brewery has improved immensely, now that they've abandoned their "German Purity Law" brewing roots. They are now brewing good, experimental beers as well as their usual house beers. Every month when I've stopped in, they've had something new.
For those of you out of town, Penn is somewhat of a Pittsburgh success story. They had a rough time a few years back, but the original owner bought back the company and reopened the brew-pub (they were contract brewing for a short while.) The actual building itself is really cool, and during the summer the outdoor beer garden is open...it sort of feels like you're sitting in an old castle...not too many places where you'd get that feeling in Pittsburgh.
I've eaten here a few times, and while I'm definitely not blown away by the food, it's decent, and it of course goes great with their beer. They have large portion sizes so don't order too much. Their hot potato salad, although a little odd, is surprisingly addicting.
Happy hour here is worth mentioning as well . Beers are $3, apps are half price, and on Thursday they do "Beers & Brats" with $5 brats. I'd go to Penn over Church Sucksworks any day of the week.
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