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| - Excellent example of a place that stays in business solely because of its location. I ate at Jerome Bettis's on a college football Saturday, and it was crowded, but not packed. Service was okay - friendly but slow. The high point is definitely the location: can't think of a better restaurant patio in Pittsburgh. The views of the rivers, point, and skyline are incredible. They've got a lot of TVs, too - never a bad thing for a sports bar.
Food was abysmal. I had the Carolina pulled pork sandwich, which I knew would be bad. (I have yet to find good pulled pork outside of dingy BBQ places in the Southeast.) However, I was unprepared for what came out: the sandwich had cheese on top. Maybe I should've read the menu more closely, but it would never have occurred to me that someone would even think to put cheese on one; even my Pennsylvania-native compadres thought it was weird. (By the way, it tasted really bad, too. It's been a long time since I couldn't finish an entree, but I left half the sandwich.) The other guys with me thought their food was mediocre at best, and one couldn't finish her hummus because it had a weird flavor. (I think they used really cheap minced garlic from a jar - had that weird jar garlic flavor.)
Oh, the bathrooms are weird, too. They have a 2-way mirror that looks out on to the street, but that means they have to keep it really dark so people can't see in. It's basically too dark to see where you're peeing; imagine trying to hit a bullseye by candlelight.
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