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| - Stick it to IHOP or Denny's next time you're in McCandless and get your breakfast here! Chub's is one of those quintessential yinzer diners that you just have to visit if you're sick of waiting in long lines at nearby Kelly O's or the various Pamela's Diners scattered all throughout Pittsburgh.
For a change in pace from your overpriced chain breakfasts, you can expect a meal made with love and lots of butter thrown on the flattop. It's a tiny, homey place with a handful of stools at the bar and maybe 10 tables in the whole train-car shaped restaurant, but if you dig the Yinzer aesthetic (cash-only, Post Gazette clippings about Stillers/Buccos highlights hanging on the walls, hometown fundraising at the cash register and snarky, funny metal signs hung above the stovetops), you've gotta stop.
Yes, it's a little greasy... it's a down-home diner. Questionable cleanliness is a reason I had to knock my formerly 4-star rating to a 3-star. I honestly don't think it's any different than what's happening in the closed off kitchens at Denny's or IHOP though, to be quite frank.
Quirks aside, I'm so thankful to have a hometown diner like this within walking distance of my apartment. I've never been disappointed with their generous portions, and the service is provided by women who you can just tell have been waitresses and/or cooks most of their adult lives. Plus, when it's in season, you can play mini golf all on the same facility. Win-win.
Chub's is a classic greasy spoon and it's wonderful.
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