In a sea of bars and restaurant in Pittsburgh it's hard to stand out and I think Urban Tap has done that. They have an impressive draft list, a decent Whiskey list, and good foods to back it all up.
The "Bro Bros" and I went here for a Beer to catch up and we had a pretty good time. I got the "Chevre and Jam" burger which was really good. I mean how can you go wrong with Jam and Goat cheese. The burger was very meat ballish. I don't know how they cooked the burger all the way through when it was practically a ball but they did. I'm not the biggest fan of ball like burgers but it was good so no complaints I guess.
The only bone I have to pick with Urban Tap is with their Whiskey. Their more modestly price Whisky's were around 6-7 bucks. Above the section it said "neat" and then in Parenthesis it said "( there is a $2 up charge for on the rocks)" So I thought fine, Neat is 7 on the rocks is 9. Fair enough.
Not so according to the waitress. All their Whiskey's apparently are served as shots. So the price you see is the shot price. There is an up charge for both the Neat and On the Rocks pours. After being told that "she didn't write the menu" she removed the 6 dollars of up charges that she had once added. I don't think it helped that we had been drinking or that we pointed out that they spelled "Bulleit" bourbon wrong on the menu. The Whisky has an "i" where the thing that is fired out of a gun does not.
What fine dining and gastropub sells all their Whiskey as Shots. Who is ordering shots of fine Whiskey? I have a feeling there is a misunderstanding as to how the pours and charges are suppose to go, but you might want to ask before ordering some. Either that or they want the perception of affordable Whiskey by only displaying the shot price then up charging you when you order it any other way.