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| - I stopped here for a quick lunch on Friday and was fairly impressed. I would say that Bar Symon is designed as an airport restaurant, not a restaurant that happens to be in an airport--lots of outlets, generous amount of space at all of the counters (probably 3 feet per person--enough for a computer and food), free wireless, and fairly quick service. That said, if Bar Symon wants to be called a "Taphouse" they need to expand the beer list--native Pittsburghers won't be too impressed. I had the pulled pork fries, which was quite tasty although the distribution of the toppings left me with a pile of plain fries at the bottom. No matter, I tried the coffee BBQ sauce (delicious!) and the Lola ketchup (weirdly sweet and not what I would call a ketchup).
One quibble with service--the gentleman next to me ordered a burger, and was asked "pink or no pink?" He (quite understandably) said, "come again?" and the waitress explained that he could have it medium or well--pink or no pink. I thought this might be a one-off occurrence but heard that phrase being echoed throughout the restaurant at various points. Service was prompt, very friendly (including the host), and servers seemed pretty knowledgeable about the menu despite it being the restaurant's first week. Happy to be free of Micky D's for a pre-departure meal!
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