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| - On the corner of Tenth and Penn sits one of Pittsburgh's new trendy restaurants - fully equipped with great cocktails, good food and friendly service. Came here for drinks and appetizers before a concert on a Saturday night - the place was busy - but it was just the right amount of crowded that we were looking for.
Very unique atmosphere - open - lots of windows. They make lots of things visible - from their wine cellar, to some pantry items are normally tucked away in the kitchen. Great big open bar in the center and in the back they have gray couch type booths for big groups. They also have a private area with a long dining room style table that I would imagine you could rent out for a party - and of course dinner and high-top bar tables all around, made with beautiful dark wood - butcher block style. It's really a fantastic space.
Fun drinks - but I would not suggest the pickle cocktail - I thought I was just drinking pickle juice - all the other cocktails around the table were delicious though! We got a super fun appetizer. It was called 'Hot Rocks'. They bring you out a really, really, really hot stone for you to cook a selection of proteins that you choose. We got three - tuna, kobe beef, and scallops - they also had shrimp, tofu and portobello mushrooms. They serve you the raw proteins, and you use soy sauce to cook them up on the stone - all they need is a quick sear and you have a delicious, fun, interactive appetizer. Comes with garnishes of mushrooms, seaweed salad and pickled veggies. Definitely something I would get next time I'm in - and I would want to try them all. You pay 6, 16 or 30 dollars - depending on how much cooking you want to do :-) We also ordered a beet salad with watercress, goat cheese, and an absolutely divine vinaigrette - it was fantastic. We were sharing it and the kitchen split it for us - this is always a bonus in my book - especially when they don't nab you with the dreaded split plate fee.
I would love to try dinner here and their brunch menu looks awesome - can't wait to go back.
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