Alchemy N' Ale could be a great restaurant. The space is nice, the menu is full of hearty food that will appeal to most Pittsburghers (pork belly, interesting burgers, fried chicken dinners, and Shepard's pie), and they have great beers in bottles and on tap.
Right now, however, they're still working out the mechanics. It seems like the owner is trying to run a restaurant by staffing it with friendly people who haven't had a lot of experience in the food industry. The bartenders had to look up how to make an Old Fashioned and a Manhattan. Our waitress brought out a huge cheese plate with four pieces of bread (and cheeses she couldn't identify). Then she dropped off a stack of dishes, pile of silverware, and paper towels for us to pass around the table. She didn't know which wines they had. Half of our party's food was cold because the kitchen didn't time out the prep so they would all be done at once.
This would all be normal if you were BBQ'ing in a friend's backyard, but would be kind of surprising even at a dinner party. I will wait 2-3 months to let them work out the snags before trying it again.