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| - Open is open for business in a location that is a bit hard to find. It is actually in the floor BELOW the Venetia post office. To get to it, you turn onto Sugar Run road from Venetia Rd and then turn to the parking lot on the left. Once you find it, you will find a nice little cozy restaurant with a combination German/Italian menu and a chef that is committed to doing things the right way. The feel of the place is almost of a diner, so do not expect anything very extravagant as far as the decor goes. Also, it is a BYOB, so bring your own if you're interested in alcooholic drinks.
The main reason to go to a restaurant, of course, is the food. And in this, Open excels! When you take a look at the menu you will see a long column of German dishes, a middle column of sandwiches and burgers, and a column of Italian dishes. All the standards are present from Lasagna, Ravioli, Bacon Cheddar Burgers and the like, but the more unique part of the menu is the German menu. There are not a lot of places around Pittsburgh that serve German food at all, and this one has many of the favorites. For instance: six different versions of Schnitzels; three different Wursts; Potato Pancakesl Spaetzle; and, of course, Sauerbraten. For those who want to experience different things, there are combination plates that allow you to mix and match.
Our party of four was interested in trying many things so two of us got combination plates while a third got the traditional Italian dish of Chicken Marsala. The final member of our group trie the Potato Pancake Reuben. This last was a traditional Reuben sandwich where instead of the bread, the corned beef and sauerkraut were placed between two potato pancakes. It was quite delicious as the place makes its own Corned Beef. Actually, most everything is made on the premises from scratch. We had a chance to speak with the chef and he shared with us his committment to doing everything right from the Corned Beef through to the roasted beets (most excellent); and the sauces. This extends to the whole menu. One of my pet peeves is how hard it is to find people who make the proper Marsala sauce. In some cases I've been given some red or white concoctions and told they were a Marsala sauce (in one especially notable case, the Marsala was somehow converted into a red and green pepper medley!). Here, at Open, it was done properly and you could taste the Marsala wine flavor and had plenty of mushrooms on a perfectly sauteed chicken.
I can go on and on about how good the food was, but instead I will encourage you to go and try it for yourselves. The prices are incredibly reasonable with the total tab for our party - which included the main dishes and several sides - was less than $20 per person. Highly recommended!
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