Food & Drink category, Page 58
Moet Hennessy buys 50% stake in Jay-Z’s Champagne brand
Moet Hennessy is acquiring a 50% stake in rapper and entrepreneur Jay-Z’s Champagne brand in an effort to up its cool factor and expand distribution. Terms of the deal announced Monday weren’t released. Armand de Brignac, known familiarly as Ace of Spades because of its distinctive label, is produced in...
Arsenal Cider Tap House opens in Dormont
Bill Larkin made cider at home as a hobby. He would bring samples to friends and family for parties and get-togethers. “They would tell him how good the cider tasted and asked if they could buy some,” said his wife, Michelle Larkin. “Bill asked me, ‘why don’t we make it...
East End Brewing creates a first-time brew that’s not beer
The latest beer from East End Brewing Co. is a gin and tonic. Yes, really. The Larimer brewery just released G&T Hard Seltzer. It’s been more than year in the making. “It was a new flavor profile for us,” said Scott Smith, owner of East End. “It does have a...
Hilltop Coffee in Arlington a special meeting place for ownersVideo
Many of the dates Jami Szalla and husband Dan Gladis went on before they got married were in coffee shops. Now, the couple has a place for a forever date night. They own Hilltop Coffee, a shop in Arlington that opened in December. “We have always enjoyed coffee shops and...
Norwin chili cookoff goes virtual
Like so many activities the past 11 months, the popular Norwin Rotary Chili Cookoff & Wing Things that raises money to give nutritious food to needy students at Norwin’s Sheridan Terrace Elementary school, is going virtual this year, organizers said. “Wearing masks, social distancing and crowd limitation guidelines to keep...
Here are some spots for Allegheny County fish fries
The annual Lenten fish fries may look a little different this year because of the pandemic. There will be no indoor dining, but meals will be available for takeout and delivery. Here are some places to enjoy meatless Fridays in Allegheny County. CHURCHES Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church,...
Condado Tacos invites local artists to paint at South Hills spotVideo
A painting of icon Andy Warhol can be seen crawling out of a grave, spray cans in his hands. A zombie hovers above. On the other side of the room trolley cars appear to be rolling by South Hills Junction. The city of Pittsburgh appears in the background. Across the...
Burgatory gets national nod among restaurants ‘primed for success’
Burgatory was named to QSR’s annual list of America’s Hottest Startup Fast Casuals, one of 40 restaurants in the nation to be recognized. QSR, a magazine that caters to the restaurant industry, launched the list in 2017. “Everyone wants to find the next big thing in restaurants,” Sam Oches wrote...
TribLive Taste Test: McDonald’s Shamrock ShakeVideo
TribLive Taste Test team member Patrick Varine tried the Shamrock Shake in sixth grade. And he did not like it. Would the result be any different more than two decades later? Find out in this week’s TribLive Taste Test! But before you do, the shake itself has quite an interesting...
Fat Tuesday is here: Western Pa. bakeries celebrate with paczki, other traditional treatsVideo
It’s Shrove Tuesday, also known as Fat Tuesday in some places. In Southwestern Pennsylvania, that means it’s time for paczki. Local bakeries make thousands of paczki, a traditional Polish doughnut that is filled and fried. Oakmont Bakery expects to sell about 8,000 paczki (pronounced “ponch-key”) on Tuesday. It offers 14...
Pittsburgh’s Original Oyster House to reopen just in time for Lent
The Original Oyster House is reopening Tuesday, a day before Ash Wednesday. The Lenten season that begins Wednesday is usually a busy period for the seafood restaurant. “We are ready to go and excited to be back,” said owner Jennifer Grippo. “The staff is super-pumped. When they all came back...
Ticket sales slated for outdoor Soup’s On! in Ligonier
Ligonier’s annual Soup’s On! sampling of local fare is set to return next month — with a new venue, the town’s central Diamond Park. The 2020 Soup’s On! event, during which attendees would have visited individual eateries, was postponed and eventually cancelled because of restrictions related to the covid-19 pandemic....
Pittsburgh artist, Millie’s Ice Cream create frozen treat for Black History Month
The middle of winter isn’t when people generally think of buying frozen desserts. Pittsburgh artist Cue Perry has whipped up a reason to embrace the cold. Perry collaborated with Millie’s Homemade Ice Cream to create “Blackout Brownie,” a gelato, for Black History Month. Proceeds from the sale of pints of...
New Kensington’s Knead Community Café has provided food for the soul for 4 years
At Knead Community Café in New Kensington, a meal is more than just a plate of food. “This is about community and feeding everyone,” said Mary Bode, who opened the nonprofit restaurant with her husband, Kevin, four years ago on Feb. 20. “We care about everyone who walks through the...
Pittsburgh food bank’s Green Grocer now offers produce delivery service
Green Grocer, the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s mobile farmers market, has launched a delivery service. Normally, the mobile farmers market makes 17 stops in 17 neighborhoods throughout the month. During the winter, however, these markets are often canceled because of cold and snowy weather. So, from now through March,...
BBQ, pizza business grows from West Leechburg man’s passion
Call Joe and Brenda Sperski a smoking-hot couple, and they won’t be offended. The West Leechburg couple opened Smokey Joe’s House of Q in 2018, offering takeout barbecue and pizza from a mobile trailer at various locations in the Alle-Kiski Valley. Joe Sperski smokes the meats and does all the...
Popeyes offers insurance on its new fish sandwich
Homeowners, auto, life … and now fish sandwich. The kinds of insurance offerings out there just expanded by one. Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen will debut its new Cajun Flounder Sandwich on Thursday. Along with it will be an option of purchasing Sandwich Insurance — in case you don’t like it. Just...
Aunt Jemima brand gets a new name: Pearl Milling Company
Aunt Jemima is making her last batch of pancakes. Quaker Oats said Tuesday that its Aunt Jemima brand pancake mix and syrup will be renamed Pearl Milling Company. Aunt Jemima products will continue to be sold until June, when the packaging will officially change over. Quaker Oats, a division of...
Pittsburgh bars snag rare bottles of Pappy Van Winkle bourbon
Cameron Lehman, bar manager for Muddy Waters Oyster Bar in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood, knows how far whiskey-lovers will travel for a sip of a rare spirit. He often sees visitors from out of state, who come to sample one of about 75 whiskeys Muddy Waters has on offer. “When...
1 in 4 Pennsylvanians admit to drinking more when it’s cold outside, says study
Apparently, as the temperature drops, corks pop. A new study has found that one in four adults in Pennsylvania admit to drinking more when it’s cold outside. Conducted and published by American Addiction Centers, roughly 25% of adults in the Keystone State indulge in booze during the chilly weather. Another...
Beaver Falls bakery Oram’s tabbed for best doughnuts in the state
Never heard of Oram’s Donut Shop, you say? If you love doughnuts, you might want to acquaint yourself with it. The Beaver Falls bakery, which somehow often finds itself excluded from “best of” lists, landed on Food and Wine’s “The Best Doughnuts in Every State” rankings that were released Friday....
Export distiller partners with Penn Township company for ’boutique bourbon’ run
There is a lot of alliteration involving the letter “B” flying around White Valley Distilling in Export: things like “boutique bourbon” and “bloody butcher.” One is the special bourbon order that owners Jim Battaglia and Will Ramaley are making in partnership with Ventana Windows in nearby Penn Township. The other...
Helltown, Ohio nonprofit beer collaboration to pour proceeds to county food banks
Buy a beer and help the local food bank. Win, win. For folks in Westmoreland and Washington counties, that soon will be a reality when Helltown Brewing and Ohio nonprofit Helping Hops partner to release “Hellping Hops.” A portion of sales from the 6.5% ABV New England-style India pale ale...
Adda Coffee & Tea House expands retail options at its Pittsburgh locationsVideo
Order a coffee with cream — and throw in a paella-making kit, olives, preserved vegetables and a bar of fine chocolate. At Adda Coffee & Tea House, a specialty cafe with three locations in Pittsburgh, there’s more than just a hot beverage. When business was interrupted with the onset of...
Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership’s ‘Spread The Love’ campaign to provide money vouchers to customers
A campaign by the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership gives hotel guests $100 in vouchers when they check in that can be redeemed on matched purchases at 15 hotels, 30 restaurants and 24 retailers in the city. The campaign is called “Spread The Love.” The list can be found here. “If you’re...
