We love tiki drinks, and when we heard that Spork Island Trading Company was opening up as an immersive tiki bar in Pittsburgh's Cultural District, we had to go right away.
This one combines a beautiful ambiance with a robust tiki menu and is helping convert Penn Avenue downtown into quite the cocktail hub.
So, let's dive in and share a bit of our experience from opening night in this one!
August in Pittsburgh is most certainly the peak of summer. Numerous sunny days means a number of great outdoor events, as well as many opportunities to beat the heat with ice cream, a cold adult beverage, a museum with air conditioning, and more.
In this one, we wanted to share some of the best things to consider checking out in Pittsburgh during the month!
So if you are looking for things to do in Pittsburgh in August, check out the following options!
There is no shortage of great pinball arcades in Pittsburgh, and for those who like taking a trip through history, a visit to Pinball Perfection in West View is a must.
This attraction, like others in the area, offers a wealth of machines set to free play mode for an hourly entry fee. But what makes Pinball Perfection a bit different from the rest is that their collection is as much a museum experience as it is a place to play.
The vintage machine collection here is serious!
Pittsburgh has thriving tourism scene that brings in millions of visitors per year, be it for our many sporting events, major conventions, or purely from the fact that the city is pretty awesome (okay, we may be a bit biased on that one).
If you are one of those millions of visitors, you're in luck- this one is for you!
Since founding Discover the Burgh, one of the most common questions we receive is “what hotel should I stay at during my visit?”. To help answer this question, and continue our quest to experience everything Pittsburgh has to offer, we decided to make it our mission to personally review every single Pittsburgh hotel.
We do this not via a Google search, not by passing through the lobby or on a 30-minute guided tour, but by personally reserving a room and staying in every single hotel in the Pittsburgh.
To cover the best hotels in Pittsburgh that we have visited so far, this guide was born!
I have a serious frozen concoction problem. I think it all started when I first moved to Pittsburgh during a bloody hot summer and the apartment I was renting didn't have air conditioning. But what it did have was an ice cream store next door, and I ended up eating my fair share of ice cream during that time.
Ever since then, my quest to find the best ice cream in Pittsburgh was born, and in this one we share some of our favorites!
Our visit to Schwirian Farm for their annual sunflower festival at their farm just outside of Elizabeth, PA, was a few years in the making.
The reason for this is that prior to 2021, the annual festival was brief- just a day or so (the rest of the season the farm would be closed to the public). As such, it shouldn't be a surprise that we simply missed it by either being out of town or not being on top of tracking when that exact date would be.
But starting in 2021, the festival changed. Instead of being just a single day, it runs for a full week thanks to its incredible popularity (in 2026 the festival began on July 13th and runs until the 28th- however, check their social media for updates on the end date). Since I had this one on my calendar for a full year to ensure I didn't miss it when it came back, we made sure to go on the very first day and were very glad we did.
In this one, we wanted to share a bit more about what you can expect when visiting the Schwirian Farm Sunflower Festival!
Butcher and the Rye is a whiskey bar and meat-forward restaurant located in downtown Pittsburgh in the heart of the cultural district. Shuttered during COVID, the restaurant recently reopened with a revamped menu. The massive wall of whiskey remains the focal point of the space, while the food is perfectly designed to pair with the spirit-forward drink list.
We made it in to Butcher and the Rye during their re-opening week and were happy to see that the space still has multiple dining nooks acoss each of its levels, creating a cozy and intimate feeling. We were seated on the second level in front of the den-like library complete with a giant stuffed black bear. The menu matches the vibe – think bourbon-focused cocktails, dry aged meats, lots of game dishes, and other hearty fare.
Like any major city in the USA, Pittsburgh is home to an incredible street food scene that is growing larger by the day. Between the dozens of food trucks, mobile carts, and dedicated stands, the one thing that holds true no matter where you go is that it takes quite the effort to find the best in a sea of mostly average establishments.
When it comes finding the best Pittsburgh food trucks we're up for the challenge, and to chronicle our journey this roundup was born.
This list is not a collection of every street food vendor we've tried in the city. Far from it. This list only features what we think are the very best of the ones we've visited to date (we're still working our way through many as well).
By the end we hope that you'll be hopping in your car to try something right away because each business featured deserves no less than your immediate attention and visit.
We love a good food truck rally, and, to be honest, don't really need much of an excuse to go out to attend any when they pop up around the city.
Pittsburgh food trucks are, admittedly, pretty delicious, and we'll eat at many of our favorites every chance we can get.
But give those food trucks a theme, and we are all-in. So when the crew behind Beers of the Burgh teamed up with local influencer, Alex Eats Too Much (a great friend of ours), to bring a bacon-themed food truck rally to life, aptly named Baconburgh, you know we were there in its inaugural year.
Now that this one is returning as an annual event, we wanted to share a bit more about what you can expect when attending!
Although Pittsburgh and southwest Pennsylvania is quite hilly, we are fortunate enough to have a number of fairly flat trails to go biking. Many of these trails are found on former train lines (rail trails), which thanks to their restricted grade makes for prime biking conditions.
In this one, we wanted to share a few of our favorite spots to bike in and around the city. So whether you're simply wanting to take a quick ride around the North Shore River Trail, ride the GAP, or go out for a few miles on a rail trail, this one is for you!