Wild Rosemary closed in October 2025.
We always love a good prix fixe dinner experience, as they can make for a great way to taste around a restaurant’s menu.
But some restaurants only offer prix fixe dining, and Wild Rosemary in Upper Saint Clair is one such spot. But they take this one even further by serving things family style, meaning you are in for a fun evening with new friends, and a whole lot of food.
So check the monthly menu to see what is on, and dive into the feast here!
Wei Lai Dim Sum closed in 2026.
There are precious few places to get Cantonese dim sum in Pittsburgh, so we were thrilled when Wei Lai Dim Sum opened in Ross Township. With its friendly service and wide variety of dim sum dishes at an affordable price, this spot is one we will gladly return to again and again.
We are not generally fans of McKnight Road or strip malls in general, but we can get behind the recent trend of excellent Asian restaurants opening in these types of areas. Wei Lai is one such place in McIntyre Square, a shopping area in flux with several empty storefronts. Their bright orange sign beckons you to come in for dim sum, and we did just that.
Pittsburgh Winery announced they were closing in August 2026.
Pittsburgh Winery has been a Strip District staple for many years with many delicious bottles of wine poured over that time.
But for those who want a bit more, you’ll do well to look at the events in Pittsburgh Winery’s cellar as they also have one stellar music venue with a great lineup throughout the year!
Wine and music? We’re in.
It appears that Butler Ballooning ceased operations in June 2025.
We’ve been fortunate enough to take a hot air balloon ride in Tanzania, and we always wondered what a flight in the Pittsburgh region would be like.
In 2024, we got to find out that Butler Ballooning opened up just north of the city to provide sunrise hot air balloon rides high above Butler County.
We were guests of Butler Ballooning to check out what a flight is like shortly after this one opened, and we have to admit, this one is quite the experience well worth getting up early for!
Alberta’s seemingly closed in September 2026 without a formal announcement. We will update this article accordingly if we hear anything has changed.
Alberta’s Pizzeria is a wood-fired pizza shop offering small plates, salads, oysters, pizzas, and more on a stretch of Western Ave. in the North Side that has seen a flurry of new business development in recent months. After operating a successful food truck for several years, Alberta’s brings their experience and delicious pies to their first brick and mortar location with a lovely traditional Italian pizza shop feel.
We have been dedicated followers of Alberta’s food truck for years, sometimes planning our days around which breweries they were parking in front of. The dough of their thin-crust pies has great flavor complexity and beautiful leopard spotting, and their toppings are flavorful but simple, as all good wood-fired pies should be. It always impressed us that they could execute such deliciousness with a mobile setup, too.
One of Alberta’s frequent brewery stops was Four Points, located on Western Ave., which just so happens to be right next door to Alberta’s new brick and mortar spot. It’s a match made in heaven!
Lawrence Hall announced they will be closing at the end of 2026.
Lawrence Hall in Lawrenceville is a modern food hall with multiple dining stalls and a bar serving up a variety of cuisine styles, drinks, and desserts. The two-story space is a historic building from the late 1800s, and lots of the character of the space was preserved in the remodel.
With QR-code system for ordering both food and drinks from the comfort of your table (or directly from the vendors if you so choose), combined with the variety of food choices and the large space, this spot a great option for everyone- from solo visitors to group outings!
Stuntpig closed in May 2026.
For those who follow Pittsburgh’s food truck scene like we do, you’re probably familiar with Stuntpig.
Since coming on the market with their mobile “pig rig” with iconic branding featuring a pig wearing gear that looks like it’s about to be blasted out of a cannon (you know, a stunt pig), the truck was building a small army of die-hard fans that would chase them around the city for their exceptional sandwiches.
We were one of them.
So when the crew behind Stuntpig announced they were exchanging the keys to the pig rig for a brick and mortar store front in Squirrel Hill, we were incredibly excited. All the glory of Stuntpigwithout having to chase them around the city at area breweries and events? We were in, and naturally had to visit on day one.
At this time we are not sure if E.T.A is currently open. In recent visits, the space has been used for extra seating for The Warren without their own menu available.
We love a themed cocktail bar, and when it is run by the team behind The Warren, even better.
E.T.A is a Japanese whisky and cocktail bar that opened in The Warren’s back room in early 2024. The space was where the former wine shop was located and has been a bar we’ve been waiting to check out for quite some time. In fact, it wasn’t until our friend Alex Eats Too Much stumbled upon this one on opening week that we even found it was close to opening at all.
Naturally, we visited right away.
Whether you are visiting for whisky, a highball, one of their inventive house cocktails, or even a modest food menu, there really is a lot to enjoy about E.T.A.!
The Roundabout Popup was taken over by East End Brewing in 2024 and Smoketoberfest is set to return on October 18th in 2025. This review is from a Smoketoberfest hosted by Roundabout. While we expect the upcoming event to be the same, some details may be different.
When Roundabout Brewery announced that they were closing their Lawrenceville location, we were pretty bummed. Thankfully, this one did not entirely cease operations and went to remote brewing to continue hosting its seasonal Roundabout Popup space on the North Shore River Trail.
Naturally, their end-of-season event, Smoketoberfest, also remained to celebrate all things fall with fun, friends, beer, and a whole lot of smoked food from some of the best food trucks in Pittsburgh.
We had missed attending this one for many years due to seemingly always being out of town, but after visiting Smoketoberfest for the 10th annual event in 2023, we can see we made a big mistake missing out all those years!
The Asian Lantern Festival is not returning in 2024. We are unaware if this one will return in future years.
The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium is known for putting on many events throughout the year, and in 2023 they are bringing back one of their most popular events- the Asian Lantern Festival running on Thursday to Sunday nights through October 29th!
We were fortunate enough to visit the Seoul Lantern Festival when visiting South Korea in 2019 and absolutely loved the large, ornate, and colorful paper sculptures that lined Cheonggyecheon Stream in the heart of the city (see some of our favorites over at our travel blog at the previous link).
Naturally, when we heard that the Pittsburgh Zoo was going to host their own lantern festival, we knew we had to attend. We love this one so much that we return back to check out every year’s show right after opening in early August.
In this one, we thought we’d share a bit more about what the Asian Lantern Festival at the zoo is like in 2023, share a few of our favorite pieces, and give some tips to help you plan your visit for this limited-time show.