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Specialty Dining - Ethnic, Regional, Historic

By Albrecht Powell, About.com Guide

Once the center of Pittsburgh's 19th century iron industry, the Strip District and near-by Lawrenceville now produce fresh, high-energy brew pubs to complement the grand dame of Pittsburgh's "tied House" (brewery-owned restaurant), the North Side's Penn Brewery. Located in historic churches and renovated warehouses, the Church Brew Works, the Foundry Ale Works, Valhalla and Strip Brewing Company feature pub-style meals for a casual, relaxing end to the day.

Slightly further outside of town, visitors will find the Hyeholde (in Moon Township near the airport) and the four-star Golden Trout, part of the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort located about an hour south east of the city.

Food lovers can play a delightful round of Name that Nationality, with seemingly endless choices of superb ethnic cooking. Highlights include German (Penn Brewery, Max's Allegheny Tavern); Italian (Davio, Louis Tambellini's, Lombardozzi's, Piccolo Piccolo); French (Le Pommier, Chez Gerard); Peruvian (La Feria); Hungarian (Jozsa Corner); Chinese (China Palace, Tai Pei, Sesame Inn); Japanese (Sushi Too, Kiku); Indian (Indian Garden); Mexican (Mad Mex) and Middle Eastern (Ali Baba, Amel's). Mallorca and Cafe Allegro, both on the South Side, feature a style of cooking that features Spanish, Riveria and other Mediterranean influences.

Sample from Pittsburgh's true mosaic of international culture inside this melting pot of ethnic influence that stirs artistic and culinary imagination.

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