Best Bar in Pittsburgh

[double m v.2.0]

I usually go out in lawrenceville where no one else goes.

[Freddy Rumsen]

The Sharp Edge in East Liberty/Friendship was my go to place when I lived near there.

Ryan's Pub was also a regular place when I lived on South Braddock.

Ryans pub is great but I never go there to drink. They have great grilled cheese though.

I lived about a block from there on the Homewood side of South Braddock (in an apartment in a house on the other side of that old school) and the bus dropped me off near there so it was an easy place to get a beer.

[Shyster]

Since you're a beer snob go to houghs in greenfield or caliente in Bloomfield next time you're here.

I don't really have a regular bar, but my brother lives in Greenfield, and I second the nomination for Hough's on his behalf. I know my brother loves the place.

[ExPatriatePen]

Excuses

[slappybrown]

Solid place

[BigMck]

SoCal if you are in the area. Starting Gate in Los Alamitos. Next to the horse track. Steeler Nation. Transplants a'plenty. Great group.

Sorry, not a thread jack.

[cma3585]

Casey's and The Smiling Moose. They actually want you to play metal there and you generally have to pay extra to play top 40 songs. I can't find anything wrong about that at all.

[malkintent]

Best bar for what?

Agreed. Almost impossible to answer as is.

Muse Italian club. Fish Sam's on Fridays and the tripe is off the chain. Fuggedabahtit

I pass that place like once a month. Fish is really that good?

I haven't been in years, but it used to be legit.

[eddy]

Hoots again

[Pavel Bure]

I usually go out in lawrenceville where no one else goes.

The most hipster thing I've read.

[Silentom]

I prefer Danny's, in West View. Much cheaper than going anywhere in the city, and I know the food is always going to be good because my cousin is the chef. Delicious wings!

[double m v.2.0]

I usually go out in lawrenceville where no one else goes.

The most hipster thing I've read.

I meant no one here goes and Im not a hipster.

[Silentom]

No one goes to the bars in Lawrenceville? They were always bumping when I drove through there after hours...

[llipgh2]

Since you're a beer snob go to houghs in greenfield or caliente in Bloomfield next time you're here. It'll get you out of the downtown/south side vortex (still only 10-20 minutes away from town though on a weekend) and you can see more of the city but also have some tasty beers at bars that are actually parts of the neighborhoods they're in. They also don't have the patina of corporate ownership that makes some of the bars you named sterile IMO. They're owned by real people and not huge corps or a bunch of lawyers.

There are a boatload of fantastic dive bars in the city/north but those aren't ideal for a weekend with the wifey.

Slappy beat me to it. I really like both Caliente's and Hough's.

And Caliente's dry rub buffalo wings are pretty tasty, too. Meaning it is a buffalo sauce style dry rub, if that makes sense.

[Silentom]

Isn't there a place in Greenfield where you can make your own beer or something?

[slappybrown]

I usually go out in lawrenceville where no one else goes.

The most hipster thing I've read.

I meant no one here goes and Im not a hipster.

Where are you going? Stinkys? Hambones? These are not the type of places I would imagine doublem hanging out at haha

[Jim]

The correct answer to this question is Hough's

They have a large selection and don't blanket season-alize (ie: they have stouts in the summer and light brews in the winter). Their food is getting better. The bar itself has a decent look and feel. The people are a wide variety (not just hipsters or just neighborhood grumpy old guys or just college kids, etc).

A lot of the places mentioned already are good, very good... and Hough's isn't necessarily #1 in any specific category... but Hough's put together an overall package that puts it at the top of the list.

[Jim]

Isn't there a place in Greenfield where you can make your own beer or something?

That is Hough's. They have "Copper Kettle Brewing" attached to the bar.

[Silentom]

Isn't there a place in Greenfield where you can make your own beer or something?

That is Hough's. They have "Copper Kettle Brewing" attached to the bar.

Ah, thought so. Friend of my dad's did that once and I remembered him saying it was in Greenfield.

[Troy Loney]

I usually go out in lawrenceville where no one else goes.

The most hipster thing I've read.

I meant no one here goes and Im not a hipster.

Where are you going? Stinkys? Hambones? These are not the type of places I would imagine doublem hanging out at haha

I have friends that hang out at stinky's. It's definitely the "i'm not a hipster" hipster kind of place.

[Troy Loney]

I like Independent cause it has good beer, weekend afternoon happy hour and it's a 2 minute walk from my place. I don't like that it doesn't have TV's, so the major incentive I have for going to a bar (watch baseball) isn't there...so I don't actually go often. I just yearn for them to shake their moto and get TV's so I can watch the Pirates there next season.

[slappybrown]

I usually go out in lawrenceville where no one else goes.

The most hipster thing I've read.

I meant no one here goes and Im not a hipster.

Where are you going? Stinkys? Hambones? These are not the type of places I would imagine doublem hanging out at haha

I have friends that hang out at stinky's. It's definitely the "i'm not a hipster" hipster kind of place.

It's 50 percent that 50 percent kids I've known since I was 5 that grew up within 5 blocks of the bar

[Lemon Berry Lobster]

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Caliente in Bloomfield will have 3 cent Yuengling drafts from 9-10 tomorrow.

[MR25]

I don't really get the "no one goes to Lawrenceville" thing.

Hambones is more or less always crowded (at normal bar hours), Industry is pretty packed, T-Bird Cafe gets busy, and the craft brewers (Roundabout, Hop Farm, Full Pint) are also pretty busy.

[columbia]

Do all of the yinzers that used to go to the Sahth Side now hang out in Lawrenceville?