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DIAMOND MARKET. 430 Market St., Downtown. 412325-2000. The tavern-like décor provides a comfortable, unpretentious setting for socializing, and the menu bridges retro and au courant in a nowfamiliar way, with grownup comfort food and big burgers on brioche buns with fancy toppings. Try the excellent macand-cheese, accented with bacon and truffle oil, or the donutsized onion rings drizzled with balsamic vinegar. KE DINETTE. 5996 Penn Circle South, East Liberty. 412-362-0202. This refined California-inspired pizzeria and wine bar offers a small menu mostly featuring gourmet thin-crust pizzas. The focus here is on fresh, local and sustainable. Inventive pizzas include toppings such as wilted greens, littleneck clams, goat cheese and Brussels sprouts. Guests at the wine-bar counter get a front-row seat for the pizza-making. KE
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EGGS N’AT. 8556 University Blvd., Moon Township. 412-2622920. This stylish and cheery diner offers a variety of pancakes, as well as sandwiches and combo platters of breakfast foods. The “Mama Evans” pancakes are filled with blueberries and bacon, a combination that is smoky, sweet and savory all at once. Also on offer: muffuleta, a New Orleans-style multi-layered and pressed sandwich. J
neighborhood café serves Neapolitan-style pasta and pizza, including the scandalously cheesy quattro formaggi pizza. The front room overlooks bustling Washington Avenue; in season, lucky diners can enjoy the rear garden courtyard. KE ISIS CAFÉ. 815 Brookline Blvd., Brookline. 412-2072485. The menu offers more than the Middle Eastern stalwarts of hummus and kebab, with less-common dishes such as stewed jute, samboussa (similar to samosas) and fava-bean dip. Vegetarian entrees, such as okra stew and a variety of lentil, comprise about half the menu; meateaters can savor pan-seared chicken or creamy meat-andpasta casserole. KF NINE ON NINE. 900 Penn Ave., Downtown. 412-3386463. This elegant restaurant and lounge offers a maturation of contemporary American cuisine, effortlessly shifting from refined Continental to Asian fusion to ingredient-focused invention. Instead of showy creations, the kitchen produces dishes that instantly seem right, such as miso cod or thymeroasted Amish chicken with asparagus flan. LE NOLA ON THE SQUARE. 24 Market Square, Downtown. 412-471-9100. Offering a boldly refined take on straightup, traditional New Orleans food, NOLA’s menu is an invitation to kick back, relax and savor the flavors: cheesy griddle grits with a chunky tomato sauce and green beans; oyster stew; and catfish strips paired with spicy papaya. KE PALAZZO 1837 RISTORANTE. 1445 Washington Road, North Strabane. 724-223-1837. This restored mansion provides a charming setting for fine dining. The menu is primarily Italian, with traditional but thoughtfully considered dishes. The hearty, but refined, farfalle rustica pairs wild-boar sausage with wild mushrooms and a sherry sage cream sauce, while housemade crepes substitute for noodles in the crepe lasagna. LE
HARRIS GRILL. 5747 Ellsworth Ave., Shadyside. 412-362THE PORCH. 5273. A neighborhood Schenley Plaza, bar and grill (with two www. per Forbes Avenue outdoor patios) where a p pghcitym and Schenley Drive, fun is as important as .co Oakland. 412-687the fresh food and the 6724. An attractive cold beer. What else to wood-and-stone structure make of a place that serves “Britney Spears” (chicken tenders set in the verdant heart of Oakland, The Porch offers on a stick), Cheeses of Nazareth cuisine that is modern without and The Wrongest Dessert Ever, being stark, homey without and offers free bacon at the bar being heavy. Consider a pizza on Tuesdays? JE dressed with butternut squash, pork belly atop roasted pumpkin, IL PIZZAIOLI. 703 Washington or lasagne with house-made Road, Mount Lebanon. chive pasta. KE 412-344-4123. This popular
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