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BADO’S CUCINA. 3825 Washington Road, Peters Township. 724-942-3904. The menu at this cozy venue is a focused exploration of authentic Italian cuisine: homemade pasta and sauces, pizza and, instead of full-on entrées, tapas-size portions of heartier fare such as lamb chops and spareribs. Almost everything is cooked in a 625-degree wood-fired oven in the open cucina. JF BELLA FRUTTETO. 2602 Brandt School Road, Wexford. 724-940-7777. Adjacent orchards are one of the attractions at this comfortable, clubby suburban restaurant. The Italian-inspired menu features the fruits of these orchards in several applebased dishes, including apple ravioli and apple bruschetta. Bella Frutteto combines an innovative but unfussy menu with friendly service and congenial seating. KE BLUE. Duncan Manor Plaza, McCandless. 412-369-9050. Blue may be located in a strip mall, but it makes up points with an urbane, lively, clublike interior and a sophisticated, contemporary menu that runs the gamut from the de rigueur (chicken satay) to the refreshing (gorgonzola hummus). And that’s just the appetizers. LE
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The Porch {PHOTO BY HEATHER MULL} BRGR. 5997 Penn Circle South, East Liberty (412-362-2333) and 20111 Rt. 19, Cranberry Township (724-742-2333). This casual restaurant celebrates — and in many cases, imaginatively re-creates — America’s signature contribution to global cuisine. BRGR keeps its patties to a reasonable size, which allows for a variety of gourmet toppings — plus room for excellent fried sides (French fries, onion
Casa Rasta {PHOTO BY HEATHER MULL} rings, pickles), or milkshakes (traditional or spiked). JE CARMI’S. 917 Western Ave., North Side. 412-231-0100. A soulfood restaurant offers traditional home-style Southern cooking on the North Side. On offer: waffles and fried chicken; hearty chickenand-dumpling soup; greens, studded with smoked meat; mashed potatoes; spare ribs; and a stand-out Cajun shrimp paired with creamy grits. KF
staples — and the more unusual. There’s a strong emphasis on fresh pasta and inventively prepared seafood, such as crusted Chilean sea bass in an orange buerre blanc and berry marmalade. LE
IO. 300A Beverly Road, Mount Lebanon. 412-440-0414. The revamped Io’s (formerly Iovino’s) new simplified menu seems a near-perfect distillation of tasty, trendy and traditional. Some dishes are sophisticated CASA RASTA. classics, like pan-seared 2056 Broadway flounder with fresh Ave., Beechview. tomato and asparagus. 412-918-9683. This Others are everwww. per pa casual storefront popular workhorses pghcitym .co taqueria combines like the BLT and fish the tropical, sometimes tacos, or reinventions spicy flavors of Caribbean such as a Thai empanada and Mexican cuisines in tacos, or Pittsburgh’s own “city burritos and tortas. Thus, chicken”(skewered pork). KE jerk chicken might be a wing appetizer, or taco filling. Also JUNIPER GRILL. 4000 broaching both cultures: fruit Washington Road, McMurray. salsa and citrus-marinated 724-260-7999. This sister fried pork. JF restaurant to Atria’s chain cultivates an ambience of DIAMOND MARKET. 430 artfully casual insouciance. The Market St., Downtown. 412preparations — many with 325-2000. The tavern-like Mexican or Asian influences — décor provides a comfortable, are appealingly straightforward, unpretentious setting for neither plain nor fussy: Pork socializing, and the menu loin with bourbon glaze; spicy bridges retro and au courant in a flatbread loaded with shrimp, now-familiar way, with grownup roasted red and poblano comfort food and big burgers peppers, pineapple and cheese; on brioche buns with fancy and skirt steak drizzled in a toppings. Try the excellent maccreamy chipotle sauce. LE and-cheese, accented with bacon and truffle oil, or the donutPALAZZO 1837 RISTORANTE. sized onion rings drizzled with 1445 Washington Road, North balsamic vinegar. KE Strabane. 724-223-1837. This restored mansion provides a JOSEPH TAMBELLINI charming setting for fine dining. RESTAURANT. 5701 Bryant The menu is primarily Italian, St., Highland Park. 412-665-9000. with traditional but thoughtfully The menu at this convivial considered dishes. The hearty, white-linen Italian restaurant but refined, farfalle rustica pairs straddles the ultra-familiar — wild-boar sausage with wild the five choices in the chicken mushrooms and a sherry sage and veal section are trattoria cream sauce, while housemade
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