Pittsburgh's Shadyside
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5/7/2008
The East End of Pittsburgh is rich with an amalgam of small neighborhoods all pushed up against one another and living among the hills and parks of the city's scape. Shadyside is positioned directly in the middle of those neighborhoods and is home to graduate students, hipsters, young professionals and rich locals, all of which you'll find in its many cafes, restaurants and boutiques.
Whether you're looking to fill out your jeans with the latest cupcake craze, sip lattes or have organic ice cream, you can get just about anything in one of the five local cafes here (plus, of course a couple of Starbucks and a Borders if you're that type.) We've got gay bars, sports bars, dive bars and non-smoking bars, bars that sell huge slices of pizza and bars that give it away for free. Restaurants range from super expensive bourgeois to grab a sandwich and go types, with Harris Grill being a definite must-stop for libation and great foodstuffs.
Within walking distance is a Whole Foods (and about 6 other grocery stores), Mellon Park (great for walking dogs or just laying around in the grass), Oakland (home to the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and about a million square feet of hospitals), Squirrel Hill (with two great, local, small theaters that play blockbusters and indie flicks alike), and the Bloomfield/Friendship area, one of Pittsburgh's up and coming art scenes.
Nathan | Pittsburgh, PA