Pittsburgh Romantic Times Con: Sat 4/19
Poll Pittsburgh Romantic Times Con 2008: EatsOk, for those of you who are joining Mark, my sister and I in Pennsylvania at the Romantic Times Conference, I have scoured the internets for where we can invaded for a few hours as apparently I'm the closest thing we have a resident (I'm in Cleveland with family in Pittsburgh). We are planning on meeting up Saturday after the book fair. The easiest place would be the restaurant or in the lobby of the hotel. I'll even make a sign if ya'll need me to. Leave ideas on this in the comments please.
As for food, I had 3 main criteria:
1. Price- I don't know about you, but I'm poor.
2. Distance- I figure if it's nice it'd be better to walk a short distance than try to gather a flock of cars.
3. Menu/Ambiance- There are too many steak houses... give me so flava!!
So, what I need from you all is to vote for which sounds the best to you. And also an estimate of who might all be coming so I can try to call ahead and warn the poor staff we are impending. I've made this an open post so you can tell those I have not had the privelege of friending to come and make their preferences known.
Here is the breakdown of the top 4 restaurants I found outside of the hotel pub (in the order of MY preference):
1. Squirrel Hill Cafe - 4.42 miles from the hotel, but who wouldn't want to say they ate in a squirrel hill! It also has good reviews and does not look to be inexpensive, maybe like Big Boys pricing. This is the furthest from the hotel... but I'm weird like that.
2. Cafe Euro - 1.59 miles from the hotel. I'm guessing this would be the best choice, I'm just stubborn. This is slightly more expensive, maybe slightly more than going to Fridays/Applebees. But the atmosphere looks fun and very Amanda Feral... still within my price range.
3. Palomino - .12 miles from the hotel but the vaguest of web pages. From a special it has listed, it looks like Applebees type pricing as well, but I can't promise. - you know what? Scratch that... I found the menu... I would have to sell a piece of my liver and I'm gonna need that!
3. Jack's Rose Bar - the new number 3, only 1.33 miles from the hotel. Couldn't find their own webpage but it didn't look bad and is listed as 'inexpensive'.
And just because we might up end there as well... The Hilton Restaurant and Pub:
4. Three Rivers Pub - um, 0 miles from the hotel? Looks to be mostly bar food, but with a few fair items. Pricing around that of Applebees.
5. The Promenade - Inside the hotel. Okay menu, but pricing equal or higher than the Cafe Euro. I'd much rather go to the Three Rivers Pub than this place. Looks snooty and boring.
Go- vote... give me the answers!!! Once we decide, I will post links to maps, dates, times, etc. If I'm not your friend now and you are going, friend me b/c I'd like to keep that post private. Or else friend Mark Henry as I'll make him post it for me. Heehee.
As for food, I had 3 main criteria:
1. Price- I don't know about you, but I'm poor.
2. Distance- I figure if it's nice it'd be better to walk a short distance than try to gather a flock of cars.
3. Menu/Ambiance- There are too many steak houses... give me so flava!!
So, what I need from you all is to vote for which sounds the best to you. And also an estimate of who might all be coming so I can try to call ahead and warn the poor staff we are impending. I've made this an open post so you can tell those I have not had the privelege of friending to come and make their preferences known.
Here is the breakdown of the top 4 restaurants I found outside of the hotel pub (in the order of MY preference):
1. Squirrel Hill Cafe - 4.42 miles from the hotel, but who wouldn't want to say they ate in a squirrel hill! It also has good reviews and does not look to be inexpensive, maybe like Big Boys pricing. This is the furthest from the hotel... but I'm weird like that.
2. Cafe Euro - 1.59 miles from the hotel. I'm guessing this would be the best choice, I'm just stubborn. This is slightly more expensive, maybe slightly more than going to Fridays/Applebees. But the atmosphere looks fun and very Amanda Feral... still within my price range.
3. Palomino - .12 miles from the hotel but the vaguest of web pages. From a special it has listed, it looks like Applebees type pricing as well, but I can't promise. - you know what? Scratch that... I found the menu... I would have to sell a piece of my liver and I'm gonna need that!
3. Jack's Rose Bar - the new number 3, only 1.33 miles from the hotel. Couldn't find their own webpage but it didn't look bad and is listed as 'inexpensive'.
And just because we might up end there as well... The Hilton Restaurant and Pub:
4. Three Rivers Pub - um, 0 miles from the hotel? Looks to be mostly bar food, but with a few fair items. Pricing around that of Applebees.
5. The Promenade - Inside the hotel. Okay menu, but pricing equal or higher than the Cafe Euro. I'd much rather go to the Three Rivers Pub than this place. Looks snooty and boring.
Go- vote... give me the answers!!! Once we decide, I will post links to maps, dates, times, etc. If I'm not your friend now and you are going, friend me b/c I'd like to keep that post private. Or else friend Mark Henry as I'll make him post it for me. Heehee.