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Lawrenceville

Restaurants and cafes in Lawrenceville.

If you can find the Strip District, you can find Lawrenceville. Sandwiched between the Strip and Bloomfield, Liberty Avenue runs straight through the heart of Pittsburgh’s largest neighborhoods. Lawrenceville changes a little bit every day—new restaurants and cafés, new galleries, new home renovations, new vintage clothing outlets, new design companies.

Home of the 16:62 Design Zone, Lawrenceville has much to offer gourmet cuisine seekers (River Moon Cafe, Church Brew Works) and anyone interested in a creative, edgy atmosphere.

The housing stock is a little older and in need of rehabbing, but you can find some unique and charming places to live. It helps to have a car, as connections from here to Oakland are few.

Neighborhood

• Lawrenceville

Eat

• Crazy Mocha
• Coca Cafe
• Dozen Bake Shop
• Eating 24/7 in the Strip District
• Geno's and Big Belly Deli (Saturday karaoke)
• Nied's Hotel (Nied's Famous Fish Sandwich)
• Sweet Basil & La Filipiniana
• Piccolo-forno
• Perk Me Up
• River Moon Café
• The Church Brew Works (Who said beer and religion don’t mix?)
• Tram’s Kitchen: 412-682-2688 (Vietnamese)

Shop

• 16:62 Design Zone
• Equita (Essentials for green living)
• Jay Design Soaps & Gifts (Handcrafted soaps that last forever)
• Julep (Hand-crafted jewelry)
  
• Pavement (Chic shoe boutique)
• Scavengers Antiques & Collectibles (50's and 60's kitsch)
  
• Shop n Sav
• Sugar Boutique

Play

• Arsenal Bowling Lanes
• Brillobox
• Fe Gallery
• New Amsteram
• Open Stage Theatre
• Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
• Remedy
• Thunderbird (Get your blues on)
• Your Inner Vagabond (Coffee house and world lounge)
• Zombo Gallery

Health and Wellness

• Schoolhouse Yoga
• Pratique Therapeutic Yoga

Transportation

• Butler Avenue buses to Strip District, transfer to 54C to Oakland.
• Penn Ave buses to Downtown, any 71 or 61 to Oakland, also 500