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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

• A Taste of India
• Brillobox
• Church Brew Works (Who said beer and religion don’t mix?)
• Coca Cafe
• Crazy Mocha
• Dozen Bake Shop (Great Sunday brunch)
• Espresso A Mano
• Geno's and Big Belly Deli (Saturday karaoke)
• Istanbul Grille
• J'eet Cafe
• La Gourmandine (The use of butter is no sacrilege in this bakery)
• New Amsterdam (Open garage door in warmer months)
  
• Nied's Hotel (Best fish sandwich in the 'burg; owned and operated by the same family for over 66 years)
• Pesaro's Pizza
• Piccolo-forno
• Perk Me Up
• Pusadee's Garden
• Remedy Restaurant and Lounge
  
• River Moon Café
• Round Corner Cantina (Authentic South American street food and drinks)
• Tamari (Asian-Latin cuisine and great happy hour)
  
• Tram’s Kitchen: 412-682-2688 (Vietnamese)

Shop

• 16:62 Design Zone
• Common Thread (resale)
• Equita (Essentials for green living)
• Gallery On 43rd Street
  
• 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

Play

• Arsenal Bowling Lanes
• Belvedere's Ultra Dive
• Fe Gallery
• Gooski's Bar
• Open Stage Theatre
• Thunderbird (Get your blues on)
• 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