New year, new places to shop and eat. 2025 brings a host of new Pittsburgh openings, from supermarkets and coffeeshops to clothing stores and restaurants. Realtor and Pittsburgh man-about-town Herky Pollock helped us out with our 2024 list, and going into the new year, we’re keeping our eye on what 2025 holds.
2025’s Hottest Retail and Restaurant Openings in Pittsburgh
Hey Babe
East Liberty
Miss the Ace Hotel bar? Something new is coming. Two hospitality veterans, Danielle Cain and Rob Hirst, are planning a new watering hole in what’s now the Maverick Hotel. Hey Babe will be an upscale but friendly bar with a classic romantic vibe. They write “It’s a term of endearment, the beginning of a conversation, and now a new throwback lounge coming to the heart of East Liberty.”
Vietnam Vietnam 9
Oakland
Oakland is a hotbed of late-night comfort food businesses. This soon-to-be open storefront advertises large portions of pho, banh mi, bun bo hue, com dia, bun, chao, heo kho, and bo kho. It would be a welcome addition to an area of Oakland with few sit-down restaurants, off of South Bouquet Street going towards Four-Mile Run.
Shibam Coffee Co
Oakland
This long-awaited Yemeni coffeeshop has one thing Pittsburgh has been sorely missing: later hours. If you’re not in the mood for a bar, but want to be out past 9PM, Shibam has coffee and tea as well as snacks and small plates of all kinds.
A Taste of Mariam’s
Polish Hill
The “ghost kitchen” on Melwood Avenue that’s home to fan favorite takeout businesses like El Colibri is getting a new business: and it’s 24 hours. In today’s restaurant scene, 24-hour anything is rare, let alone a 24-hour soul food place. Though it will be takeout only, this promises to be a great new late night bite spot.
Palm Palm
Shadyside
This brand new project from Herky and Lisa Pollock will take inspiration from Slim Aarons’ photography of the West Coast. In the dismal Pittsburgh winters, this is a much needed addition. Chefs Ed and Amanda Harris will be contributing to this tapas-style menu at this must-see restaurant opening, set for fall 2025.
Wings Over
South Side
Wings Over left South Side, but will be moving back to East Carson Street in the former Cancilla’s space. This addition would be a great fuel-up for a night out on the South Side, carb and protein heavy wings to make sure you’re enjoying responsibly. No date has been set yet!
F&F Pizza
Mt. Lebanon
Famed New York pizzeria F&F, which gets its name from its founders Frank Falcinelli and Frank Castronovo, better known as “The Franks,” will be coming to Pittsburgh. The pair had decades’ worth of connections to the Pittsburgh area and wanted to bring their pizza here. This is sure to be one of the best openings of 2025, projected for spring!
Nan Xiang
South Side
Nan Xiang is aa trendy Northern Chinese restaurant based out of New York that will open on March 5 in the Box Office Area of South Side Works. They’ll have soup dumplings, scallion pancakes, and other classic Chinese dishes.
Burghers Brewing
Millvale
This South Side-based brewery and burger joint is forging north to new frontiers in Millvale. This new opening serves as a flagship location, located in a former bank on Grant Avenue and now open to the public. Owner Fiore Moletz is concerned about tariffs associated with buying kegs under President Trump’s administration, so all the more reason to grab a brewski fast and support a local business.
Orr’s Jewelers
Strip District
Orr’s is planning an expansion of their showroom into the space beside Balvanera in the Strip District. Leslie Gordon of Orr’s Jewelers will get to work a little closer to home with her family business’s recent plans to expand into The Strip District’s Terminal space. Gordon, who runs Orr’s with her mother and father, and sister Aliza, lives in the Strip. They plan to have their store open in fall 2025, with brands like Cartier, Rahaminov Diamonds, Pomellato and more.
GetBlok Farms
The Terminal, The Strip District
Getting healthy food within the city limits just got easier! If you don’t want to drive out to Aliqiuippa for fresh produce, GetBlok Farms will be opening their new “Veggie Vault” in The Terminal shopping center in the Strip District.
Fresh International Market
Point Breeze
Pittsburgh will be getting a new supermarket, Pennsylvania’s very first Fresh International Market chain. Fresh International Market is a grocery store chain that stocks, as the name suggests, authentic ingredients from around the world, particularly Asia. This Rockwell Park development will be another food source in a neighborhood that otherwise has few options for supermarkets. So, it will be a great change when it opens on April 1! It will also have a new location of beloved Vietnamese coffeeshop Ineffable Ca Phé.
Afters Cafe
Squirrel Hill
Though little information is available about it, this café will be opening in The Refillery’s former location. (If you miss The Refillery, you can find it in Oakmont!) From the name, we wonder if this is going to be a late-night coffeeshop, which would be a welcome addition to Pittsburgh.
1659
Cranberry
This combination of a flower shop, a café, and a boutique clothing store is straight out of a romcom. Café Conmigo, Blooms, and Straight Line Boutique joined forces to share one space in Cranberry where you can get all your cozy-yet-upscale vibes. 1659 will be the café’s second location, their first is in Wexford, and the boutique’s second location, and it will be Blooms’ first brick and mortar location.
Café Conmigo (PIT Airport)
PIT Airport
As well as their expansion into Cranberry, Café Conmigo will join a host of new retailers and restaurants that will be new additions to the redesigned Pittsburgh airport. They’re one of the only locally-owned specialty coffeeshops in the new airport and are excited to share their coffee with travelers.
Titusz
Lawrenceville
From Chef Csilla Thackray, this Austro-Hungarian restaurant will be opening up in the former Merchant Oyster Co spot on Butler Street. Csilla has been a chef at Fet-Fisk, The Vandal, and Churchview Farms, so we are excited to see her open her new restaurant. Read our exclusive interview with Csilla, as well.
Aritzia
Ross Park Mall
A number of new shops are opening up in Ross Park Mall in 2025, including this “everyday luxury” women’s clothing store originally from Vancouver, Canada. As of right now, the nearest Aritzia is in Columbus, so its addition to the North Hills will be a boon for for shoppers looking for high-quality womenswear.
Whisker Wonderland
Bellevue
For cat lovers, as of January 2025, Pittsburgh now has its second cat café. Designer and artist Anna Montano decided she wanted to create a community space where people can spend time with cats and relax. If you want, you can also take home a new furry friend. Whisker Wonderland gets support from Conquer the Colony, a non-profit women-run cat rescue in Pittsburgh.
Story by Emma Riva
Photo courtesy of Café Conmigo
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