TABLE staff suggests places where flights, combos, and beer tastings will expand your hops horizons.

Bonafide Beer Co. 

155 21st Street
Christian Simmons, co-founder of Four Seasons Brewing, and Travis Tuttle, co-founder of Butler Brew Works, opened this Strip District brewery at the end of 2022. While their beer and cocktail menu is already enticing enough, the inviting atmosphere featuring plush seating options, and superb mood lighting provides the perfect escape.

Strange Roots Experimental Ales

Gibsonia, Millvale, New Kensington
Strange Roots Experimental Ales uses only local ingredients to create uncommon artisan ales for those looking for outside-the-box brews. They specialize in wild beers—fermented with yeast, wild yeast, and bacteria—and offer mostly sour options.

Allegheny City Brewing

507 Foreland Street
Nestled in Pittsburgh’s historic Deutschtown neighborhood, Allegheny City Brewing’s offerings of hazy, dark, and sour brews, as well as a rotating guest cider, will please any beer lover.

Trace Brewing

4312 Main Street
Relatively new to the Pittsburgh brewery scene, Trace Brewing offers coffee, tea, wine, and cocktails alongside its craft beer selection, ranging from lagers to sours and IPAs. A food truck can be found parked outside every day of the week.

Proper Brick Oven & Tap Room

139 Seventh Street
If this Downtown scratch kitchen’s handcrafted cocktails aren’t calling your name, utilize their beer-flight offerings and select from 30 (mostly) local craft beverages.

Cinderlands Beer Co.

Lawrenceville, Strip District, Wexford
While a visit to any Cinderlands will be enjoyable, we suggest checking out their Lawrenceville establishment. The Butler Street facility is their original location and it’s where the craft brewery makes their delectable brews. They also offer unique beer-inspired food served from their scratch kitchen.

Hitchhiker Brewing Co. 

Mt. Lebanon and Sharpsburg
Hitchhiker Brewing Co. is devoted to “refining time-honored styles and discovering new ones.” Smoky brews, pilsners, and beyond populate their menu.

Eleventh Hour Brewing

3711 Charlotte Street
From IPAs to pale ales and sours and saisons, this Lawrenceville brewery offers a wide variety of locally produced top-notch beer styles. Plus, there’s usually a food truck on-site.

The Church Brew Works

3525 Liberty Avenue
Located in the former St. John the Baptist Church, the distinguished Great American Beer Festival awarded The Church Brew Works with the title of “Best Large Brewpub in America.”

Pittsburgh Bottleshop

1597 Washington Pike, Bridgeville
Find a selection of national and international craft beers alongside specially brewed drafts made at the Bottleshop itself. Even some of the entrées include beer! Create a flight and find your next favorite brew.

412 Brewery

847 Western Avenue
Come for the delicious local brews created in McKees Rocks, then revel in the stunning North Side taproom featuring exposed brick and a plethora of Pittsburgh décor.

Story by Jordan Snowden

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Celine Roberts and Christie Kliewer, owners of Nine O’Clock Wines bottle shop and wine club in Lawrenceville, share with TABLE readers four spots with spot-on wine lists.

An outstanding wine list should have a few things: a breadth of styles, and the ability to play well with the restaurant’s menu. Bonus points are awarded if the restaurant’s culture supports the education of the staff, so they can be empowered to recommend wine options to guests. At Nine O’Clock Wines, we lean heavily into natural wines and seek to provide a selection from around the globe. Here are a few places that nail our metrics.

The Vandal

4306 Butler Street
The Vandal keeps a tight, but diverse wine list both by the glass and by the bottle, which suits their menu well. Their staff always has a nice recommendation or two, as well.

Fig & Ash

514 E. Ohio Street
If you’re looking for a few higher-end bottles, along with a manageable by-the-glass menu, Fig & Ash has you covered. Diners who prefer California wines have some nice options, alongside other selections from both Old and New Worlds. Their list also includes wines with a wide breadth of body and texture.

40 North Bar & Restaurant

40 W. North Avenue
Pair a meal from James Beard-nominated Executive Chef Bethany Zozula with one of the bar’s wide variety of offerings available by the bottle or glass. While sipping, diners can enjoy the occasional live performance curated by local arts nonprofit City of Asylum inside Alphabet City, their shared space on North Avenue in Pittsburgh’s North Side.

Bar Marco

2216 Penn Avenue
Any wine list recommendation wouldn’t be complete without Bar Marco’s program of entirely natural wines. The staff is always looking for the next excellent bottle, upcoming region, or promising winemaker, with old favorites getting their due. They also give guests a unique experience in the wine room with multicourse wine-pairing dinners. (Full disclosure: we honed our wine knowledge working in that dining room).

Story by Celine Roberts and Christie Kliewer / Photography by Tira Howard

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