Stop #34; East Liberty

Date: October 5
Neighborhood: East Liberty
Pitt Stoppers: Jimmy D., Noreen, Ed, Jonathan, Pteri, Toddy, Mindy, Scott, Richard, Brendan, Bobby D., Josh, Mike, Eileen, Shea, Liam, Kim, Ed, Vinny McG, Carol, Cari, JoshS, Tuzz, Al, Melissa, Lee, Pteri, Kelly (aka Brittney), Carlo (aka K-Fed), Rebecca, Carolyn, Lily.
Bar: The Sharp Edge

Pluses: Beer. The selection of Belgian beer, German beer, good American beer, Irish beer, English Beer, and Other Good beer is beyond impressive. If you get tired of the beer, the food is good too.
Weirdness: The Mystery Beer comes from an unlabeled tap and the brand is unknown until the unveiling at the end of the month.
Aside: The Sharp Edge has been described as "The Best Belgian Beer Bar in the USA" and it's hard to dispute.






Just some of the taps.








Cari, Kelly, and Rebecca enjoying a booth.







Noreen proudly displaying a koozie.







Bobby getting love from Jonathan.

Scott's not so sure about all of this.




Fried + birthday = good.






Bob and Todd demonstrating the official (and sanitary) Pitt Stops Handshake.

I'm so into it.






Tuzz, JoshS, Ed, and Kim.

Jonathan's so into it.






Bobby attempting to steal Toddy's beer. Again.







Vinny McG and Richard looking normal.

Jimmy D. doing his Dork Lord impression.



Wait...North Country Brewing isn't in the city.

No matter. We give love anyway.

Stop #33; Highland Park

Date: October 5
Neighborhood: Highland Park
Pitt Stoppers: Pteri, Jimmy D., Al, Noreen, Bobby D., Jonathan, Bish, Carol, Riachrd, Tuzz, Sandy, Mindy, Bea, Toddy,
Bar: Terry (Pteri) Villa

Pluses: Good beer selection by the bottle and good pizza.
Weirdness: The mysterious button.
Aside: Noreen Brought Party Favors! Pitt Stops now has an official koozie. It comes in both green and purple.







Terry Villa has both pizza and beer.









The pizza comes in slices. The beer is cold.






Yes, Todd. We're looking at you.







Bea, Bob, and Sandy are happy at the Villa.
Jonathan is absolutely outraged.






Koozie-induced drinking and dining pleasure.








For the love of god, don't touch that button. Kittens could die.

Stop #32; Morningside

Date: October 5, 2007
Neighborhood: Morningside
Pitt Stoppers: Josh, Richard, Jonathan, Toddy, Al, Jimmy D., Bobby D. Drive by stoppers: Noreen, Pteri.
Bar: Wilk's

Pluses: Pool tables in the back, good prices.
Weirdness: They aren't used to loitering. As we were taking the picture up front, somebody came out and asked if there was a fight.
Aside: Wilk's is the only public bar in all of Morningside.









The album cover.

Map; October edition

Stop #31; Upper Lawrenceville

Date: September 22, 2007
Neighborhood: Upper Lawrenceville
Pitt Stoppers: Jimmy D., Josh, Big All, Audrey, Francis, Kirsten, Magic (DBTM), Monkey, Rick, Jonathon, Andrew.
Bar: Remedy

Pluses: Great menu, great atmosphere, great beer selection, great bartenders.
Weirdness: Remedy serves the zestiest Bloody Mary in Pittsburgh. It's because the vodka for the drinks is infused with hot peppers for weeks beforehand.
Aside: The sand-filled footrest at the bar is all that remains from the olde Ray's Marlin Grill days.






The stare down over the last appetizer.









I sense trouble.









One false move and the strange monkey gets it.

Stop #30; Central Lawrenceville

Date: September 22, 2007
Neighborhood: Central Lawrenceville
Pitt Stoppers: Jimmy D., Wookie, Josh, Big Al, Josh S., Monkey, Magic, Kirsten, Audrey, Kirsten, Frances, Rick, Jonathan Andrew.
Bar: The Thunderbird Cafe

Pluses: Great place to see a band.
Weirdness: The Thunderbird is the sweetest three level bar in Pittsburgh.
Aside: Lawrenceville is named after Captain James Lawrence who, during the War of 1812, said, "Don't give up the ship." Unfortunately, he died as a result of the action and lost the ship to boot.






The T-bird. Making Lawrenceville cool again.












A poster from the Thunderbird. Notice a trend in Lawrenceville?

Stop #29B; Lower Lawrenceville

Date: September 22, 2007

Neighborhood: Lower Lawrenceville
Pitt Stoppers: Jimmy D., Melissa, Wookie, Josh, Laurel, Mindy, Bruce, Jim S., Richard, Al, Josh S., Monkey, Magic, Kirsten, Audrey (0.75), Kirsten, Frances, Holly, Hank, Rick.
Bar: Sufak's Round Corner Hotel

Pluses: The round corner. Becky the bartender's second day.
Weirdness: Horseshoes. There was a set of clay horseshoe pits in the backyard.
Aside: Sufak's also claims to be the oldest continuously operating tavern in Pittsburgh. Check out Stop #12. I sense a Bar Off coming.








It's friendly because they check the guns.












Josh explains how to win at Cherry Master.














Notice how we support Iron City.














Sufak's is a great place to enjoy a game, a beer, and a watermelon.












What's this? Horseshoes?













The pits (stop).









Good Form.

The result of Good Form.

Bad Form.

My hands got dirty from the clay. How to drink my beer?












Jim has the perfect idea.














The Round Corner itself.
I'm not sure what the three is about.