Seventy-seven restaurants across the Pittsburgh region are serving up fixed-price meals this week, from a $39.26 supper-club-style dinner at a Downtown newcomer to steakhouse specials at Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse, as Pittsburgh Restaurant Week runs through Sunday, August 16. Meals across participating spots are priced between $20.26 and $55.26, giving diners a wide range of options whether they are looking for a quick lunch deal or a splurge-worthy dinner.
This summer’s lineup includes 10 first-time participants, according to a report from TribLIVE. Among the newcomers are Harry & Fritz in Downtown Pittsburgh, serving its $39.26 supper-club-inspired dinner, and Teocalli, a South Side Mexican restaurant offering menus priced at $22.26. Some restaurants leaned into the calendar year for their pricing, with the Grand Concourse in Station Square offering three-course dinners at $45.26 per person, according to the restaurant’s own event listing.
Organizers also built in extra dining days ahead of the official week. An Early Access preview window ran from August 7 through August 9, letting select venues serve their fixed-price menus before the main run began Monday, according to Pittsburgh Restaurant Week’s own event listings.
A Twice-a-Year Tradition Aimed at Slow Seasons
The event isn’t new. Pittsburgh Restaurant Week was re-established in January 2012 by founder and director Brian McCollum, a local software engineer and food blogger who originally organized the initiative through his blog, The Pittsburgh TasteBuds, per the same TribLIVE report. It has run twice a year since then, deliberately timed to January and August, the hospitality industry’s traditionally slowest dining months, with the goal of pulling diners from outside city limits into Pittsburgh’s restaurants, according to reporting from WPXI…