A surprise shoutout on last Thursday’s episode of “The Pitt” has driven new interest in a family-owned Italian restaurant in Point Breeze.
The big picture: “Dinner starts at Pino’s, the best Italian in town,” a patient tells Dr. Cassie McKay in Episode 4 of the award-winning HBO Max series.
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- The mention lit up the family’s phones, says Pino’s Contemporary Italian co-owner Jen Mico — fueling a bump in online engagement and, likely, foot traffic at the neighborhood Italian spot.
- “It was a complete surprise to us,” she says. … “Given the bitter cold start to the week from Snowmageddon, we believe it’s made a definite…