Where: The Strip District and Shadyside

Recommendation: Strawberry hotcakes 

Pamela’s is a must-try breakfast spot in the city. The inside is adorable, decorated with the pastels of a classic ’50s diner. 

Pamela’s offers various kinds of crepe-style hotcakes, stuffed with fruit, sour cream, brown sugar, and whipped cream. It comes as no shock that Barack Obama had them cater a Memorial Day breakfast at the White House during his presidency. 

For those who prefer savory, they also have an array of egg breakfasts and omelets.

Where: Store in the Strip District. Coffee truck in North Shore, Point State Park

Recommendation: Cadbury Egg Latte

The Roaming Bean should be quite accessible during the draft, with both their newly opened storefront in the Strip and their truck, which will be parked in Point State Park and the North Shore. 

While the line for the Roaming Bean always appears long, the workers are efficient and kind, and the drinks are worth a little wait. Every season, there’s a new menu of unique lattes, chai, and matcha, with the current one focusing on spring.

Where: Dormont and North Side 

Recommendation: Cheese pizza

Located on the North Side not far from Acrisure Stadium as well as just outside of the city in Dormont, Badamo’s is a small, wildly underrated pizza shop. 

They sell both by the slice and by the pie. Pizza fans can order classic cheese, margarita, white, or square, and they’ll definitely enjoy the meal. 

While street parking can be a little rough in either location, the Dormont restaurant would be a great stop for someone who wants to get away from the crowds for a while. Its location is also conveniently only a minute walk from Potomac Station, good for those trying to avoid traffic in and out of town.

Where: Locations include Avalon, Dormont, Robinson 

Recommendation: Buffalo chicken salad or Super Burger 

For those who value convenience and short wait times, Eat’n Park is the perfect stop. 

While still a sit-down restaurant, Eat’n Park has numerous locations in the area with quick service, and they will likely be less busy than a hot spot downtown. The restaurant is a great option for families, with $3.99 kids’ meals, an all-you-can-eat salad bar, and lots of great appetizers and desserts to share. 

It’s definitely worth trying their iconic Super Burger or one of their Pittsburgh-style salads, which is, of course, topped with fries.

Where: Market Square 

Recommendation: Pitts-Burger 

Primanti’s is one of the best-known Pittsburgh chain restaurants, having been mentioned in the HBO series The Pitt and winning numerous food critic awards. 

Primanti’s is best known for its sandwiches, which are stacked pretty high with fries and coleslaw. Visitors might as well get one of their most popular sandwiches, The Pitts-Burger, which is a burger patty, tomato, coleslaw, French fries, and provolone all on Italian bread.

Where: Squirrel Hill 

Recommendation: Ube milk tea 

Squirrel Hill is packed with Boba tea shops and fun stores to look around. The best would have to be MeetCha, which shares a storefront with Kyo Matcha. 

MeetCha has lots of different fruit teas, milk teas, smoothies, and juices. Ordering at their kiosk makes it easy to customize a drink with options like less ice, less or extra sweet, and adding on tapioca pearls or milk foam.