Culture of Pittsburgh - Foods and Drinks

Foods and Drinks

Traditional Pittsburgh foods reflect the city's multicultural heritage, especially that of the European immigrants of the early 20th century. While these immigrant populations introduced dishes such as pierogis to the city, they are now enjoyed by Pittsburghers in general. Other Pittsburgh food specialties were developed in the city. In general, these dishes are still popular because for many years, they satisfied the hearty appetite of the archetypal Pittsburgher: the hard-working, blue-collar steelworker.

• Cabbage rolls –(aka Halupki)– Beef, pork, rice, green pepper, wrapped in cabbage and baked with sauerkraut and tomato soup or juice
• Chipped Ham – (aka Chipped Chopped Ham) thinly-sliced processed ham, from Isaly's since 1933
• City Chicken – cubes of pork and/or veal baked or fried on a wooden skewer
• Clark Bar – chocolate candy bar; developed in the city in 1886
• Halušky – noodles with fried cabbage (Polish), or cottage cheese (Slovak)
• Iron City Beer – native brew; with a shot of whiskey, a boilermaker; with a shot of Imperial, an imp-n-arn.
• Italian sausage – with grilled peppers and onions
• Kielbasa – eastern European sausages
• Klondike bar – an ice cream treat made famous by Isaly's
• Pierogies – Polish dish, pasta dough filled with potato and cheese, onion or sauerkraut
• Primanti Brothers – sandwich with fries and coleslaw in it
• Wholey's – Founded in 1912 in Pittsburgh's market square and now located on Penn Ave; Wholey's serves a wide variety of seafood and a famous fish sandwich. The Wholey company has been the anchor and main attraction of the historic "strip District" for over 60 years.