Head brewer Matt Moninger describes his encounter with a spirit at Church Brew Works. Credit: CP Photo: Mars Johnson / CP Illustration: Jeff Schreckengost Fall has arrived, and that means it’s spooky ...

An Oakland institution has closed up shop, with no plans of reopening after the coronavirus closures are lifted. The Original Hot Dog Shop, known affectionately as “The O,” has cleared out the ...

Almost 50 years after his presumed death in Idi Amin’s Uganda, Pittsburgh basketball icon John Brisker remains a legend for his fiery character on and off the court. Brisker’s willingness to take ...

Amanda Barnes of the Steel City Ratting Coalition hunts for rats in a barn in Canfield, Ohio. Credit: Mars Johnson The pitch for the Steel City Ratting Coalition couldn’t be any clearer. “Yinz got ...

A larger-than-life statue of Fred Rogers, perhaps as large as his magnetic personality, stands watch over the confluence of our three rivers from its North Shore location. Pittsburgh is, and always ...

Out of all of Pittsburgh’s reportedly haunted sites, the National Aviary might be the least known. One of my favorite places in the city, the Aviary is home to more than 500 birds representing 150 ...

I wasn’t expecting to nearly step in bedazzled dog doo on my way to Le Gourmandine. It was a bizarre sight: nearly fresh canine excrement with little flags donning the phrases “TRUMP DUMP” and ...

In 2020-21, after losing my full-time job and facing the pandemic mid-divorce, my family needed SNAP assistance to survive. While I continued working a part-time freelancing gig while searching ...

It’s early afternoon on the last frigid Monday in January, and the parking lot of Modern Adult 711 in McKeesport is packed. New-model pickup trucks are waxed to a high shine against the crust of road ...

Inside an igloo at Bella Terra Vineyards Credit: Photo by Joanna Bell ...

One night in the mid-1980s, Scott* tells me, his roommate went to the Fruit Loop — a secluded stretch of roadway in the southwest corner of Schenley Park — hoping to catch some dick. When the roommate ...

Each July, for three gloriously briny days (this year from Julyâ ¯11–13), Downtown Pittsburgh smells like dill and deepâ fry. The Rachel Carson Bridge shuts down to traffic and fills with pickle hats, ...