An Alarming Number Of Businesses Are Leaving East Liberty (Bloomfield: new house, to live in)

[CFP]

Originally Posted by Aqua Teen Carl

Kevin Sousa closing Station Street Hot Dogs in East Liberty - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"the details of which will also be announced via social media when they’re worked out"

meaning if they're worked out
i think you're right - this spells the end of union pig
again, if a restaurant or shop is not near "eastside" chances for success are slim
and even that is no guarantee - look at pizza sola for example, great quality but too pricey for the lunch crowd

Jim Aiello Jr. selling off Pizza Sola restaurants - Pittsburgh Business Times

[selltheburgh]

Originally Posted by CFP

"the details of which will also be announced via social media when they’re worked out"

meaning if they're worked out
i think you're right - this spells the end of union pig
again, if a restaurant or shop is not near "eastside" chances for success are slim
and even that is no guarantee - look at pizza sola for example, great quality but too pricey for the lunch crowd

Jim Aiello Jr. selling off Pizza Sola restaurants - Pittsburgh Business Times

I bet they will be worked out. He was only a partner of Union Pig. Curious about Harvard and Highland since it is a separate business.

FYI - Pizza Sola sold back in the summer. That's why they were closed for about 2-3 weeks. There was a small sign that said something like "closed for renovations and new management" which really meant "new owners." A lot of people were mad because there wasn't any notice and nobody knew until they got there, myself included. It has been open under new ownership for half a year now and doesn't seem much different.

You can't compare Station Street's location to Union Pig. Lots of people from Highland Park and East Liberty residential areas walk to Union Pig and beyond. People walk there form Eastern part of Shadyside. Station Street isn't as walkable. Hence why Zeke's is doing a drive thru and their mass production roasting there, which makes more sense than a lunch spot.

Once Mosites' 500 units are done and Walnut builds more apartments on Penn, there will be even more foot traffic around there.

[CFP]

Originally Posted by selltheburgh

Once Mosites' 500 units are done and Walnut builds more apartments on Penn, there will be even more foot traffic around there.

and all the realtors, developers, and landlords will be rich, rich, rich!

so the half a dozen buses that stop at penn and highland are to be rerouted, is that it?
if so then to where?

[selltheburgh]

Originally Posted by CFP

and all the realtors, developers, and landlords will be rich, rich, rich!

so the half a dozen buses that stop at penn and highland are to be rerouted, is that it?
if so then to where?

News to me. Is that maybe just for the next year during construction?

[sskink]

Union Pig & Chicken should be fine without Sousa. Salt is still doing well.

Guys like him need to continually get involved with new projects. And like the ones he's already done, the new projects will have enough appeal to the limited number of people who would enjoy it that he'll be fine. Even in Braddock.

I get a bit depressed when a place I think is good and fairly priced gets reviewed as "pretentious", "servings too small", "ridiculously expensive" and whatnot. It happens here more than anywhere I've lived. I have to figure the dining out populace just wants something else - like Golden Corral on every corner.

I didn't realize Zeke's had a "mass production" roaster. I thought they were still using that homemade air popper thing that has no quality control instrumentation.

[Evergrey]

There are no Golden Corrals within city limits, and only 3 in the entire metro area (1 of which is far-flung Uniontown).

[CFP]

Originally Posted by selltheburgh

Have you seen the Mosites TOD plan for the east busway?

not in detail - do you know what it says about the bus routes that run through penn circle?
if so can you enlighten us?

[Moby Hick]

Originally Posted by selltheburgh

is this a snarky comment or a real question? Have you seen the Mosites TOD plan for the east busway?

That's what they're building right now behind Kelly's, isn't it?

[CFP]

Originally Posted by Moby Hick

That's what they're building right now behind Kelly's, isn't it?

the question is, and selltheburgh implied he knows the answer -

is the new transit center strictly for the busway buses,
or will all of the buses that currently run through penn circle and stop at penn and highland be rerouted
to the new TOD?

anyone know the answer to that?

[eschaton]

Originally Posted by CFP

the question is, and selltheburgh implied he knows the answer -

is the new transit center strictly for the busway buses,
or will all of the buses that currently run through penn circle and stop at penn and highland be rerouted
to the new TOD?

anyone know the answer to that?

I'm presuming there will be changes to the bus system as a result of the TOD station. It might make sense, for example, to have all the 71A/B/C/D all go to ELTC. Let people disembark there, where they get a free transfer on the busway to either Downtown or Oakland. It should save everyone time, and save the Port Authority money to boot.

I don't see how this will hurt East Liberty though. It might hurt Garfield or Bloomfield though, as it's possible they'd seek to do the same with the outer branches of the 86 and 88, which would presumably reduce frequency of trips slightly on surface routes between East Liberty and Downtown.