Del's in Bloomfield (Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Millvale: weddings, to buy, salary)

[jay5835]

Originally Posted by PghYinzer

If it means a life of only turkey devonshires and chicken Marsala, then just kill me now.

Chicken Marsala is a Pgh thing?

[ElijahAstin]

Originally Posted by jay5835

Chicken Marsala is a Pgh thing?

Chicken Romano, maybe.

[ElijahAstin]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

It just seems like with the addition of every establishment that focuses on the words "artisinal"; "farm-to-table"; "vegan"; "fair-trade"; "organic"; "gluten-free"; etc. our median rent shoots up. This is fine for those of you on here who have great-paying jobs with perks and annual compensation increases. What about the rest of us? I'm about to take on a second job, actually, so I'll be working 70 hours per week to afford the rising cost-of-living here.

Homes on my block are going for crazy amounts now. This ugly as sin place is listed for $369,900, and other "ugly flip" homes in the neighborhood are going for ~$250,000. I could do with less "Seattlization" of Pittsburgh, thank you very much.

http://www.northwood.com/Real_Estate...571-1-1077319/

Those are the symptoms, not causes. I also don't think there's any such thing as a "fair trade" restaurant. That's a food label. Fair trade farm-to-table would be great because it implies that the farmers in surrounding counties are frequently-exploited third world nation dwellers. Wheat subsidies and low taxes in Butler County? Oh, the humanity.

[jay5835]

Originally Posted by ElijahAstin

Chicken Romano, maybe.

I like Chicken Romano if it's done right. Chicken Marsala, too. I used to eat the latter in NY all the time. Mmmm. I don't know if I've had it in Pgh.

[UKyank]

Please note that good food doesn't have to = expensive food either.

[ElijahAstin]

Originally Posted by UKyank

Please note that good food doesn't have to = expensive food either.

Very true!

Originally Posted by jay5835

I like Chicken Romano if it's done right.

Me too (see Legends of the North Shore). It's pretty much Francese by another name, but so too is the Devonshire to the Hot Brown.

I'm still sad I missed out on the days of the crab Devonshire.

[jay5835]

Originally Posted by ElijahAstin

I'm still sad I missed out on the days of the crab Devonshire.

That could be our next cooking project.

[ElijahAstin]

Originally Posted by jay5835

That could be our next cooking project.

I'm sold!

[MamieRose]

Originally Posted by UKyank

Please note that good food doesn't have to = expensive food either.

Well, it depends on your definition of "good" as well. We made a conscious choice to spend more on ethically and humanely raised meat, wild caught fish and organic/no spray produce. We eat very little processed food. It is not cheap or easy to eat this way, but it is our choice.

And while I understand that others do not choose to do similarly for a myriad of reasons, I am puzzled that most people don't opt for the cheapest house, clothes, cars or other goods, but believe that food should be cheap.

[sealie]

Originally Posted by PghYinzer

Old residents will support them too. Not everyone making 80k+ and who enjoys these new restaurants is a recent transplant. Some of us have just been hungry for this type of food for a while. Also, blue collar history is respectable in terms of a solid work ethic and grounded beliefs, but if it means a life of only turkey devonshires and chicken Marsala, then just kill me now.

Sorry, no age exclusionary implication intended. It does seem like the new restaurants really starting popping up after transplants discovered the city, but they are by no means the only ones who eat there.