When speaking to Chef Chad Rapp, his passion for cooking is evident in his eagerness to share the lessons he has learned in the kitchen and the great detail he describes his culinary masterpieces with. His affection for cheffing is on display at Market Street Grocery and the adjoining Emerson’s, where he has served as the executive chef for the last eight years combined.

Reel Q, a Pittsburgh nonprofit aimed at promoting LGBTQ+ films, holds an annual film festival in the city that could easily rival famous movie festivals like South by Southwest and the Tribeca Film Festival.

With Pride Month starting on Wednesday, Pittsburgh is throwing its annual Pride March and Parade this weekend. Now in its fiftieth year of celebrating the city’s LGBTQ+ community, it is bigger and better than ever.

As Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month comes to a close, don’t lose sight of the vibrant Asian community in Pittsburgh. Here is a collection of the tastiest Asian restaurants Downtown.

The best meal the DNA editors ate this week was the chicken and rice meal with salad from Istanbul Grille.

Pittsburgh’s premier Argentinian restaurant, Gaucho Parrilla Argentina, is serving up South American flair in the Golden Triangle thanks to culinary director, Alan Peet, and executive chef, Kurt Diedrich.

Cities like New York City and San Francisco are famous for their Chinatown neighborhoods. Did you know that Pittsburgh used to have a vibrant Chinatown as well?

This week, the DNA staff took advantage of the sunny weather and took a walk to Primo Hoagies’ new location on Penn Avenue.

While browsing Social House 7’s menu of fantastically crafted fusion dishes like their chee fried sprouts and fiery firecracker shrimp, it is hard to believe that their creator’s original career path was not in the restaurant industry.

The following is an outline of a plan by the Downtown Neighbors Alliance to revitalize Downtown Pittsburgh post COVID-19.

Weekends in Pittsburgh call for brunch, but where can you go to get the best food, drinks, and atmosphere for your springtime soiree? Here are six of the DNA’s top picks to have a tasty brunch in the Golden Triangle.

Without a doubt, the best meal we ate this week was the chicken katsu don rice bowl from Yuzu Kitchen.

From Turkish cafes and Japanese izakaya style restaurants to Italian and Chinese eateries, a visit Downtown is sure to satisfy any culinary craving you may have. However, the best Chinese restaurant in the area lies just 10 minutes outside of the Golden Triangle.

With one bite of lamb kofte kebab or shrimp saute at Alihan’s Mediterranean Cuisine, you’ll be left wondering who is behind not only your delicious meal but also the moniker of the restaurant.

Chef Wei Zhu comes from 3 generations of chefs and started cooking when he was 15 years old in his family’s restaurant in Chengdu, China. He opened his own restaurant in China before coming to America in 2005 to attend culinary school, destined to learn how to cook the perfect steak.

This project can make an impact on the lifestyle of Downtowners and we are committed to leading the way to create a healthy neighborhood in Downtown Pittsburgh.

Last Thursday, May 4th, the Downtown Neighbors Alliance hosted our Downtown Experience Awards Dinner which serves to celebrate the advancement of Downtown Pittsburgh and honor three of its most impactful citizens.

Downtown Neighbors Alliance went to PaPa J’s this week to taste their wedding soup. We made a great choice of restaurants and a great selection to try. Wedding soup is sometimes called Italian Penicillin, because this bone broth soup is a comfort food that heals the sick.

Michael Troiani has been around the restaurant industry his whole life. As one of eight children, he jokes that “a Sunday dinner was like a restaurant event.” When he was 9, his father opened Papa J’s first location in Cranberry where he spent his youth cleaning tables and his later years in the kitchen before taking the reins of ownership around 2000.

Downtown Pittsburgh will host the area’s first Asian food festival called Taste of Asia at The Pittsburgh Playhouse. The event will feature a selection of dishes from the area’s top Asian restaurants including Essence, Zen Restaurant and Sushi Bar, Shanghai Tokyo and Chengdu Gourmet 2 as well as organic juices provided by 1:11 Juice Bar.