Friday, April 26, 2013
This fitness franchise opening in Pine is the first in the Pittsburgh region.
Pine-Richland area residents will be welcomed at the barre this weekend—and no, we’re not talking about cocktails for happy hour. Ballet barre studio The Daily Method opens Friday at the former Couture D’Jour clothing store in the Village at Pine Shopping Center in Pine Township. Founded by San Francisco native Jill Dailey McIntosh 13 years ago, The Dailey Method combines ballet barre work, core conditioning, stretching and orthopedic exercises. Although the fitness franchise has 35 locations around the world, the Pine location will be the first in the Pittsburgh area. Owner and instructor Joanna Amelio, of McCandless, said Daily Method exercises focus on different body parts to sculpt long lean muscles in the abdominals, back, shoulders…
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The retail store is being built from the ground up on Route 8.
If you’re wondering what the construction is taking place at the intersection of Route 8 and Grandview Drive in Richland Township, Pine-Richland Patch has the answer. A Mattress Firm retail store is being built from the ground up on the property near the Giant Eagle GetGo gas station. Zeden Jones, director of development for United Growth, the company developing the store, said the 4,200 square foot stand alone business should be open by mid-summer. Mattress Firm currently operates more than 1,100 locations across 28 states, including stores on McKnight Road in Ross Township and Perry Highway in Wexford. The chain carries a variety of mattresses as well as specialty mattresses, including Serta, Sealy and Tempur-Pedic products. They also …
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Lots of Pine-Richland area restaurants, shops and other great places can be found in our directory. Review them here!
This week's restaurant spotlight is on The Pines Tavern, located at 5018 Bakerstown Road, Gibsonia. As the name implies, The Pines Tavern is surrounded by greenery, including the Pine trees the restaurant is named for. The tavern, which has been in business for more than 30 years, features fresh, locally grown ingredients, including fruits and vegetables from the restaurant’s own garden. In 2009, Sante Magazine awarded The Pines Tavern its Sante Restaurant Award for environmentally friendly practices. The Pines Tavern menu includes of variety of entrees and also has an extensive wine and beer list. It also is known for its casually elegant environment and outdoor dining. The Pines Tavern also was the winner of the Pine-Richland Patch …
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Friday, April 5, 2013
The company sells and recycles batteries for just about every use.
Battery Giant of Pittsburgh is celebrating its new location in Cranberry by putting together a regional recycling event. “We wanted to be involved in the community and the timing was just perfect,” said store owner Jim Logan. The store, located at 10 St. Francis Way and Route 19 near UPMC Passavant, held a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday with The Chamber of Commerce Inc. and representatives of Sen. Pat Toomey and Sen. Randy Vulakovich’s office. The location, which is part of a national franchise, is the first Battery Giant to debut in the Pittsburgh area. To mark its opening, the store will hold a community charity battery-recycling event Saturday, April 13 to benefit the Cranberry Kids Castle playground, which is set to replace the …
Lots of Pine-Richland area restaurants, shops and other great places can be found in our directory. Review them here!
This week's local business spotlight is Ruby's Dry Cleaners, located on Warrendale Road in Treesdale Market Square, Pine Township. Ruby's Dry Cleaners has a friendly, courteous, and experienced staff. The business is very neat, aesthically pleasing and clients are met with the pleasant scent of fresh laundry. Have your taken your clothes to Ruby's Dry Cleaners? Review this business on the Ruby's Dry Cleaners directory listing. Like Us on Facebook | Follow Us on Twitter
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
The eatery, which also has a location in Peters Township, specializes in fresh American cuisine with a southwest flair.
Just call it how the west was “yum." A few days prior to Easter, Juniper Grill, an upscale eatery specializing in southwest cuisine, opened its doors along Route 228 in Cranberry. “It has been received very favorably,” said Larry Lang, the restaurant’s general manager. “Everyone who has come in has loved it.” Owned by Restaurant Holdings Inc., which also operates the Atria’s restaurants in the region and the Mike Ditka’s restaurant in Chicago and in Robinson Township, Juniper Grill also has a location in Peters Township. Land said the restaurant’s menu features “Cowboy Cuisine,”—that’s American cuisine with a southwest flair—in a cozy and modern environment. The restaurant, located in the Cranberry Crossroads shopping plaza, also offers …
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Lots of Pine-Richland area restaurants, shops and other great places can be found in our directory. Review them here!
This week's restaurant spotlight is on Thai Place, located at 12009 Perry Highway in Pine. Thai Place has three locations in Pittsburgh, including the restaurant in the Pine Tree Shoppes. It features a wide variety of Thai cuisine and entrees, including standards such as spring rolls, noodles and steamed dumplings. Thai food is known to be spicy, but well prepared traditional Thai dishes should not be predominantly so, according to the Thai Place owners. Dinner typically consists usually of at least three dishes served with rice. It is recommended the dishes be shared. Throughout the years, Thai Place has played host to several celebrity diners, including rockers U2, pro tennis player Martina Navratilova and Steelers star Troy Polamalu. …
Friday, March 29, 2013
Restaurant consultant and Walnut Grill owner Ron Sofranko reveals the ever-changing food trends that influence which restaurants make it and which don't.
Ron Sofranko has seen it all when it comes to restaurants. After building the local Red River Barbeques into an attractive chain, he sold them to a national firm, Famous Dave's. He began a restaurant advisory group and hospitality brokerage service, which he runs out of his Wexford office. Since then, he's also partnered in several North Hills area restaurants, including Ziggy's Tavern on Perry Highway in McCandless, the Walnut Grill restaurant on Route 19 in Pine and Jergel's Rhythm Grille in Warrendale. "The category that's hot right now, I call it casual, upscale dining," he said. "Our kitchen (Ziggy's) has a chef, not a cook. It's not an Applebee's, Chili's or Friday's, everything is made fresh, from scratch, daily. Soups are made …
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Featured in several fitness and beauty publications, the fitness facility franchise is opening its first location in the Pittsburgh area.
It has a celebrity following and has been featured in publications such as Allure, InStyle and FitPregnancy, now The Dailey Method is coming to the Pine-Richland area. Owner and instructor Joanna Amelio is opening a franchise of the fitness studio, which has 35 locations around the world, at the former Couture D’Jour clothing store in the Village at Pine Shopping Center in Pine Township. Founded by San Francisco native Jill Dailey McIntosh 13 years ago, The Dailey Method combines ballet barre work, core conditioning, stretching and orthopedic exercises. Amelio said the exercises focus on different body parts and sculpt long lean muscles in the abdominals, back, shoulders, quadriceps and calves similar to a dancer’s body—quickly. “Literally…
Monday, March 25, 2013
Lots of Pine-Richland area restaurants, shops and other great places can be found in our directory. Review them here!
For this week's restaurant spotlight, we travel just outside Pine Township's borders to Siba Tuscan Grill & Wine Bar, located at 530 Northpointe Circle, Seven Fields. Since opening in 2004, Siba has been serving up unique Italian dishes. Its specialty is Mediterranean fresh fare cooked by fire. The restaurant offers lunch, early bird, dinner, desserts and Sunday brunch menus. Included on the menu are lobster bisque, soups, salads, sandwiches, chicken dishes and seafood. It also has a wide variety of pasta dishes in various sauces, wood fired pizza and flatbread. Siba offers an extensive wine bar and regularly holds “Tour of the World” wine dinners. The restaurant features live music every Friday and Saturday. In the warmer weather, there …
Thomas Perko
11:17 pm on Sunday, April 21, 2013
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