Saturday, November 24, 2012
The family-owned restaurant with several locations around Pittsburgh is proposed for the former CiCi’s Pizza.
Another new restaurant is in the works for Cranberry Township. At Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, officials approved a liquor license transfer for Emiliano’s, a Mexican restaurant with three other locations in the Pittsburgh area. Ron Henshaw, Cranberry's director of community development, said the restaurant is proposed for the former CiCi’s Pizza located off Freedom Road in the Cranberry Mall. The 5,000-square-foot restaurant closed about a year ago and has been empty ever since. Henshaw said the liquor license is being transferred from an establishment in Butler According to owner Benny Ulloa, Emiliano’s offers authentic Mexican dishes without the expensive prices. On its menu are appetizers, fajitas, quesadillas, vegetarian …
Friday, October 28, 2011
Authentic Mexican food right here in Richland Township.
Overview: I went to graduate school in New Mexico and had the opportunity to travel to nearby Mexico quite a bit, so I consider myself a bit of a Mexican food expert. When I moved back to the Pittsburgh area, it became my personal challenge to find good, authentic Mexican food. I’m happy to say that Emiliano’s Mexican Restaurant & Bar is one great find in this quest! I have learned not to judge a restaurant by its outside, strip-mall exterior. As often as not, you step inside and are instantly transported into a lovely setting as is the case with the Richland location of Emiliano’s. It also has a bar area for just drinks and snacks [although you can order a meal there]. Decor: Contemporary with a Mexican theme –- a nice, friendly …
Friday, September 30, 2011
Hey, it beats joining a bowling league.
Writer Kelly Burgess took readers on a Happy Hour Tour last week. Here is the second part of that adventure. Day Three: Cranberry/Mars and cultural confusion It was day three of our Happy Hour Extravaganza! I was dropping off some marching band-related paperwork to a fellow volunteer and I told her about my happy hour adventures. "That is so cool," she said. "My husband and I have been looking for different things to do now that the kids are older, so we joined a bowling league. Happy hours sound like much more fun!" And it was, but a little hard to do this every night, four nights in a row, for those of us who have passed the happy-hour-quick-recovery age by a couple of decades. But here we were at happy hour No. 5… …Domenico's, which has…
Deniece
4:06 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Like we need more restaurants!How about more shoppping or something more for kids to do? more ›