April 8, 2012
I just love the city of Pittsburgh as a whole. Great ambiance of an historic steel town wherever you go. Lots of beer paraphernalia on the walls to keep you always occupied. Best part is Rogue makes a beer especially for this place for which I was very privileged to try. Great service, nice staff even at the gift shop. Take out selection generally includes anything they serve on tap. So if you try it and like it you can take it home...bonus! The food was really good maybe a lil pricey depending on if you get a real dinner or just your usual burger and fries. Portions are quite big though. I will definitely be going back to this place whenever I’m in town.

January 22, 2012
Great draft selection, 40+ on draft and a cask is usually tapped as well. Their own brew is pretty solid - check the ratings, especially Head Hunter IPA. The atmosphere is a great balance of ambience and unobtrusiveness. Nice brick wall with painted beer logos, lights and signs, but nothing too crazy, and a great outdoor patio. The food is huge and delicious. Any of the sandwiches are a score, original and quality made. The upstairs bottle shop is small and randomly stocked, but as mentioned in some other ratings, you might find something way past when it’s disappeared elsewhere.

November 7, 2011
Interesting feel, mainly a cafeteria like setting with steps, walls, and crowds. The shop up the winding staircase is pretty bare but also pretty cheap, sometimes a score in finding things like KBS 4pack for 25. The sandwiches are insanely filling, the fried mushrooms addicting, the beer selection decent but pretty standard, consistent, and unchanging. The spot to go to if already drunk, just slam a sandwich and enjoy fresh head hunter, probably third best South Side selection behind Smokin’ Joes and Piper’s.

October 29, 2011
This is a great local bar and beer hangout. I feel lucky to live so close to it. This place has upwards of 40 beers on tap, maybe even more and serves everything in the proper glassware. The staff and bartenders are friendly and informative. The beer selection on-tap is constantly rotating and they get some amazing beers, including a cask offering in addition to the rows of taps. Their sandwiches are delicious and could probably sustain you for a whole week if you had nothing else; they’re intense (especially the South Side Slopes sandwich with perogies, kielbasa and horseradish). The only real problem I have with this place is that it gets INSANELY crowded, especially on the weekends. Oh well, a testament to their popularity I guess.

July 14, 2011
Stopped in here before going to a concert in the area. The food menu here is GIGANTIC. Overwhelming really. I ordered the Bay Of Pigs Cuban sandwich which was great. My buddy got a ruben which he said was really good too. Beer selection seems geared towards the West Coast & PA micros, which works for me. They only had 3 Fatheads brews on, which was a bit of a disappointment, but all 3 were stellar (the smoked porter, citra hop stalker & headhunter). We were in a bit of a rush but I’d love to come back, grab a bite & a few beers & wander around the neighborhood.

February 7, 2011
It took me a while to get to this bar but it was well worth it. Went superbowl weekend on Saturday and waited about an hour for a table of two. I had two of the fat head beers including the head hunter and was impressed. M roast beef sandwich was awesome. The price was a little high for Pittsburgh, but very comparable to a bigger city restaurant.

November 20, 2010
Visited Pittsburgh for the first time in early November, 2010. I had just read that Fat Head’s own Head Hunter IPA had just won silver at the GABF, so this was my first stop. I arrived around 4:00 so seemed to have beat the crowds. The overall draft selection was impressive, and the Head Hunter was awesome. Excellent bartender was patient with my out of town questions, let me taste several brews before I settled on the next pint. Wings were good, just a little too slathered in hot sauce for me. Kind South Side local couple filled me in on the local scene, and set my itinerary for the remainder of the evening. Picked up some regional bottles at the shop upstairs.

August 26, 2010
Ended our night in Pittsburgh here after waiting forever to get a table. Wasn’t all that impressed with the beer selection (I’m still not straight on the story about Fat Heads Pitt and Cleveland), though the place was awesome for its sociable atmosphere, really friendly wait staff and the sandwiches. I was worried, as a vegetarian I wouldn’t have many options, but there were a few things on the menu... I might has well have eaten an actual submarine because thats what my stomach felt like afterwards. Giant portions for reasonable prices. That sick feeling in my stomach is the feeling of victory!

August 25, 2010
One of the best spots in the South Side. Huge portions of absolutely delicious bar food. Amazing wings, awesome beer selection and relatively knowledgable staff. The one knock is that this place is always packed. TV’s are all around with an outdoor patio. There is also an upstairs bottleshop, reasonably priced for the Pittsburgh area.

July 26, 2010
Ended our night in Pittsburgh here and it was a pretty good stop. Crazy massive portions of pretty tasty burgers and sandwiches - I walked in hungry and couldn’t get through my burger in spite of that. A large selection of guest taps and an oddly limited selection of their own stuff (only the Head Hunter and a Blueberry fruit beer). The place is very popular and we ended up having to wait for 90 minutes to get seated (although with Smokin’ Joe’s two blocks away, that wasn’t all that much of a sacrifice). The prices were pretty good and I had a great time hanging out with the Pittsburgh crew. I particular enjoyed watching one of the locals get shot down by the hostess.