D’s Six Pax & Dogz

September 10, 2008
Fantastic beer selection for Pittsburgh and one of my staples when I lived in the area. Food is average to above average depending on your palate for hot dogs, but beer is always great. Service is usually strong and the atmostphere on a Saturday afternoon cannot be beat for college football. A definite stop!

September 2, 2008
I think I’m growing bitter and curmudgeonly in my old age. This used to be my favorite place to stop by for singles in Pittsburgh, but I managed to stop in today and not find anything at all that I wanted to pick up. Truth be told, this place has a great selection of probably 500+ bottles, but the selection is patchy and any rarities have long since departed, leaving a scattered selection of questionably fresh bottles. Don’t get me wrong: loads of great beer in this store, and the tap selection at the bar was excellent when we were there (~20 beers, lots of regional selections). The prices are pretty high in the beer cave, and even the mixed six-pack discount doesn’t fully fix that, but welcome to Pennsylvania. Definitely a place to stop at least once, and stop by the Map Room next door for East End beers afterwards.

July 14, 2008
See my review under the Monroeville location ... I mistakenly though it was for this location .........

April 27, 2008
Real cool place, a hot dog joint with taps, trappist monk sculptures on the wall and beer stuff all over. I didn’t eat or drink on premises (I was on the way outta Pitt). The bottle selection was quite good, not necessarily mind-blowing but a very good selection. Very well organized bottle section (organized by country). There’s also a walk-in cooler. Didn’t have much interaction with the staff except for a nice chick who rung up our order. Expect to drop some money here, they are EXPENSIVE. I was charged about $80 for $55-60 worth of beer but I didn’t complain or anything. Check this place out for sure.

April 17, 2008
An extremely surprising Hot Dog Shop to say the least. The greasy food is quite good and needless to say the dogs are up there... for dogs. I mainly take advantage of the draft selection which changes quite often. I am a bit disappointed in the beer cave due to the fact that many of the bottles are out of code. This is not a problem for D’s alone, it seems that any place that touts 1000 beers does so by offering singles since six packs would take up far to much space. The down side to such a great selection is that it is quite difficult to move through so many single before they go out of date. That being said, in a place like D’s I would prefer the risk rather than have them slim the selection. A great place in a hole in the wall.

January 19, 2008
Very cool place to get some beer and hotdogs. Their bottle selection, both cooler and cellar, seems to be a bit dated at times, and does not have a full compliment of seasonal brews. Definetly a great place though to go with a great environment.

January 8, 2008
Really nice to have a place with this type of selection. Prices are a little high, but understandable with that type of inventory. Haven’t tried the food yet.

January 4, 2008
THE place to go in pittsburgh for bottle selection. the bar area is usually filled with ambient fryer grease and smoke, and it occasionally takes a minute to get someone to open my st. bernardus (say) and give me a pint glass in which to pour it, but the selection in the beer cave absolutely makes up for it. two 30-40 foot shelf faces of american micros, one face of german/belgian, and another of english/random, plus a smaller face for seasonals. if it’s available in pittsburgh, it’s usually available at d’s.

October 13, 2007
From notes 2006. Unfortunately for me I moved out of Pittsburgh before this place opened. It was actually my mother who told me about it’s existence. They have a very extensive selection to put it mildly. If you’re in Pittsburgh and want to do some beer shopping, this is probably the best place for you to check out, and almost the most conveniently located. The only negative aspect (and it is a big one), is the value. The prices are high. I mean hello...$4.50 for a can of Young’s Chocolate Stout? How much higher could it be? Oh. $5 if it comes from the cooler. Thankfully you get a $1 discount per bottle on anything 6 or over.

July 6, 2007
Visited last November on a Saturday and luckily had a GPS in the car or I might not have ventured so far from my fellow lindy hopping travellers -- but boy am I glad I did, what a selection!! Dozens of interesting little bottles and bombers were in the huge walk-in fridge (Weyerbacher, Victory, Stoudt, Sly Fox, local stuff, imports, etc) and when I thought I was done, I belatedly noticed there was a huge room in the back with dozens and dozens more! I had to laugh. Prices were good, service was sub-par (they left me standing there for a rather long time while getting on with other things), hot dogs in the room next door smelled delicious and every guy in the place had their eyes glued to the game on TV (though they gave me funny looks as I ran back and forth with a few six packs in my arms). Would definitely check out again.