Locavore Friendly Restaurants in Pittsburgh

Dinner at Legume Bistro

I am thrilled to see that Pittsburgh resaturants are embracing the local food movement.  Although I don't eat out often, I am more frequently seeing menu items sourced from local farms.  One of my favorite resaturants in Pittsburgh is Legume Bistro (featured in the photo). Every time I've been to Legume the menu is different and includes a variety of local seasonal foods, and every choice is delicious. I also had a fantastic meal at Root 174, which sources locally.  I had perfectly done local lamb at Casbah.  Yesterday I had a delicious four course dinner at Toast! which sources from One Woman Farm and Crested Duck Charcuterie.  I also highly recommend trying the Crested Duck Charcuterie; they make phenomenal cured meats sourced locally. Other restaurants that I have not yet had the opportunity to try that source from local farms include:

• Habitat gets their beef from Burns Angus (which is where I get my beef too)
• Dinette has a rooftop garden
• Six Penn Kitchen sources from Penn's Corner Farm Alliance among others
• Franktuary serves the locavore hotdog made with organic beef from Ron Gargasz
• Big Burrito Restaurant Group (including Eleven, Casbah, Mad Mex, and Kaya) list a number of local farmers they source from including the Penn's Corner Farm Alliance
• Cafe Phipps sources locally and is located in a very eco-friendly building
• Cure features meat cured in house form local sources
• Bona Terra sources from local farms including the Penn's Corner Farm Alliance