Cultural District

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About this Neighborhood

This is downtown Pittsburgh at full volume: 115 restaurants and nineteen coffee shops packed into a district that Yelp visitors rate an average 4.8 across more than 2,200 reviews. Theaters and performing-arts venues set the tone, with bars, gastropubs and a central plaza filling the hours before and after curtain. The food skews global and independent — standouts like Arepittas, La Gourmandine Bakery and Siempre Algo draw crowds — while Italian and American restaurants and neighborhood pizzerias hold down the everyday menu. Eleven parks give the theater blocks a little breathing room.