Doing Pittsburgh Stuff
This weekend, I managed to knock off several “things you should do in Pittsburgh.” I finally rode an incline (the Monongahela Incline) up to Mount Washington, took a tour on the Gateway Clipper boat, and ate at the Pittsburgh Hard Rock Cafe.
The boat tour was ok, but not really very exciting. I had seen most of the same sights before on the Just Ducky tour, which kinda took away from a lot of the tour. Also, we did not get very close to any of the buildings, since the boat was rather large, and could not get as close to the shoreline. It was tremendously windy on the river, and at one point I felt like my contacts were being sand-blasted.
The incline ride was nice, and was actually free for me because I have a bus pass. Mount Washington had kinda a funky flavor to it, and the view was great. The only uncomfortable part was how on the way up, it totally felt like when you are being dragged up to the first drop on a roller coaster. As the incline is very high and very steep, I would have flipped out on Bunky if it turned into a thriller ride.
Finally, the Hard Rock Cafe was great. We had an early dinner, so it wasn’t crowded at all. I had never been to a Hard Rock Cafe before, so it was a new experience for me. To be honest, I was expecting the food to be bad. However, I was pleasantly surprised, as the food was excellent. We started off with some tangy BBQ wings (very tasty) and I had the cajun chicken sandwich while Bunky had a HRC burger. The service was also fantastic, although our waiter had very very strong B.O. and I had to turn away every time he came to our table.
Oddly enough, we actually sat with a HRC waiter on our way down the incline. He looked dazed and grumpy when he was riding down with us, but when we saw him serving the table next to us, he was a showy, friendly, razzle-dazzle dynamo. I almost wouldn’t have known it was the same person, except for his vest full for flair.
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By Cate, 05/21/2007 @ 10:07 pm
Do you plan to eat at Primanti’s? That’s a must.
And/or Tessaro’s in Bloomfield, great burgers.
By Kabitzin, 05/22/2007 @ 2:53 pm
I have heard that Tessaro’s has very good burgers. Bunky tried to go once, but it turns out they are closed on Sundays.
The sandwich on the Primanti’s website is unreal…