A Global Shapers Pittsburgh Project
The locals' guide to Pittsburgh's immigrant-owned restaurants.
We find the restaurants, cafes, and markets run by people who brought their food to Pittsburgh from somewhere else, and we share the stories of the people behind them. A few times a year, we fill a dining room for a sit-down dinner with the owner.
Meet the owners
Restaurants we've visited and partnered with to tell their story: who runs the kitchen, how they came to Pittsburgh, and what inspires the food.
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Why we built this guide
Some of the best cooking in Pittsburgh happens in small, family-run places that are easy to miss. CulturePGH is a volunteer project of the Global Shapers Pittsburgh Hub to help locals find them, and to give the people behind them a chance to tell their own story.
We map the places
Restaurants, cafes, and markets around the city, mostly immigrant-owned, that we like or that people have told us about. Every place starts out on our radar.
We tell their stories
When an owner wants to take part, we visit, photograph the food, and write up how they came to Pittsburgh and what they cook. Those places become featured partners.
Sometimes, we sit down together
A few times a year, a partner restaurant hosts a CulturePGH dinner: a ticketed evening where guests hear the owner's story over a multi-course meal.
The occasional dinner
Our sit-down dinners are a highlight, not a schedule. We host one when a partner restaurant is ready, roughly once a season.
Hear about new places and dinners
Join the list to hear when we feature a new restaurant, and to get first dibs when a dinner is announced.
- An occasional email when we feature a new restaurant or announce a dinner
- List members hear about dinner tickets before we post them anywhere else
- Free to join. Unsubscribe any time by replying to one of our emails
Own a restaurant? Choose how involved you want to be.
Be listed in the guide, get a full feature with your story and professional photos, or host a CulturePGH dinner. A first conversation doesn't commit you to anything.