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This Historic US City Has One Of America's Best Food Scenes By Fiona Chandra Oct. 21, 2025 4:19 pm EST

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Pittsburgh has many nicknames: The Steel City or The City of Bridges, to name a couple. The nicknames speak to the city's industrial past as a steel production powerhouse and the numerous bridges that go over Pittsburgh's three rivers. What the city still flies under the radar for, though, is its vibrant culinary scene. That's a shame, since there's so much more to The Steel City's food culture than the Pittsburgh Salad .

BBC Good Food actually named Pittsburgh one of the top ten foodie destinations in the world back in 2019, with its food legacy spanning from sandwiches at Primanti's to pierogies, and the dining scene in the cit

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