Eh, kinda no. Spirit is first a venue/ bar/ club that’s has killer food service. Its’s not the “pizza street style free flow hip hop scattershot pizza king restaurant “ kinda deal.

Like Nicks fat city was a club, but had pizza .

There’s a difference to me anyway.

Point being for sake of argument you could take it out of the South Side and open pre pandy and I see the results being inevitably the same.

Hey that pizza nightclub also has rotisserie chicken… /s

Poorly conceptualized (Who wants rotisserie chicken with their pizza?). Sit down pizza in a college neighborhood. People don’t go out to eat for pizza anymore like it’s 1995 Pizza Hut. Inflated overhead when renting $/sqft to have a non-utilized upstairs. Closed two days a week and evenings only 3 days a week. Not even an attempt at lunch, although SS lunch crowd is dismal. This place was touting itself with “veteran” management. Poor concept all around.

Isn’t that basically what Spirit is anyway, but with the perk of not being in the south side.

So it’s safe to go there and eat, sound good, see you fat heads

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When I saw this I was immediately like, "Wait... what!? Kevin Sousa had a pizza bar?!"

Yeah, some of the Southside problems have been as early as 11pm. So, 2 hours for dinner at 8 really isn't far from the time when issues have occured.

This one was 9pm

https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/least-2-people-shot-pittsburghs-southside-one-critical-condition/ST6NAXU3SVFKDJUJCM7AK3QJGM/

You are right, most shootings are late night. Per below, only 30% of shootings are outside of 11pm-5am. Meaning, 20 of 63 shots fired in the first half of 2022 are in the times when it's "safe". I'd be interested to see shootings from evening to late night, I bet it makes up most of that 30%( how many shootings do you hear of at 9am).

http://www.duqsm.com/despite-crime-students-flock-to-south-side/

"within the city" can be a bit nebulous given that late night transit without a car can be sparse;
but Eat-n-Park locations are open with food service until 11 two hours past 9.

Another option that is a bit more outside the box:
Planet Fitness. They have free wi-fi. a membership is like $10 a month last I checked and they are open 24 hours M,T,W,& Thurdsay into Friday at which time the close at 10pm friday night (weekend hours are tighter). They have locations in the city.
and while some have vending machines for snacks and beverages, no real food options.

I could be wrong but if you're a member, I highly doubt they'd bat an eye at you using their seating area up front (every one I've been in had one) and as a bonus, as you took breaks, you could actually go work out for 15 or 20 minutes.

I mean, some places practically just give you eggo waffles. Once you get to middling hotel chain waffle maker level, there isn't much higher to go.

Seriously question what makes one waffle better than another? Lol

I hear your point, but most parks close at dusk, are reliant on weather, require being somewhat nearby, etc. Going the park is not "weird" but it doesn't hit the same itch for a lot of folks as going to hang out somewhere late at night when the rest of the world is quiet. I don't think it's quite as simple as "people don't enjoy their lives unless money is changing hands"- you shouldn't need to pay money to have a good time, but there's also nothing inherently wrong with throwing a couple bucks somewhere.

I walked through South side and downtown during the day yesterday for various errands. I was surprised with how safe it looked and felt, because I heard and read so many bad things over the past few months. What I did notice was there are less people out and about than I remembered from a few years ago.

What were they handing out?

You're working alone without being alone. It is mentally stimulating. It can be and feel safer than a library if you're a grad student. And to some earlier points, I know it's not enough to justify the hours, but I spent a small fortune at those places: I wouldn't be there if I wasn't ordering. And I would become friendly with the baristas: one of us might be having a bad day and share a laugh and it helped. So that human element is a comfort when you are devoted to a long, solitary endeavor.

Very accurate assessment IMHO of the Pgh Pizza market. Spot on.

Its not just to hear about the shootings. The lack of policing and complaints paint a picture that is difficult to give context to. Hmm. Lets eat out. Lawrenceville and hipsters or South Side and bullets? To many driving from 20 min or more away, they have no context it is fine at 8 PM. Lawrenceville it is.

I use Lawrenceville to give a very good foodie area in comparison. This amounts to a character assassination for South Side. One that will follow it for quite a while. Not to the 10% of regulars there. To the 90% who came there for what it used to offer.

I'll make sure to keep getting all the lamb, chicken and pork I've enjoyed so much, and not the duck neck.

Or the food just wasn't any good so people never really showed up. 2 years is about how long a place would make a run at it before realizing it just isn't happening.

agreed. place is overhyped for no justifiable reason.

Upvote for the clenchening

Yeah, srsly, I don't drink either and it is a problem.

I'm avoiding dining out as much as possible lately. It's gotten so expensive, it's not worth it anymore. Already paying a ton for groceries just to have food at home, it doesn't seem right to OVERPAY for food when you've already got expensive food at home. Learn how to cook simple, good food, its much more satisfying.