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Having recently moved to the area, why is this? Why can't the powers that be who are making it suck be..voted out?

Very helpful, thank you so much!

I just want to tell you that yours was the last restaurant that two of my grandparents wanted to go to before they lost their mobility completely. They loved eating there and I loved going with them. So thank you so much for that. I just want you to know that your work mattered and made a difference to our family.

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Just gotta pull yourself up by your bootstraps and give the mayor a firm handshake.

This is fraud… there is no way that job is 6 figures..

I joined the Western PA Mushroom Club for a few years and went on a lot of walks with them. Went to a different park every week and now have my favorite spots based on that. There are really experienced people in the group who can help teach you how to identify and can confirm what you have, which is really important if you're new to foraging.

We saw an incredible amount at oil creek state park around labor day weekend. An entire downed tree just covered in it right along the trail.

Mingo.

I live right next to this, and find COW on my own property. Yum!

This is a real political problem. It might indeed be preferable were the city able to transform these lots for some highest and best public use the marketplace cannot provide. But they got no nuttin' money to do that with, and letting them dilapidate forever out of stubbornness just doesn't seem good

Hey op, I forage a ton of mushrooms around pittsburgh. If you want to find them, you have to find old stands of oak. From early june to october, they will produce several types of edible mushrooms.

Deer lakes and Frick are where I recommend. You can also easily pick oysters, chanterelles, and hen of the woods around oaks.

Timing is key in Pittsburgh. I find em when they are just starting and watch em for a week or so before I pick. They get buggy if it's a dry year and moldy if it's a wet year.

You can also pick morels in Pittsburgh. But again, you have to know what trees and what time to look. Target ash, dying elm, apple, and living tulip poplar between end of April to mid may.

Also the bane of mushroom season is poison ivy and ticks. Watch where you pick and be smart.

Also, I wouldn't pick anywhere that treats soil or has been mined. Mushrooms are like sponges so while people pick in the yard of Allegheny national cemetery, I wouldn't recommend it.

Feel free to dm me if you have specific questions. Good luck and happy hunting.

cotw is typically found more around the fall, but you can honestly find it anywhere there are woods!

Typically, on this website, sarcasm is followed by a (/s).

Unfortunately this isn't a joke or sarcasm. I went out on dudes boat last summer, purchased with money from flipping city owned houses.

His boat is a few hundred square feet less than my house.

It pays to know somebody

It’s funny to me that it says estimated $103k-$130k a year. What that means is, Eat’n Park didn’t list a salary, so indeed just made that up. Somewhere indeed has a list of jobs and what they think they pay. And on that list is “Salad Bar Team Member” and somehow they arrived at that being a 6 figure job.

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I'm a member. There is no upfront fee. It's about $200 for the all-in membership, which includes events, gym, and dining. You can get it down to about $80 per month if you take out some of the options. The chef changed sometime during COVID and the food isn't what it used to be, so I recently dropped the dining option.

Harvard Yale Princeton (HYP) Club accepts members who didn’t even graduate from said universities. Had to consolidate given the lack of Pittsburgh dwelling alumni. They’ll take anyone’s money. It’s pretty nice. It’s got that whole rich Mahogany vibe going for it.

My cousin, now deceased, knew where to find COTW in Allegheny Cemetery. I don't know where, though. It's a big cemetery. Have fun!

What about all the dying livestock nearby? The dead fish in the river?

Park in the big lot at Corrigan and 100 acres and walk up 100 Acres just a bit--you'll see a path into the woods. I've found a ton down there last year not far off the path.

11 also!

Awesome, I don’t live too far from South Park

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I’d say it’s a niche hobby compared to more mainstream ones