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Which neighborhood are you in? We literally have more than a dozen craft brewers within the city.

I legitimately only ever go get the burger special. Imo it’s pretty good. I haven’t really had much of their other food but the $6 burgers have not done me wrong.

I've been unimpressed with their food the last few times I went.

Which is a shame, as I love their beer and location

Never said you did. Some people prefer chains and support those working there in the process.

You essentially stated that mediocre restaurants shouldn't be around. And when that happens, people lose jobs.

But that's obviously OK as long as it's places that you don't like.

I just got a quote, then I had a contractor install the the shower, tub, vanity and sink I bought, and did two baths (duplex) for less than their one bath quote including my purchases.

At least you got it fixed right and honestly it would have been more expensive and more painful if something failed.

I didn’t even know there was a Max & Erma’s in Cranberry. I thought they were all closed years ago.

Definitely get some iron city its the best! Totally not mon river water and hops.

You're definitely paying for convenience.

Good, fast, cheap - pick two

And that's what the past was to a large degree, too.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/the-automat-is-a-guide-to-the-wonders-of-mid-twentieth-century-urbanism

Yes

I couldn’t respect myself if I was served the worst quality, store bought chips at a “Mexican restaurant” and didn’t walk out before ordering. That’s just me though.

Same situation here really, I WFH so I just need to get out and get tired of cooking. Dont really wanna waste the times I go out on meh places like that.

We went out to eat after work a lot when we both had to go into the office every day, and we had long commutes home. Now, I work from home 2 days a week, and my husband works from home 5 days a week. We (well, mostly he) has more time to prepare meals at home. So, we eat more dinners at home now.

They were doomed the second they changed the cheese skewers recipe

We did one with west shore home last year. It was a shower to shower replacement. They didn’t touch the rest of the bath. If they do, and they can, they subcontract that out.

In all, it was $15k. It looks fine, but it’s really overpriced. If I had more bandwidth and was smarter, I would have tried to do it myself, but DIY is what got us into this mess. The previous owner did a shitty layover DIY job updating the bathroom and after 6 months of use, it began leaking into our garage.

I had four contractors out and each one had a guess but because of the mystery meat under the tile floor (that was failing), none of them even gave me a quote, let alone a fuck off quote. West Shore did. It was literally the only quote I could get… in the end, we got lucky because the price we were told is the price we got and west shore had to do some serious plumbing rework because of the mcguyver shit the previous owner had done. They had four people on site including their master plumber scratching their heads at what the fuck they were looking at. If we had used a contractor, our final price would have been massively different than what we were told. I would say, aside from the fact that the work is done within 8 hours, the truth on price is where the benefit is. Still, paying $15k for a bathroom that was already recently renovated is fucking crazy. We did go with one of the slightly more expensive looks, but we didn’t go with the expensive fixtures.

So is the one in Cranberry. I've been doordashing in the North Hills/Cranberry up until very recently and it was always packed on the weekends. I'd get orders from them pretty regularly, so this post is surpising to me.

It’s very expensive and doesn’t add much value

I prefer a two day bath remodel.

Yep I'm either getting bar food and just enjoying being out or going all out for a treat. It's pointless to spend $30 on microwaved food and a drink.

Cancer Alley be like, "we're still here"

Yeah - this is key and Mad Mex is a perfect example of this - just a clone of a national chain business model which inherently means a steady decline in quality. In the end you have what Mad Mex has been for years now: decidedly sub-par Mexican food (even by Pittsburgh standards) in a sub-par dining environment. Most of the people I know who still go to places like this have young kids, and it makes a bit of sense for them, I guess, but outside of that there really isn't any good reason to give business to these places.

This guy gets it. Ignore the rest.

Gotta grab a garbage burger before it's too late