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The silent spellbinder from Grist House

openings

Slider vibes

Diamond Building, 100 Fifth Ave., downtown

A new concept restaurant is coming to downtown Pittsburgh. According to Downtownpittsburghrestaurants.com, Slider Vibes is a new venture that focuses on “ridiculously good sliders, Instagram-worthy shots and a great bar”! The restaurant is expected to open in April 2021. So prepare to fix your bite-sized burger.

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Everyday coffee
Several locations. commonplacecoffee.com
A partnership with the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy and Commonplace Coffee brings us the launch of Commonplace’s Schenley Park Blend Coffee, the second release of the five highlighted Regional parks. The series will include coffee blends for the five parks: Frick Park, Schenley Park, Highland Park, Riverview Park and Emerald Vie Park. The Schenley Park blend is described as “historic, fundamental, energetic and limitless” with a sweet base flavor and a soft body. The blend can be purchased from commonplacecoffee.com or any Commonplace Coffee location. Black forge
1206 Arlington Ave., Allentown. blackforgecoffee.com
Black Forge is now taking pre-orders for its wake & bake box set. This box is on time for April 20th and contains products from Pittsburgh developers. It includes a mug, an ashtray, a rolling tray, a Pokey stick, roll paper, a doob tube, an espresso chocolate bomb, a handcrafted glass pipe, a medium sized Wake N Bake roasted coffee and TeaHC Green Loose Tea. These items are dispatched the first week of April to ensure they arrive on time to celebrate.

Junk house
10 E. Sherman St., Millvale. gristhouse.com
Grist House has a new sour that is ready to be ordered online. The Silent Spellbinder is “sweet and sour” and consists of Cara Cara oranges, raspberries and vanilla. With 5.3% ABV, it’s a light drink that’s perfect for a warm day. Order online now and your order can be picked up the next day. It’s kept for five days if you can’t manage it.

Inspired by ghosts
753 E Warrington Ave., Allentown. inspirationbyspirits.com
Jesse Mader and Mike Miles from Inspired by Spirits in Allentown announced an expansion of the shop. This expansion includes the Storyville Lounge at Dr. Tumblety in which the guests enter through a door that is covered by a bookshelf. The lounge will be open alongside regular tasting times and will even feature live music. The second part of the expansion will include an on-site distillery where Miles will work as a copper craftsman and distillery. They are currently calling on people to invest in their honeycomb to help them expand.

Events

ghost

242 51st St., Lawrenceville. spiritpgh.com

The folks at Spirit organized an outdoor merch market to support artists, promoters, and music venues. A year since the COVID hit means it’s been a year since many of these venues and performers had to stop performing. Spirit tries to bring the music community together for mutual support and to exchange ideas about “T-shirts, records, pizza and whiskey”. The event will be held outdoors to comply with COVID safety regulations and will feature vendors such as Arie Cole, J. Malls, Jordan Montgomery (driving during Black Records) and Phat Man Dee. The event will take place on April 11th, if it rains April 18th as a backup date.