Brillobox is a nightlife spot in Bloomfield, Pittsburgh.
Brillobox on Penn Avenue in Bloomfield is a long-running live-music bar in Pittsburgh. Cocktails downstairs and a small upstairs stage for touring and local bands.
Tip: The upstairs stage hosts indie and local acts most nights; arrive early for a good spot.
Address: 4104 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Gooski's on Brereton Street in Polish Hill is a dive bar and punk venue in Pittsburgh. Cheap drinks, pierogi and live punk shows in the old steelworker neighbourhood.
Tip: Cash only and loud. Catch a punk show, eat the pierogi and stay late; it runs to 2am.
Spirits & Tales atop the Oaklander Hotel is a rooftop bar with a view in Pittsburgh. Cocktails and small plates on a terrace above the university district.
Tip: Go at sunset for the rooftop view. Reserve a terrace table on warm-weather weekends.
Il Tetto, the rooftop atop Sienna Mercato on Penn Avenue downtown, is a beer-garden terrace in Pittsburgh. Drinks and pizza above the Cultural District.
Tip: The rooftop beer garden fills before Cultural District shows; go early for a table.
Acacia on East Carson Street in the South Side is a speakeasy-style cocktail bar in Pittsburgh. Low lights and custom cocktails in a calmer corner of the bar strip.
Tip: Tell the bartender what you like and let them build a drink. Quieter than its neighbours.
Unspeakable on Penn Avenue in Lawrenceville is a speakeasy hidden behind a Vietnamese cafe in Pittsburgh. Asian-inflected cocktails behind Ineffable Ca Phe by night.
Tip: Enter through the Ineffable Ca Phe cafe. The cocktails lean on Vietnamese flavours.
The Speakeasy inside the Omni William Penn Hotel downtown is a Prohibition-style bar in Pittsburgh. Classic cocktails and live piano in the grand old hotel.
Tip: Tucked inside the historic hotel. Go for the old-world grandeur and a classic cocktail.
