Michael's Pizza Bar & Restaurant

Michael's was the most eerily quiet bar we've been in. There were people there, a non-Pirates baseball game was on the TV, but it was all clouded in an eerie hush. We drank our beers fairly quickly and headed back out to the street. Shaking off the quiet as fast as possible.

That said, they seemed to do a pretty good food business. We were the only people there not eating and the bartender asked us twice whether we wanted menus. There was a $1 hamburger special for Monday night and the pizza did look good.

The neon signs were half-lit and the name etched on the bar was wearing off, but everything seemed clean. It just seems like no one has put the time or money into the aesthetics for a while beyond the collection of required bar kitsch. Michael's was lacking any real personality. And Jameson. They seemed to be lacking Jameson, and possibly Jack Daniels, too. The bartender gave us a price for a double Jack and Coke (“The Riley”), but we couldn't find any behind the bar. J felt like it must have been hidden somewhere, A believed that they would have just substituted Jim Beam. Regardless, it seemed more like a place to eat than to drink. Very, very quietly.  

Address:	2612 Sarah St, 15203	Games:	Magic Touch
Façade:	Not Scary	Scene:	Pizza Shop
Parking:	Easy	Patio/Outdoor:	No
Kitchen:	Bar Food/Pizza	Cleanliness:	Normal
Smoking:	None	Jukebox:	Internet Crap
Hours:	11am-10pm, later Fri/Sat	Cig Machine:	No
Drink Prices:	Average-Richie	# taps:	0
Bathrooms:	Sit	Specials:	Food Specials
Live music:	Never	Riley Factor:	$10.75
ATM:	No	Cash Only	No
TVs:	4	Size:	Normal