Kelly's

Kelly's is an awesome bar...for four people.  Unless it is nice out, in which case there is a big back patio with ample seating.  However, inside there are two rows of just four person booths with one big booth in the corner, which somehow always seems to be occupied by three people (Really three people?!  Do you need that giant booth?!). The bar area is long, but it is narrow and partitioned so there is very little room to hang out there either.  So, unless it is nice out, or you get really lucky and get the big booth, we would advise against going to Kelly's with more than four people.

That said, if you have four people, this is a great bar.  It has a great vibe, hip crowd, cool decor; all and all a really comfortable place to hang out.  The one exception...the one little exception...is the service.  It can be terrible, especially on one of those nice days when the patio is open.  You are not allowed to go the bar if you are at a table, and it can take forever to get a drink.  Does management not know that one person cannot  possibly handle 20+ tables at once?  Do they not look at the weather and say, “huh, our bar will be packed tonight; maybe we should put on another server.” It has always been this way.  Maybe the margins just aren't there; maybe they just can't afford to put on more servers?  We don't know.  We can't tell you how many times we have thought about going to Kelly's and then thought better of it as a result of that.  Please, owner person, put another server on the schedule for when you know your bar is going to be busy.

Fortunately for Kelly’s, it has another secret power: Its mac & cheese.  Holy shit.  If you have never had Kelly's mac & cheese, you must change your plans for tonight and go get their mac & cheese.  You will write us tomorrow and thank us.  It is that good.  We have never brought anyone there, even after a lot of hype, and had them be like, "oh, it is ok".  Because it is not ok.  It is amazing.  Go eat it.

So, we love this bar.  We really do.  Does it need some improvements...yes.  Will we still go there?  All the time. 

Address:	6012 Penn Circle S, 15206	Games:	None
Façade:	Not Scary	Scene:	Hipster Cocktails
Parking:	Usually Easy	Patio/Outdoor:	Yes
Kitchen:	Bar Food/Mac & Cheese	Cleanliness:	Normal
Smoking:	None	Jukebox:	awesome
Hours:	5pm-2am, closed Sun	Cig Machine:	No
Drink Prices:	Average	# taps:	12
Bathrooms:	Sit	Specials:	Daily Specials
Live music:	DJs sometimes	Riley Factor:	$10.70
ATM:	No	Cash Only	No
TVs:	0	Size:	Normal

Harvard & Highland

This bar tried to kill J by sneaking death-inducing pecans into the chicken liver pate, but we'll try to not let attempted murder color our review too much. Ahem.

Harvard & Highland is a new space located above Union Pig and Chicken in East Liberty. Everything is still brand new and shiny looking. It is a very classy kind of bar: you're not even allowed to eat your food at the bar, you must eat at a table like a responsible human being. It still has that "New Bar Smell" and we were glad that we got to visit it early on in its life.

It is a lovely space full of light wood, Adirondack chairs, and floor to ceiling windows. On a cold March night it seemed a little out of season, but we can imagine how lovely everything will look on a summer evening. Their main focus is on fancy cocktails (including two draft cocktails) and fancy whiskeys. It is priced accordingly. So, this is not a bar that you would spend a whole night in (unless your tax bracket is way above ours), but it's a great spot to have a drink or two. You can order from the full Pig & Chicken menu, fully sating both your fancy drink and BBQ urges at once.

Things that we learned at Harvard & Highland: 1) There is a Bartenders' Guild of which there is a Pittsburgh chapter. 2) We don't like chicken hearts. 3) Someone is always out to kill J.

Address:	220 N Highland Ave, 15206 http://unionpgh.com/	Games:	Nope.
Façade:	Normal	Scene:	Fancy BBQ
Parking:	Decent	Patio/Outdoor:	No
Kitchen:	BBQ	Cleanliness:	Nice
Smoking:	None	Jukebox:	N/A
Hours:	11am-2am	Cig Machine:	No
Drink Prices:	Richie Rich	# taps:	4
Bathrooms:	Sit	Specials:	N/A
Live music:	Never	Riley Factor:	N/A
ATM:	No	Cash Only	No
TVs:	1	Size:	Average