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  • November 15, 2019
    North Hills Magazine: Eateries, Customers Benefit From Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant Designation
  • November 12, 2019
    Pittsburgh Current: Spirit’s Rooftop Garden Project Marries Local Culture With Sustainability
  • September 27, 2019
    Pittsburgh Magazine: How Pittsburgh Restaurants are Being Encouraged to Share their Leftovers
  • August 19, 2019
    Extraordinary Farm-to-Table Dinner Greets Winners of Graze
  • July 15, 2019
    Pittsburgh Today Live: Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant Contest
  • July 9, 2019
    NEXTpittsburgh: Sustainable Pittsburgh launches Graze contest. Post food photo and hashtag to enter.
  • June 27, 2019
    Volunteer. Post. Win.
  • Dinette's Rooftop Garden
    June 26, 2019
    Popular Trend: Restaurants Growing Their Own Ingredients
  • June 20, 2019
    Pittsburgh Today Live: Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant & Banh Mi & Ti
  • June 11, 2019
    Pittsburgh Current: Pittsburgh Restaurants Send Oyster Shells East to Restore the Chesapeake
  • May 31, 2019
    Restaurant Roundup: A Spot Near PNC Park For Every Type of Fan
  • May 29, 2019
    NEXTpittsburgh: 19 tons of oyster shells in 7 months. Pittsburgh restaurants are rebuilding coastal oyster habitats through innovative recycling.
  • May 24, 2019
    KDKA Radio: Oyster Shell Recycling? It’s A Thing, And It’s Expanding In Pittsburgh
  • May 24, 2019
    90.5 WESA: Pittsburgh Joins Oyster Shell Recycling Program To Help Restore The Chesapeake Bay
  • May 23, 2019
    Restaurant Feature: Chateau Cafe & Cakery
  • May 22, 2019
    Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Six Pittsburgh restaurants recycle oyster shells to help Chesapeake Bay
  • May 15, 2019
    Restaurant Feature: Senti
  • April 30, 2019
    Restaurant Feature: Allegheny Elks Lodge 339
  • April 18, 2019
    Restaurant Feature: Banh Mi & Ti
  • April 15, 2019
    Restaurant Feature: Bluebird Kitchen
  • April 11, 2019
    Restaurant Feature: The Allegheny Wine Mixer
  • April 8, 2019
    Restaurant Feature: Bae Bae's Kitchen
  • April 3, 2019
    Restaurant Feature: Bella Sera Event Villa
  • March 29, 2019
    Restaurant Feature: Kaffeehaus
  • March 25, 2019
    Restaurant Feature: REED & CO
  • March 25, 2019
    #SEENintheCity: Steel Chef Cookoff
  • March 7, 2019
    Empty Bowls 2019
  • January 29, 2019
    Restaurant Feature: Kaya
  • January 28, 2019
    Restaurant Feature: The Twisted Frenchman
  • January 27, 2019
    Restaurant Feature: V3
  • January 26, 2019
    Restaurant Feature: The Commoner
  • January 25, 2019
    Restaurant Feature: Mineo’s Pizza
  • January 25, 2019
    Allegheny Front: Plastic Straw Sculpture Draws Attention to Ocean Pollution
  • January 24, 2019
    Restaurant Feature: P&G Pamela’s Diner
  • January 23, 2019
    Restaurant Feature: Millie’s Homemade Ice Cream
  • January 22, 2019
    Restaurant Feature: Bado’s Pizza Grill and Ale House
  • January 22, 2019
    WESA: Sculpture Made From Recycled Straws Aims To Bring Awareness To Single-Use Plastics
  • January 22, 2019
    Pittsburgh Current: Straw Forward Brings The Plastic Straw Pollution Conversation To Pittsburgh
  • January 22, 2019
    The Almanac: Straw art installation highlights impact of plastic on the environment
  • January 18, 2019
    Trib: Carnegie Science Center installation depicts waste, upcycling, from discarded plastic
  • January 17, 2019
    Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Straw Forward
  • January 16, 2019
    Pittsburgh City Paper: Art exhibit made from restaurants’ plastic waste focuses on sustainability
  • January 16, 2019
    Pittsburgh Parent: Sustainable Pittsburgh Restraunt Program's Straw Forward Art Installation on Display for a Limited Time at Carnegie Science Center
  • January 15, 2019
    NEXTpittsburgh: What Straw Forward artists created out of 25,000 used drinking straws, and why they did it
  • January 8, 2019
    Restaurant Feature: UPMC Children’s Hospital Cafeteria
  • January 3, 2019
    Restaurant Feature: Kimberley Ashlee Catering
  • January 2, 2019
    Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant Feature: Reverend Sean Hogan Dining Center at Duquesne University
  • December 18, 2018
    The Incline: Public art made from 25,000 used straws will spotlight plastic waste in Pittsburgh
  • December 3, 2018
    Restaurant Feature: Rita's Italian Ice
  • November 24, 2018
    Restaurant Feature: Bangkok Balcony
  • November 23, 2018
    Mad Mex
  • November 22, 2018
    Restaurant Feature: Monterey Bay Fish Grotto
  • November 21, 2018
    Restaurant Feature: William Penn Tavern
  • November 16, 2018
    Good Food Pittsburgh: Speed Dating for Farmers Matches Local Producers with Restaurants & Retailers
  • November 15, 2018
    Restaurant Feature: or, The Whale
  • November 14, 2018
    Restaurant Feature: Lidia's
  • November 12, 2018
    City Paper: When Farmer Harry Met Chef Sally
  • November 6, 2018
    Chef to Table Contest Winner Celebrates "Once in a Lifetime" Experience
  • October 24, 2018
    Restaurant Feature: Jambo Grill at Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium
  • October 23, 2018
    Restaurant Feature: Great Harvest Bread Company
  • October 22, 2018
    Restaurant Feature: Della Terra Italian Bistro
  • October 16, 2018
    Restaurant Feature: Legends Eatery
  • October 12, 2018
    Restaurant Feature: Eleven
  • September 26, 2018
    Post-Gazette: Get the inside scoop on 3 Downtown Pittsburgh restaurants (*update: 2 Downtown restaurants)
  • August 30, 2018
    NEXTpittsburgh: The latest public art project coming to Pittsburgh: used straws from local restaurants?
  • August 27, 2018
    Restaurant Feature: Franktuary Lawrenceville
  • August 24, 2018
    Restaurant Feature: Casbah
  • August 22, 2018
    Restaurant Feature: Burgh'ers
  • August 20, 2018
    Pittsburgh Today Live: Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant & Spirit
  • August 14, 2018
    Restaurant Feature: Cinderlands
  • August 10, 2018
    Restaurant Feature: Z-Best Barbeque Chicken and Ribs
  • August 8, 2018
    Restaurant Feature: B52
  • July 24, 2018
    Restaurant Feature: Dinette
  • July 20, 2018
    Restaurant Feature: Cafe Phipps
  • Straw Forward
    July 20, 2018
    The Incline: How to help turn 1 million straws into public art in Pittsburgh
  • July 17, 2018
    Restaurant Feature: Arnold’s Tea
  • July 16, 2018
    Pittsburgh Today Live: Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant & Burgh'ers
  • July 10, 2018
    Restaurant Feature: The Porch at Schenley
  • Chef and owner David Bulman
    June 18, 2018
    Learn to Cook + Entertain Like a Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant
  • Straw
    June 18, 2018
    Post-Gazette: The last straw: Efforts aim to reduce polluting piece of plastic
  • June 18, 2018
    Pittsburgh Today Live: Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant & Bae Bae's Kitchen
  • Straw Forward Pittsburgh Logo
    June 15, 2018
    The Camel’s Back
  • May 21, 2018
    Pittsburgh Today Live: Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant & Scratch F&B
  • May 14, 2018
    NEXTpittsburgh: Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurants Please the Palate and the Planet
  • April 27, 2018
    Good Food Pittsburgh: Five Great Reasons to Visit These 100-Plus Restaurants
  • April 16, 2018
    Just Another Manic Monday
  • April 16, 2018
    Pittsburgh Today Live: Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant & or, The Whale
  • April 12, 2018
    PTL is A-OK for SPR
  • Zoe and Waymond Eat Sustainably
    April 2, 2018
    Love Pittsburgh. Eat Sustainably. Join Us.
  • Bae Baes restaurant downtown pittsburgh
    March 21, 2018
    Point Park Globe: Local restaurants offer sustainable options
  • Chefs from the 2018 Steel City Chef Cookoff
    March 17, 2018
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Audience cheers on teen-chef teams
  • Superior Motors Chef Kevin Sousa shows 17-year-old Dwayne Gordon how litchi bubbles rise
    March 13, 2018
    90.5 WESA: Live Cooking Competition Is The Cherry On Top For Teens Interested In Restaurant Careers
  • March 12, 2018
    Restaurant Finder Tool: Makes Dining Out Easy
  • March 9, 2018
    Pittsburgh City Paper: Pittsburgh teens prepare for Steel Chef Cook Off
  • March 9, 2018
    WPXI Proud to be from Pittsburgh: Steel Chef
  • November 1, 2017
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Stopping straw waste is just the start
  • Food Guy
    June 16, 2017
    PennLive: Get a taste of sustainability on Pittsburgh’s newest food tour
  • UPMC
    May 18, 2017
    Only in Oakland: Two Oakland-Based UPMC Hospitals Achieve Sustainability Designation
  • March 22, 2017
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Tips to help cut down on food waste
  • Franktuary Bike Collage
    March 14, 2017
    Franktuary Puts the Pedal to Sustainability
  • February 16, 2017
    Only in Oakland: Fuel & Fuddle – the Latest Restaurant in Sustainability
  • January 24, 2017
    NEXT Pittsburgh: Lunch and munch your way through Oakland Restaurant Week
  • September 29, 2016
    Only in Oakland: Pamela’s Diner – a Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant
  • August 11, 2016
    Only in Oakland: Peter’s Pub Designated as a Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant
  • July 31, 2016
    Check out this sponsored education you can find in the 2016 summer edition of TABLE Magazine!
  • June 30, 2016
    Did you catch the City Paper’s Dining Guide? If so, you had to have spotted this center spread and the designation logos by each member of the Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant Community!
  • June 15, 2016
    Watch the SPR community grow with ads you’ll find in issues of Pittsburgh Magazine, TABLE, and Edible Allegheny!
  • June 12, 2016
    Pittsburgh Post Gazette: "Big Food vs. real food" an op-ed by Dinette's Sonja Finn
  • May 26, 2016
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Restaurants leading the way to sustainability by example
  • May 26, 2016
    Only in Oakland: Sushi Fuku Planning Improvements Thanks to Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant Program
  • May 9, 2016
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "For moms serving moms" an op-ed by Square Cafe's Sherree Goldstein
  • February 8, 2016
    Talking Pittsburgh: Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant
  • Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant
    September 21, 2015
    Press Release: “Sustainable Pittsburgh partners with four Pittsburgh Business Districts to cultivate Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurants”
  • Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant
    September 21, 2015
    PA Environment Digest: Sustainable Pittsburgh Partners With 4 Business Districts On Sustainable Restaurants
  • August 24, 2015
    NEXTpittsburgh: Dinette earns Sustainable Pittsburgh’s first Gold Plate
  • August 24, 2015
    Pittsburgh Magazine: Why This East End Eatery Wins Praise for 'Sustainability'
  • Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant
    July 27, 2015
    WESA: Pittsburgh Restaurants Serving Up Sustainability
  • Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant
    July 21, 2015
    South Pittsburgh Reporter: Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant program launches in city
  • July 18, 2015
    NEXTpittsburgh: How sustainable is your favorite Pittsburgh restaurant?
  • Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant
    July 16, 2015
    Trib: Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant program open for business
  • Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant
    July 16, 2015
    PA Environmental Digest: Sustainable Pittsburgh Launches Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant Program

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