Friday, April 13, 2012
Artist Scott Hunter painted the new addition to Sugar Café’s walls.
There’s a colorful new addition to the walls of Sugar Café, and it might seem to patrons that the mural went up overnight. It actually took two nights—15 hours of work—for Bethel Park artist Scott Hunter to fill the wall above the lounge area with a colorful representation of Sugar Café’s retro-modern vibe. “(Sugar Café owners) Mike and Kelly (James) were kind enough to let me be creative about it,” Hunter said. “We were looking at the space and looking for a retro image. I do a lot of collage work, and I took that approach.” The mural features the desserts and coffee Sugar is best known for, in a retro setting that matches the café’s interior. The woman in the mural is not supposed to be James, Hunter said, but the unnamed woman seemed to…
Monday, April 2, 2012
Where does your family love to go?
We're looking for the best of everything in Dormont and Brookline and we want to know: What's your favorite family-friendly restaurant? With your help, we've put a list together of nominees, and we'd love to hear from you. Where do you take your family for a bite to eat? Do you scope out Dormont for favorites like the Dor Stop or Sugar Cafe? Do you head down the boulevard for some Brookline favorites, like Vinnie's Pretzel Shop or Mateo's? We heard Amazing Wok makes a great family take-out meal, and that Beto's, Cain's, Getaway Cafe, Eat 'n Park and Antonio's Pizzeria also have a fun family vibe. Take the poll, below, or click the restaurant names, and leave a review in the listings in Patch Places. Is your favorite family-friendly …
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Only a few days left to help the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank—just by claiming your listing on Patch!
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Patch is supporting the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank this month, and you can help us help the food bank just by claiming your listing this month on Dormont-Brookline Patch! Every time a local business claims its listing in March, Patch will donate $5 in advertising credits to the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank, which serves 11 counties in southwestern Pennsylvania. There are just a few days left to help out! Our online directory includes the Dormont and Brookline businesses, government agencies and nonprofit organizations you see every day. Do you own or manage one? Claim it! Claiming your listing in Patch Places gives you the control. You can add photos, update business hours and interact directly with users who post reviews. It's a totally…
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Sugar Cafe made the magazine's Hot Spot list for places to eat in March.
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Saturday, March 3, 2012
Pittsburgh Magazine has named Dormont's Sugar Cafe in a Hot Spot list of places to eat in March. The cafe made the list for its Guinness Stout cupcakes—available now, for a new twist on a St. Patrick's Day favorite. To read Pittsburgh Magazine's full article and see what else is included on their list, click here.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The popular Dormont café turns one this week, and is giving free cupcakes to its customers.
When Sugar Café has a birthday, everyone gets cake. To celebrate what owner Kelly James said has been the scariest but most rewarding year of her life, Sugar Café will give a free cupcake to anyone who orders lunch there this week. Sugar Café opened its doors on Potomac Avenue one year ago this week, and was welcomed by a waiting crowd. Those original customers decided to stick around, and James said she’s thrilled to be celebrating the restaurant’s first birthday with them. “The regulars at Sugar Cafe have become our family and I so look forward to seeing them every day,” James said in an email Tuesday. “They have become a huge part of our lives.” James said the first year wasn’t without a few stumbling blocks, but that the staff was able…
Monday, February 20, 2012
Brookline author Lindsey Smith will hold a book release party at Sugar Café on Feb. 23.
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Monday, February 20, 2012
Lindsey Smith was at the airport a few years ago when she saw someone binge eating all the wrong things. At first, she said, she was judgmental. But then she remembered that not long before, she’d been loyal to the same bad habits. “At that moment I realized that food was much more than what we put in our bodies,” Smith said. “It’s our careers, religion, self esteem, self love. All those things feed us in different ways.” The airport incident was one of the events that inspired the Brookline health coach to write her first book, “Junk Foods and Junk Moods: Stop Craving and Start Living.” This Thursday, Smith will hold a book release party at Sugar Café in Dormont. Smith currently is a keynote speaker and one-on-one health coach for "The …
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Does your Valentine’s Day sweetheart have a sweet tooth? Here are some specials at local bakeries.
Happy Valentine’s Day! If your sweetheart has a sweet tooth, today is the perfect day to head to local bakeries for some sweet treats. Sugar Café in Dormont is kicking off the morning with a breakfast special of red raspberry heart waffles. Heart-shaped cookies and a variety of cupcakes also are available. Valentine's day cupcake flavors are Lemon Lavender, Dark Chocolate Ginger, Passion Fruit, Vanilla Bean, Almond Rose, Mint Chip, Salted Caramel, Red Velvet, Chocolate Kiss, Cocoa Cinnamon and Chocolate/Vanilla. The pastry case will be open until 5:30 p.m. today. Just down the street at Potomac Bakery, the cases are full of heart-shaped cakes and cookies. Today’s specialties include chocolate-covered strawberries, and red velvet cakes with…
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Sugar Café and Full Pint Brewing will host a food and beer tasting tomorrow night.
Sugar Café and Full Pint Brewing Company are pairing up for a food and beer tasting at Albert’s Lounge in Dormont on Thursday night. Brandon Sachs of Sugar Café said the idea for the event grew from a conversation between the restaurant and brewery at the Taste of Dormont event in October. “Full pint was there, and got to talking and thought it would be a good idea,” Sachs said. “Actually we’re hoping to use a couple of Full Pint’s products here for the month of February.” Sachs said Sugar Café is hoping to use a coffee porter stout produced by North Versailles-based Full Pint in some of its breads and cakes. Thursday’s event, however, will give a taste of what both businesses have to offer. The event is open to the public. Tickets are $25…
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
The 'Burgh Bits and Bites Food Tour is in several Pittsburgh neighborhoods, including Brookline. Now Dormont is on the list.
When Sylvia McCoy decided to start a business in 2008, she wasn’t thinking about the economic outlook. Her plan was to give Pittsburghers a taste of the city’s neighborhoods—via it’s first organized culinary tour. “I realized quickly after doing some research that there are no culinary tours in Pittsburgh, and there’s one in almost every city,” McCoy said. She founded the ‘Burgh Bits and Bites Food Tour that year, starting with a Strip District tour and soon expanding through city neighborhoods, including Brookline. The walking tour hits several local eateries in each neighborhood, and includes discussions of the history of the neighborhood and the businesses and landmarks there. “When I started the business, it really was just that I was …
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
The cafe expands its menu for a special dinner this weekend.
Dormont’s Sugar Cafe will offer a special Winter Holiday Dinner this Friday and Saturday, abandoning its usual home-style menu for a more upscale dining experience. For $45, a person gets a three-course meal prepared by guest Chef Captain Barnes. It’s a bring-your-own-bottle dinner, corkage-free, and those attending will receive table service. The menu includes Winter Salad, Hard Cider Spiked French Onion Soup, Seared Arctic Char, Braised Pork Shank, Wild Mushroom and Goat Cheese Strudel, and a Gingersnap Bread Pudding for desert. The cafe’s special blend of coffee from La Prima, the Strip District-based roaster, will be on hand also. Sugar Cafe Owner Kelly James said the holiday feast follows the success of its Fall Harvest Dinner, which …
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Andrea Bosco
11:06 am on Friday, April 13, 2012
Great story, Erin! Beautiful work, Scott! Love the Mad Men vibe. more ›