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Community Meeting, 7.19.16 Meeting Notes Presenting: Matt Galluzzo (LC Executive Director), Dave Breingan (LU Executive Director), and Dennis Marron (chef and business owner) Attending: Rob and Molly Stephany (property owners) Community Announcements National Night Out – Aug 2 at Duncan Park from 5:30 – 7:30pm CLT Meeting with parents – 7.20.16 at the library, 6pm…
5.15.15 A meeting was held at the Boys and Girls Club on May 13th for Adam Kulik and Nicole Billitto to present their plans for The Gold Mark (formerly Salud). The Gold Mark is a proposed bar that will serve traditional and craft beer and cocktails ($3-$10) along with a limited food menu of classic…
3.11.2015 Owners of the building 4306 Butler Street, Joe Hilty and Emily Slagel, are planning to open a casual dining restaurant there this summer. The restaurant will be open 11am – 10pm 6 days a week (closed Mondays) and will offer mid-price options like sandwiches ($8-10) and simple entrees ($12-18). Emily, who also owns Mid-Atlantic…
March 4, 2015 A community meeting was held March 3 regarding the liquor license application pending for Cantina/ Ballroom and the new restaurant proposed for the 3rd floor of the existing Round Corner Cantina building – The Ballroom. Lawrenceville United met with Derek Burnell, owner of Cantina, to outline the concerns from the meeting and…
2.25.2015 UPDATE A meeting was held on 2.23 with owners of Grapperia. Details about the project can be found at the link below. Grapparia Info Sheet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2.12.2015 Domenic Branduzzi, owner of Piccolo Forno located at 3801 Butler Street, has proposed to open Grapperia behind his current restaurant (in the space formerly occupied by Jeffrey Smith Studio). …
2.25.15 UPDATE Senti (3473 Butler Street) opened on January 20, 2015. Hours are listed as: Tue – Thu: 11:30 am – 2:00 pm 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm Fri – Sat: 11:30 am – 2:00 pm 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm Sun: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Franco Braccia and Annette Ishida will be…
Update: 1/22/2018 Lawrenceville United, Lawrenceville Corporation, and six residents filed a protest/petition to intervene in opposition to another proposed liquor license at 5238 Butler Street due to community concerns about owner James Haney’s criminal background that were raised during their first application in 2013. The City of Pittsburgh and Representative Dom Costa also filed petitions to intervene. We thank Councilwoman Deb Gross, Mayor Peduto, and Rep. Dom Costa for…
UPDATE: 2.27.2014 On February 25th, Judge James rendered a decision in favor of Lawrenceville United and Lawrenceville Corporation’s appeal of the zoning decision for the Thunderbird expansion. For more information check out these articles: http://www.pghcitypaper.com/Blogh/archives/2014/02/28/surprise-court-order-complicates-thunderbird-expansion-plans http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2014/03/01/Judge-rules-against-popular-club-s-plans/stories/201403010052 http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/blog/the-next-move/2014/02/thunderbird-expansion-rejected-by.html?page=all ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Update: 8.1.2013 Zoning has approved the Development at 41st and Butler. Currently Lawrenceville United is appealing the…
2.25.15 UPDATE Smoke BBQ Taqueria opened at the beginning of February. Hours are listed as: Tuesday closed Mon-Thurs 11-10PM Friday 11-11PM Sat-Sun 10-11PM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lawrenceville United and Lawrenceville Corporation convened a meeting on December 3, 2013 at Stephen Foster’s to discuss the proposed opening of Smoke BBQ and Taqueria at 4115 Butler Street. A handful…
Thursday, October 10, 2013 6:00 pm Boys & Girls Club 4600 Butler Street Priyyash Inc. (Neil Shah – Manager ) is planning to open “Beer on Butler” a Beer Distributor that will also sell groceries and tobacco products at 4811 Butler Street. Priyyash, Inc. has applied for a Distributor Liquor License (LID 68811, License No….
