Post-Gazette Hearts Bloomfield
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recently posted two great articles about Pittsburgh’s Little Italy that we are excited to share with you. In the first, “A Bloomfield Ramble“, writer Diana Nelson Jones and the BDC’s Karla Owens join walking group the Ramblers for a stroll down Liberty Avenue.
Diana doesn’t normally shop while walking through neighborhoods, so on this trip she discovered Merante Gifts and Box Heart Gallery, which she called “both treasure-troves of artwork, craft and artifact.” The Ramblers slowed to amblers as they stopped in Bloomfield’s unique shops like Groceria Italiana and the Junior League’s Wear After Shop, and we agree with Diana that she “could probably do all my Christmas shopping next year in Bloomfield’s neighborhood shops.”
In yesterday’s Post-Gazette, we were surprised to read “Ten things to love about Bloomfield, Pittsburgh’s Little Italy“, although what made the top ten will come as no surprise to anyone who lives, works, shops or dines here. Of course the number one spot went to Little Italy Days, Bloomfield’s annual festival of Italian food and culture, and the rest reads like a menu of Bloomfield’s international dining options. Read this article, but not on an empty stomach.