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GordonsAlive5833 t1_je9tauv wrote

I've lived in Pittsburgh for 34 years and have never heard of any of those places.

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VulturE t1_je9v8w7 wrote

Chengdu Gourmet is a staple in squirrel hill. I order "Diced Chicken with Dried Pepper Chongqing Style" every time I want to eat tiny pieces of crispy chicken in dozens of tiny peppers, I love it for some reason like a guilty pleasure.

I need to try more of their traditional menu.

It's been nationally recognized a few times as one of the best Sichuan restaurants in the US, and makes almost every Pittsburgh top 25 list that there is since it opened.

Their general tso's sauce is correct, but the meat they use for it is a bit weird sometimes for me.

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esushi t1_jeaigwk wrote

Interesting! I have lived here for 34 years and just about everyone I've ever met is absolutely obsessed with all these places. Chengdu Gourmet was our only James Beard Award winner for a long time. Gourmandine is just about our only serious French bakery. Page's is why there's a permanent 30 person line dangerously dangling out into the fastest part of East Carson Street (maybe you pass it on the way to the Waterfront?) every summer. I've been to all 3 in the past month. Every spring all my friends and family are asking each other, "Did you go to Page's yet?! It's open!"

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