Imagine a restaurant that cares enough to wiretap every table to cater to the customers' whims, but also only serves fresh rolls to those who complain.

In the photo it looks like the size and position of your driveway could be mistaken for a small parking lot or multli-resident driveway. If you're confident that no one could make that mistake when viewing it in person, feel free to ignore this. But if you do think it's possible, putting up a sign might prevent it from happening in the future.

Isn't the Dunkin on Forbes in a former Boston Market? The layout seems exactly how I remember the Boston Market being.

FWIW I think he's more of a minor financial backer than a co-owner.

https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/mixtape-returns-from-pandemic-closure-with-new-owners-dance-parties-and-more/Content?oid=23258755

"Under the ownership of operations manager Grace Emmerling and her partner, local DJ Jeff VanFossan"

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"Emmerling says they turned to family members and out-of-state investors – who she calls “minority shareholders" – to help them buy the property. However, Emmerling stresses that she and VanFossan are in total control of the operations."

and I think one or both of the actual co-owners are vegan, because Mixtape is sticking to vegan options and last time I visited Slanted & Enchanted during a First Friday, someone there told me it's going to include a vegan restaurant.

Yep, that's Slanted and Enchanted (the upcoming record store)

Np! It's actually what inspired the thread - Mixtape had already been fully reopen for two weeks before I found out, and that's after a couple weeks of soft opening events too.

They're already back. 😊

Nooooooo 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭

Seconding

I didn't say "there should be a FWGS in the Strip."

You said more than once that you can get everything you would get at the state store at PA Libations, and I pointed out the large category of things that make that untrue.

FWIW, parking is still relevant for those in walking distance. Living in a neighborhood where too many people are fighting for too little parking is a nightmare. It impacts you any time you need to leave your neighborhoods and come back, and it impacts the general safety and peace of trying to go about your day when the streets are overrun with angry drivers, increased accidents, etc.

The state store is the only place to get alcohol from other places.

Tal & Bert Mercantile, locations in Sharpsburg and Dormont

It's Black-owned, woman co-owned, has the most amazing products (maybe you've seen their geode planters and candles online or in a magazine) and above-and-beyond customer service (first plant store I've ever been in where they offered to pot my new plant for me)

we only got two trick or treaters tonight, right before 7. they were old enough to be out on their own and told me they felt like this year there weren't as many people out, and that normally my street is a good one (it runs between Penn Ave business district and the Friendship Parklet).

so it sounds like even if it does vary by street, this also wasn't the most robust year - maybe some people got spooked by the earlier rain, or maybe because it's a Monday?