Double Wide Grill

We were up bright and early this beautiful Saturday to save a place in line at nearby REI's garage sale. We finished up around 10:30, just in time for a late breakfast (or "brunch") at the Double Wide Grill in Pittsburgh's South Side. We've always wanted to try this place, but since they aren't officially a breakfast place, they don't open until later than we are usually willing to eat. (10am-2pm are scheduled brunch-hours.) But timing is everything, and we were happy to check out this unique establishment, which turned out to be a welcome change from our ordinary Saturday Breakfast in Pittsburgh.

And if it looks to you like it's an old gas station, you have good eyes! Indeed this corner lot has been converted to a restaurant/bar and has intentionally retained as much of the service station feel as possible. There's even an old truck suspended from the ceiling above the bar. Oh yeah, it is also a bar. But really, how many restaurants on the South Side aren't doubling as bars these days?

It was thankfully a little too early for bar-hopping this Saturday morning, so we stuck to the brunch menu, focusing of course on the breakfasty parts. Interestingly there are many vegetarian and vegan choices on their menu. Husband (I presume unintentionally) picked one of them, which was the Huevos Rancheros (three scrambled eggs, seasoned black beans, grilled peppers & onions atop two corn tortillas with melted jack cheese, cilantro and a spicy chipotle tomato sauce, served with home fries) and one lonely pancake on the side. I was tempted to try the cream cheese Stuffed French Toast, but ended up ordering the Double Wide Benedict (two fried eggs, crispy smoked bacon and spinach on top of house made corn bread, finished with a sweet corn, green chile hollandaise sauce) - mainly because I wanted to try the corn bread. Food was pretty good - and a welcome change from our typical Saturday adventures.

All in all a unique experience. Very interesting atmosphere with all the vintage service station decor.