Independently, Locally Owned Since April 2002.
What is now 17th Street Cafe started out in the late 1800s as a butcher shop and single-family dwelling. Back in those days Steel was King, and the South Side was home to mainly immigrants who came to America and Pittsburgh to work in the steel mills. The South Side at the time was a soot-ridden, work hard, play hard environment. The 17th Street Cafe opened in 1988. Our credo is simple:...