Squirrel Hill Cafe

Be prepared for second hand smoke

I must have missed something the other reviews got about the Squirrel Cafe. Granted, we stopped in for lunch on Saturday so maybe it is more interesting in the evening. It struck me as a diner with a bar in it. The food was mediocre (homemade cheese dip is not cheese you put in salsa and melt in the microwave) and the pepperoni roll, while good, was tiny. Beer selection in bottles was good but the draft selection was limited. The Squirrel Cafe seemed like a little mom and pop place. Character can only get you so far. You need to have a reason to come back and, for me, neither the food or the beer selection was enough.

The Squirrel Hill Cafe or as it is locally called, the Cage is a cool place to grab a beer and watch the Pens play.  The food is incredibly cheap and surprisingly good and the beer is cheap.  I went with a friend recently and had a bacon cheese burger, a giant basket of cheese fries, and a pitcher of Yuengling and my bill was only $15.  I almost died when I saw how cheap it was.  This wasn't my first time there and certainly won't be my last.