Golden Age Beer welcomes you inside, pho’s on at Yum Yum, and more news for your belly

BOB BATZ JR. & POLLY HIGGINS

Post-Gazette APR 22, 2022

This story has been updated.

New restaurants, long-awaited breweries, reimagined bars. It must be spring. The dining and drinking landscape never completely froze, but, as the earth thaws, we are seeing increased movement. Here’s the latest.

Bob Batz Jr.

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Openings

Golden Age Beer Co. manager Maddie Burton pours a kölsch.(Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)

Golden Age Beer Co.: After a grand opening in mid-April, this lager-loving brewery is, finally, fully open. It first started operating in its courtyard, with pandemic precaution, back in November. In the former (briefly) Enix Brewing space that was Levine Bros. Hardware on Homestead’s main drag, Golden Age is serving food (a tight menu including local beef and veggie smash burgers, house-made bratwurst and a Caesar salad), wine and a roster of cocktails, along with a lineup of lagers, its pale ale and some other brews. It’s holding a Lager Fest on May 14 and is hinting about opening what’s upstairs, which “rhymes with ‘rolling alley.’” 337 E. 8th Ave., Homestead

Koulouri, a popular breakfast item in Greece, at Anthos. (Tom O’Connor)

Anthos Bakery & Café: The culmination of two couples’ shared dream of opening a Greek bakery, Anthos, appropriately, translates to blossom. “We wanted to bring some Greek hospitality when we moved here,” says co-owner Ellie Kousouli, who had lived in Athens. Sit down or take out an array of freshly baked goods (koulouri, a kind of Greek bagel, plus pita and baguettes), deli items (hummus and smoked eggplant, sandwiches, salads) and espresso drinks. It opened April 15. 3803 Willow Ave., Castle Shannon

Pho at Yum Yum, which opened April 9. (Bob Batz Jr./Post-Gazette)

Yum Yum Asian Cuisine: People who live in and visit this Mount Lebanon neighborhood — the original Hitchhiker Brewing Co. is just across the street — have been waiting for years for this place to open in the former Mm Mm Pizza storefront. Mm Mm became Yum Yum, a pan-Asian spot run by Thai native Wilaiwan Riccardi and her husband, Hector Lopez Diego, who plans to contribute some Mexican dishes eventually. It opened on April 9, and it didn’t seem like it was it’s first day. 193 Castle Shannon Blvd, Mt. Lebanon

Coven Brewing: Caiti Sullivan and Trevor Greer officially opened their new brewery in the former Roundabout Brewery space April 6. They’d already been hosting food trucks for sidewalk noshing, and will continue to do so. Recent trucks have included The Boonseek, Stuntpig and Just Roll’d Up. 4901 Butler St., Lawrenceville

Caliente’s seventh restaurant opened April 1.(Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

Caliente Pizza & Draft House: The local chainlet arrives with two news hooks: An April 1 opening for its Crafton location in the same year Caliente turns 10. The new spot is the company’s seventh, on the (slightly cooled) heels of last fall’s Sewickley launch. And while you’re there, try the new(ish) Hazy Dough Dazy IPA, which the restaurant released in mid-October. 288 W. Steuben St., Crafton