[I]”Oh and dahtahn there was The Wheel cafe”[/I]
I remember the Wheel Cafe... was replaced by the Chartroom... then I don’t know what. I enjoyed the Wheel... it had survived since the days of Burlesque only to fade away in the 80s....
YES! I should have used burlesque instead of strippers! There is QUITE a difference. The gal I mentioned was a stripper/...well you know. The pics on the wall at the Wheel were mostly Burlesque Entertainers.
The Wheel was so popular even my wife - who is VERY reserved - used to go to The Wheel with her co-workers in trust securities at the then main PNC building at 5th and Wood. They'd get off work and all go there to relax. It was a nice crowd!
The Wheel was also open at 4 or 5 AM for breakfast and sometimes she and I would stop before she had to go to work.
IIRC it was 2 eggs, 2pcs bacon or sausage, pgh homefries, 2 pcs toast and coffee/tea/milk for $1.00! They cooked them on a grill near the front window.
At that time they catered to overnight workers who were heading home.
There are still a few places like that near me in Crafton. Carnegie and such but they are shadows of their former selves.
I often go to Manny's or Alexion's in Rook Station, Carnegie and they aren't bad but not like the old days!
FWIW there are still acouple of "buckets of blood" in Carnegie but the people who go there are NOT the kind you want to hang with. (I do get news story leads/info there though, hehehehe!)