SIMPLE & GOOD

It’s been 31 years!  31 years of serving big portions of home-cooked food and strong drinks at a value price!

Located near the corner of South Craig Street and Forbes Avenue in Oakland, Union Grill is practically across the street from Carnegie Museum and Carnegie Library.  We're within a five minute walk from both Pitt and CMU campuses, and very convenient to Pittsburgh’s UPMC hospitals.

We opened way back on June 13th, 1994 [the day O.J. Simpson DIDN'T do it] with an inexpensive, comfort-food menu of classic Pittsburgh food.  Very little has changed from those early days.  We still serve Oakland’s Best Burger, the Chophouse Burger, which is made from a blend of 40-day-aged Sirloin, Brisket and Steak Trimmings – available ONLY at Union Grill.

Our claim to fame is the Turkey Devonshire, which has been featured in many publications and most recently on The Travel Channel’s “Delicious Destinations” with Andrew Zimmern.”   The Turkey Devonshire – oven-roasted slices of Turkey piled on toast points, topped with a Four-Cheese sauce, bacon & tomatoes and broiled to a bubbly golden brown – was originated by Pittsburgh’s legendary chef, Frank Blandi, in the 1940’s.  (The Sicilian immigrant named it after nearby Devonshire Street, to make it sound “English.”)  Today, we are recognized as the Pittsburgh restaurant that is most faithfully carrying on the tradition of the Turkey Devonshire.

Despite serving an average of over 500 customers a day, Union Grill retains the feel of a neighborhood bar and grill.  We’ve been referred to as “Oakland’s Cheers” and we have the most diverse clientele imaginable!  Stop in after work and you’ll find university students, UPMC doctors, Shadyside and Squirrel Hill residents, professors, museum-goers, kids, and visitors from around the world.  Due to our close proximity to the major event centers in Oakland, like Carnegie Music Hall, Soldier’s and Sailor’s Memorial Hall, and the University of Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center, we are the perfect place to meet before or after an event in Oakland.

We take our reputation for being Oakland’s most centrally-located watering hole very seriously. Copper Mug Mules are definitely “a thing” here – we have a whole list of them and we're the first bar in Pittsburgh to make them with craft-brewed Ginger Beer ON TAP, thanks to Pittsburgh's own Jackworth Ginger Beer!  They're only $7 each but our LATE NIGHT HALF-PRICE HAPPY HOUR drops them down to $3.50 -- and drops All Beers and All Wine to below-dive-bar prices for every day's last two hours of business. (7 to 9 on Sundays and Mondays, and 8 to 10 on Wednesdays through Saturdays.)

So if you find yourself in Oakland and are wondering, "Where do the locals eat?" the answer is Union Grill.