Bloomfield
Pittsburgh's Little Italy, which now reads less as Sicilian enclave than as the affordable strip everyone settled for when Lawrenceville priced them out. Liberty Avenue is the spine: Tessaro's still grills over hardwood, Pleasure Bar still pours like nothing changed, and the old salumeria signage hangs on long after the clientele turned over. The reward is a walkable grid, three-story rowhouses you can almost afford, and a dive bar count that punches above its weight. The tradeoff is parking that tests a marriage and a main drag that thins out fast after 10. Honest charm, fading accent.
Bloomfield by the numbers
Bloomfield runs male-heavy, about 53% men to 47% women.
Median individual income in Bloomfield is about $41,700.
Pennsylvania registers voters by party, and Allegheny County is strongly Democratic, about 55% to 29% Republican, with a 16% independent-and-minor-party bloc.
The median renter in Bloomfield pays about $1,250 a month.
About 4,200 Bloomfield residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Carnegie Museum of Natural History
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Altius
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Carnegie Museum of Art
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Alla Famiglia
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Casbah
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Carmella's Plates & Pints
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Fig & Ash
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Paris 66 Bistro
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Pleasure Bar
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Silky's Pub
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Tina's Cocktail Bar and Restaurant
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Rock Room
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Lilith
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G's On Liberty