Interior of Steel Cactus (restaurant), Shadyside, Pittsburgh, PA
Complementing the "damn good" Mexican food and favorite local slurp ( the "Yinzerita" )is the warm décor made of 100 year old wood and riveted steel for its finishes. "Who knows what authentic is?" partner Adam DeSimone said about the restaurant's tagline. "We missed the boat on that." While this is not a traditional Mexican wall treatment, the smooth surface interrupted by slight changes in depth with altering tones of red, black and yellow transcend the gentrified (read generic) village of Shadyside... and the wood is really old.
(Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/life/restaurant-reviews/2012/10/25/On-the-Table-Steel-Cactus-identity-problem-is-it-a-restaurant-or-a-bar/stories/201210250259#ixzz2rxVwnyfx)
-Chloe
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