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News

CP Year in Review: Executive Editor Ali Trachta’s favorite stories of 2025

by Ali Trachta January 2, 2026January 2, 2026

Specials & Guides

Pittsburgh’s People of Year 2025 — Food & Drink: Alaina Webber and Matt Katase

by Ali Trachta December 3, 2025December 3, 2025

Print from the Past: A Hip Hop Film Festival hit Pittsburgh in 2005

by Ali Trachta November 19, 2025November 20, 2025

News

Letter from the editor: A new season at Pittsburgh City Paper

by Ali Trachta October 15, 2025December 26, 2025

City Paper Best of PGH 2025

Best of PGH 2025

by Ali Trachta September 17, 2025December 26, 2025

Blogs

CP Year in Review: Editor-in-Chief Ali Trachta’s favorite stories of 2024

by Ali Trachta December 31, 2024November 20, 2025

Specials & Guides

People of the Year 2024

by Ali Trachta December 18, 2024August 27, 2025

BEST OF PITTSBURGH 2024 Reader’s Poll

by Ali Trachta September 18, 2024August 27, 2025

Affordable-ish Housing in Pittsburgh: The humble two-bedroom edition

by Ali Trachta August 16, 2024March 26, 2025

News

Pittsburgh might be getting Taylor Swift for Christmas

by Ali Trachta May 16, 2024August 27, 2025

Lidey Heuck’s cookbook Cooking in Real Life is like Barefoot Contessa for Pittsburgh kids

by Ali Trachta March 12, 2024July 18, 2025

News

Evergreen Cafe owner’s car is still out front, now just “loading” in the loading zone every half hour

by Ali Trachta March 1, 2024August 25, 2025

Blogs

CP Year in Review: Editor-in-Chief Ali Trachta’s favorite stories of 2023

by Ali Trachta December 29, 2023August 27, 2025

Blogs

The 10 biggest, baddest Pittsburgh City Paper stories of 2023

by Ali Trachta December 26, 2023May 31, 2025

Specials & Guides

Pittsburgh’s People of the Year 2023: Health

by Ali Trachta December 20, 2023August 26, 2025

News

This Pittsburgh couple’s dog ate $4,000 but they got almost all of it back

by Ali Trachta December 14, 2023July 20, 2025

Whimsical Christmas cocktails, a soup surprise, extra cozy coffee, and more Pittsburgh food news

by Ali Trachta December 5, 2023July 12, 2024

Brunton Dairy burns, Labatt teams up with the Penguins, Wing Zone on the way, and more Pittsburgh food news

by Ali Trachta October 31, 2023May 14, 2025

Best of PGH 2023 Readers’ Poll

by Ali Trachta September 20, 2023August 23, 2025

Arts+Entertainment

Indie Bookseller Spotlight: New releases at City Books

by Ali Trachta July 19, 2023February 11, 2024