2024 | Business + Services | Pittsburgh

Best Of PGH

  • Best Of PGH 2024: Business + Services

    Best Alterations Shop/Tailor
    Topaz Thimble
    2882 Glenmore Ave., Dormont.
    topazthimble.com
    2nd: Kait’s Craftations & Alterations
    3rd: Old Flame Mending

    Best Art Studio/Artist Co-op Space
    Pittsburgh Glass Center
    5472 Penn Ave., Bloomfield.
    pittsburghglasscenter.org
    2nd: Redfishbowl
    3rd: Johnos Art Studio

    Best Attorney
    Nicole Nino Rosato (Phil DiLucente & Associates)
    310 Grant St., Suite 1801, Downtown.
    getphil.com/attorneys/nicole-d-nino
    2nd: Sarah Krolikowski
    3rd: Wakefield Law Group

    Best Automotive Shop
    Flynn’s Tire & Auto Service
    Multiple locations. flynnstire.com
    2nd: Glenshaw Auto
    3rd: Walter's

    Best Barber Shop
    House of Handsome
    2906 W. Liberty Ave., Dormont.
    houseofhandsome.com
    2nd: Crown Barbershop
    3rd: Dark Root Barbershop

    Best Bed and Breakfast
    Inn on Negley
    703 South Negley Ave.. Shadyside.
    innonnegley.com
    2nd: The Priory
    3rd: The Brownsville Road House

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    Best BIPOC-Owned Business: Curated Flame

    Best BIPOC-Owned Business
    Curated Flame
    505 Grant Ave., Millvale.
    curatedflamepgh.com
    2nd: Wild Rise Bakery
    3rd: STEAM Beauty and Wellness

    Best Black-Owned Barber Shop
    Dev’s Barbershop
    2012 Monongahela Ave., Swissvale.
    instagram.com/devbarbershopcrew
    2nd: Cutz By Corey
    3rd: Sanctuary Barbershop by Bam Cuts

    Best Black-Owned Hair Salon
    HBLS Hair Studios
    423 Lincoln Ave., Bellevue.
    instagram.com/hbsl_hair_studios_
    2nd: Kimberly’s Hair Garden
    3rd: Allure Beauty Bar

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    CP Photo: Colin Williams

    Best Body Piercing Shop
    Black Horizon Tattoo
    140 Sixth St., Downtown.
    blackhorizontattooandpiercing.com
    2nd: Hot Rod Piercing Co.
    3rd: Pittsburgh Tattoo Company

    Best Coworking Space
    COhatch
    Multiple locations.
    cohatch.com/locations/pittsburgh
    2nd: Emerald City
    3rd: Fulton Commons

    best credit union
    Clearview Federal Credit Union
    Multiple locations.
    clearviewfcu.org
    2nd: Pittsburgh Federal Credit Union
    3rd: Hill District Federal Credit Union

    Best Dance Studio
    The Dance Company for the Performing Arts
    3604 Fifth Ave., North Versailles.

    2nd: Joy School of Dance • North Versailles
    3rd: Dance Unleashed

    Best Day Spa
    Heal Pgh
    901 Western Ave., North Side.
    pghacuandmassage.com
    2nd: The Sewickley Spa
    3rd: Evolve Wellness Spa

    Best Dry Cleaner
    Ruby’s Cleaners
    4026 Monroeville Blvd., Monroeville.
    rubys-cleaners.com
    2nd: Owl Cleaners
    3rd: Suburban Dry Cleaners

    Best Fitness Center
    ASCEND Climbing
    Multiple locations.
    ascendclimbing.com
    2nd: Burn Boot Camp
    3rd: Death Comes Lifting

    Best Florist
    Violet Street Florist
    512 California Ave., Avalon.
    violetstreetflorist.com
    2nd: The Farmer’s Daughter
    3rd: Dormont Florist

    Best Guided Tour
    The Gateway Clipper
    350 W. Station Square Dr., Station Square.
    gatewayclipper.com
    2nd: Passport to Pittsburgh
    3rd: Buffalo Bill’s House (Silence of the Lambs film location)

    Best Hair Salon
    Salon Botanico
    4522 Library Rd., Bethel Park.
    vagaro.com/salonbotanico
    2nd: Denham & Co. Salon
    3rd: Studio E Salon

    Best Health Advocacy Group
    Planned Parenthood of Western PA
    933 Liberty Ave., Downtown.
    plannedparenthood.org
    2nd: Central Outreach Wellness
    3rd: Listen, Lucy

    Best Independent Pharmacy
    Hieber’s Pharmacy
    Multiple locations. hiebers.com
    2nd: Bloomfield Drug Store
    3rd: Spartan Pharmacy

    Best Lash Artist
    Jenna walker
    vagaro.com/estheticsbyjenna
    2nd: Nicole Calabrese
    3rd: Alannah Marie Bernhardy

    Best Lash Studio
    Onyx & Aura
    431 Beaver St., Sewickley.
    onyxandaura.com
    2nd: La Vie Lashbar & Esthetics
    3rd: Calabrese Lashes & Esthetics

    Best LGBTQ - Owned Business
    PSquare Scents
    469 Lincoln Ave., Bellevue.
    psquarescents.com
    2nd: Leona’s
    3rd: Harold’s Haunt

    Best Massage Therapist
    Pittsburgh Center for Complementary Health and Healing
    1124 S. Braddock Ave., Regent Square.
    pghhealthandhealing.com
    2nd: Kneaded Tranquility
    3rd: Soulista Healing Massage & Reiki

    Best Medical Spa
    fillir
    Multiple Locations.
    fillir.com
    2nd: Known Aesthetics
    3rd: Inclusive Aesthetics

    Best Music Recording Studio
    Mr. Smalls Recording and Mastering
    922 W. North Ave., North Side.
    mrsmallsrecording.com
    2nd: Little Giant Studio
    3rd: Razorblade Recordings

    Best Nail Artist
    Meghan Artuso (Beauty Bungalow)
    2944 W. Liberty Ave., Dormont.
    beautybungalowpgh.com
    2nd: Lizzi Styslinger
    3rd: Celia Mcbride (The Nail Room 412)

    Best Nail Salon
    Beauty Bungalow
    2944 W. Liberty Ave., Dormont.
    beautybungalowpgh.com
    2nd: Beli Nails
    3rd: The Nail Room 412

    Best Nonprofit
    412 Food Rescue
    412foodrescue.org
    2nd: 412Thrive
    3rd: Cancer Bridges

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    CP Photo: Mars Johnson
    Best Personal Trainer: Zak Belmont

    Best Personal Trainer
    Zak Bellant
    636 E. Warrington Ave., Allentown.
    deathcomeslifting.com

    Zak Bellante’s vision of fitness for misfits has given Pittsburgh something truly special: a gym for basically anyone in any body. While Death Comes Lifting, from an aesthetic point of view, suits its Allentown home perfectly, it’s what’s inside this pink Victorian building that really matters — namely, an inclusive environment and playlists curated for metalheads, punks, and hip-hop stans alike. Motivated both by his past struggles with health and a nonlinear fitness journey, Bellante brings something that’s harder to find at commercial gyms: empathy. It’s largely Death Comes Lifting’s community mindset that’s propelled him to the top of this list, but hosting badass events such as doom-metal yoga classes certainly doesn’t hurt, either. -Colin Williams

    2nd: Donal “Donny” Levi Donovan
    3rd: Will Marshall

    Best Pet Daycare
    Camp Bow Wow
    Various locations.
    campbowwow.com
    2nd: Pittsburgh Paws Pet Resort
    3rd: The Dog Stop

    Best Pet Groomer
    Puffy Paws Dog Grooming
    1726 Mt. Royal Blvd., Glenshaw.
    instagram.com/@puffypawsdoggrooming
    2nd: The AuStella Pet Parlor
    3rd: All God’s Creatures

    Best Place to Adopt a Pet
    Trash Cat Rescue
    trashcatrescue.org
    2nd: Humane Animal Rescue Pittsburgh
    3rd: Animal Friends

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    Best Place To Take Recycling: Construction Junction

    Best Place to Take Recycling
    Construction Junction
    214 North Lexington St., Point Breeze.
    cjreuse.org
    2nd: Michael Brothers
    3rd: Recycling Dropoff at Railroad/31st St. (Strip District)

    Best Printmaker/Poster Designer
    Signs N’ At
    1617 B S Braddock Ave., Edgewood.
    signsnat.com
    2nd: Press Craft Printers
    3rd: PGH Print Ship

    Best Psychic/Tarot Reader
    The Golden Deer Tarot
    goldendeertarot.square.site
    2nd: The Menagerie
    3rd: Sparkledragon’s Magical Emporium

    Best Real Estate Agency
    Alli Blydenburgh (Coldwell Banker)
    6305 University Blvd., Moon Township.
    coldwellbankerhomes.com
    2nd: Kim Esposito
    3rd: Neighborhood Realty

    Best Social Justice Organization
    SisTers PGH
    2014 Monongahela Ave., Swissvale.
    sisterspgh.org
    2nd: 1Hood
    3rd: City of Asylum

    Best Spray Tan
    MOKA
    5144 Butler St., Lawrenceville.
    mokaglow.com
    2nd: Studio Glow
    3rd: Kiki Beauty Bar

    Best Tattoo Shop
    Black Horizon Tattoo Co
    140 Sixth St., Downtown.
    blackhorizontattooandpiercing.com
    2nd: Sanctuary Pittsburgh
    3rd: Ice 9 Studio

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    Photo courtesy of Paul G. Wiegman
    Best Wedding Venue: Phipps Conservatory

    Best Wedding Venue
    Phipps Conservatory and Gardens
    One Schenley Dr., Oakland. phipps.conservatory.org
    2nd: Over Eden
    3rd: Kinsey Events Warehouse

    Best Women-Owned Business
    Clementina Soy Wax Candles
    clementinahandmade.com
    2nd: Rising River Martial Arts
    3rd: Knot Now, Not Later - Massage by Maddie Taylor

    Best Yoga Studio
    Sterling Yoga and Wellness
    393 Vanadium Rd., Suite 201 & 202, Woodville. sterlingyoga.com
    2nd: Black Cat Yoga
    3rd: All Bodies Welcome Yoga