AMAZING!! The best churros I've ever had! The Eggrolls and sushi were great too. Best gas station…read moreever.

This school ruined my life. First off, I was bullied so badly that kids were literally throwing…read moregarbage at me and even telling me no one cared about me or what I even had to say. I would complain about this issue and the principal actively chose not to help me and thought it was better to blame everything on me. I was also sexually assaulted for months by a classmate and I was blamed for that too and I have the papers still that even say that I was the cause of the bullying and sexual assault. I was terrified of certain classmates because of the assaults and I was told it was my fault. They did nothing to help me move on from this traumatic experience and they definitely never told me my rights as a victim. Now the school district acts like they care about their students and about bullying and teen suicide. They don't. They are just doing it because they want to look good in society's eyes. They didn't care that I became extremely depressed because of the bullying I was receiving or that I was considering to end it all. I even had an extremely noticeable cry for help one day in class and literally no one noticed that I was ready to hurt myself but I couldn't do it. I am very ashamed to be a graduate from this horrible school district. I made it out barely alive and basically had a complete mental meltdown two weeks after I graduated and still need intense therapy just to be able to move on. I can never get those four years of my life back and I can't even get justice for myself at this point.

Fish Fry Time! I live in Bloomfield and come every year for the fish fry at least once. The women…read moreof the church making the food and running the fry are characters for sure. They make a mean fish sandwich and an even meaner Mac and Cheese. It's so creamy and the cheese sauce is like velvet to the lips. There's still time this year to check them out if you can.

---Fish fry review---…read more Given the frigidity of the weather in PGH today and the fact that my friend called off due to having a stomach bug, I opted to make the next stop on my tour of PGH fish fries somewhere relatively close to home. After checking out the infamous PGH fish fry map, I decided on St. Maria Goretti because it was slightly closer and more easily integrated into my normal Fri. evening errand run than Sacred Heart in Shadyside. *Note:* the fish fry is held at the school on Friendship instead of the church on Liberty--they're only two blocks apart, but there's no signage at the church mentioning this. As per usual, I phoned in my order ahead of time to avoid waiting in line and ensure efficient service. Upon arriving at the cafeteria and mentioning my advance order, the people working the food line looked at me and then each other with blank stares. Fortunately, they were good-humored and apologetic about the mix-up and served an order up for me pronto, so after paying for my fried fish dinner ($10), I was still able to beat a relatively hasty exit. Before describing the food, I should note that the packaging for my take out order could have been better. It was served in the standard foam carton and wasn't secured with tape or anything else, so it slid around somewhat in my subsequent travels. Additionally, unlike most other fish fries I've been to, the fish was just plopped on the bun instead of wrapped properly in foil. I realize that these oversights may have been due to the rushed fulfillment of my order, but they're more important to me than to most due to not having a convenient means of transportation at my disposal, so they're worth a mention. I was finally able to eat the food about an hour and a half afterward due to running errands--unsurprisingly, it required brief nuking to get it up to optimal temperature prior to consumption. Fortunately, I didn't feel that this took away from it at all. The fish was generous in portion, meaty, and had a nice crispy (cornmeal?) coating, and the bun stood up to it pretty well. The sides (mac and cheese and green beans) were better in quality than sides I've had at other local fish fries--the beans were well cooked and the mac was tender. My only criticism was that the mac was kind of dry at the time of consumption, but I noticed that a decent amount of the sauce leaked out of the takeout container, so I imagine it would have been a lot moister if I'd eaten it on the spot (it certainly looked that way at the time of serving). Overall, I found St. Maria Goretti's fish fry to be pretty good by PGH standards. The food was decent and reasonably priced, and although there was a decent crowd, it wasn't crazy busy like some others I've been to. As I mentioned, it's held at the school, so unsurprisingly, there were several young children there (though not as many as at St. Raphael's). For those seeking a child-free fish fry, I recommend Epiphany uptown, which seems to serve mainly a young professional clientele. Bon appetit!

Best jumbo fish sandwich in the world... only during Lent, so I get them every Friday during…read moreLent...gotta order ahead and pick up only!

***Note that this review is for their fish fry only!***…read more Another fish fry season is upon us! So that means for the next several Fridays, we'll be having dinner with a zillion of our fellow 'Burghers packed into church basement cafeterias. Our recent fish fry adventures took us to St. Raphael (although this one is actually held in their elementary school, not the church itself). We had read good things about this one, and it's close to our house, so we figured we'd kick off the fish fry season there. As with most fish fries, there was quite a line when we went, but it seemed to move at a reasonable pace (I think we only waited about 15 minutes or so). Now, for obvious reasons, I don't expect fish fries to deliver the same quality as a restaurant. So I try to evaluate them relative to each other. Admittedly, I'm not a fish eater (yeah, I know...why am I reviewing a fish fry?) Well, I love fish fry season for the abundance of other homemade offerings -- haluski, mac and cheese, pierogies (seriously, is there anything better than a church basement pierogie?!) Anyway, the fish fry here was quite meh. I got the pierogie dinner with sides of mac and cheese and corn. My hubby (who IS an avid fish fan) got the fried fish sandwich with fries and slaw. Both meals also came with a roll. I was super excited about my pierogies, as they were drenched in butter and onions, like good artery-clogging pierogies should be, but I took a bite and -- ACK! Mrs. T's! These were not church basement pierogies. I was so sad. The mac and cheese was also clearly frozen and not good at all (flavorless and mushy). My hubby was pretty ambivalent about his dinner as well. He stated that the fish on his sandwich tasted like a run-of-the-mill frozen fish fillet -- not terrible, not great. Overall, compared to other fish fries in the area, both my husband and I thought that this one is pretty average.

---Fish fry review---…read more I stopped by St. Raphael's fish fry this evening around 5:45 with a friend who lives in Highland Park. Given that she'd never been to a fish fry before, I was excited to introduce her to this time-honored PGH Lenten tradition. Based on the crowd we encountered, this must be one of the most high volume fish fries in PGH--despite the ordering and fulfillment processes being fairly efficient, it took us over half an hour to order and receive our food, and there were at least 20 people ahead of us. For my meal, I ordered the fried fish dinner with mac and cheese and pierogies as sides ($10) . My friend, who's a GF eater, ordered the baked fish dinner with fries and cole slaw as sides ($10). Interestingly, our assessments of the food were complementary to one another. For my part, I enjoyed the fish, which had a nice crispy battered coating and was tender and flaky inside. However, I found the sides lackluster--the mac and cheese was a previously frozen variety that had clearly been microwaved based on its consistency, taste, and the way its foam container fell apart, and the pierogies, which were super bland, were clearly Mrs. T's. On the contrary, my friend said her fish had a weird texture, suggesting that it was overcooked. However, she enjoyed the sides--esp. the cole slaw, which was of the creamy variety. Nevertheless, the portion of cole slaw was on the small side in comparison to the other sides. While I don't hold fish fries to the same culinary standard as restaurants, the uneven quality of the goods at this one in comparison to others I've tried lead me to award a rating of 3.5. For an optimal experience, I suggest sticking to the fish sandwich (which comes with a seeded bun, I noticed!) with a side order of fries and cole slaw, and calling in an order ahead of time.

Great school could have stayed open but the church across the street didn't see any reason to keep…read moreit open. We had enough kids to stay open.

Not bad. Not bad. Definitely could use some spice in there life. Simple things like any other…read morerestaurant. Salad, pizza. Multiple different things. They're menu changes everyday. Only thing that could get a fixing is the time. You only get around 20 minuetes to eat. That could get upped to 30 possible. The pizza is just bland. Little too cheesy to be honest. The salad. Could use more ingredients maybe. The deli has been out of pepperoni since august. So if your looking for the pepperoni this is not the place for it.

I could not ask for a more caring group then the staff at E.U.M. They are involved with my…read moredaughters education and moral development. What makes me relaxed most of all is my daughter can't wait to go so she can mingle with the staff and her friends. They have hours to help a working parent. This facility is heaven sent.

While never a student at CMU, I have many friends who were and friends that are professors at the…read moreschool. However, I have been affiliated with the university in some way or another throughout my life. Whether for film festivals, librabry visits, collabs with the art school I attended, seeing President Obama speak, or attending ska shows (that's right, back in the day it was the place to be for a good show), I have spent a lot of time on campus. It was a nice walk from my place in Bloomfield as well. The campus is beautifully landscaped with gorgeous buildings. The architecture is just wonderful. Staff and faculty that I have come in contact with over the years are stellar human beings.

A world class institution with strong programs in Robotics, Engineering, and the Performing Arts…read more I regularly attend their musical performances which feature great programming and artistic interpretation. It's a beautiful campus with lots of traditions.