The contrast of this beautiful church right next to the arena is really interesting. I'm happy…read morethat the church survived construction of the area, because often places like this are torn down to make room for parking. In addition to the beautiful church, they also house Brother Andre's Cafe (a coffee shop that employs individuals with mental and physical disabilities) and have a very tasty fish fry (now served in conjunction with Brother Andres). There is generally ample parking in one of two lots unless you are there for a busy special event. The inside of the church is cavernous (but in a good way). It has gorgeous details everywhere you look! It is easy to get distracted during Mass just because there are so many things to take a look at. Mass here is reverent, relevant and overall wonderful to attend. They also often host things like Adoration and praise and worship music.

Second in our Pittsburgh LENTEN Fish Fry series. This quaint church is located next to the PPG…read morearena in the Hill District. It was very well organized and a video of the Legendary Trolleys of Pittsburgh was playing on a movie screen at the front of the room for dining entertainment. Fried fish was super crispy, huge and delicious. Pierogies tasted home made and were covered with plenty of sautéed onions. Cole slaw was crispy and delicious. Fries were ok. River views fries from last week were better. The home made cake was a lemon iced cake and fresh and yummy- just not enough of it - understandably because it was only $1!! Beverages were available and there was ample parking . And THEY TAKE CREDIT CARDS!!!All in all a really nice Friday evening dinner..

When I first moved to the Canonsburg area-I was welcomed to this beautiful church with opened arms…read more Not only by the Priest but by the parish. When you enter the church, you are surrounded by all the Saints (icons) that are painted on all the walls. You have to see it to get the feeling

All Saints Greek Food Festival never disappoints. The gyros are always fresh and delicious.read more

I stopped by with CM to check out the fish fry last night. When we got together for an impromptu…read moredate, a friend's check in at another fish fry reminded me that (1) it was Fri.-- fish fry day! and (2) I seemed to recall this was the day of St. Regis's fish fry, which, unlike other fish fries, is not offered every Fri. in Lent. Upon confirming this with the handy-dandy PGH fish fry map, we headed over to check it out. Neither of us had been to a fish fry before, but I'd been to other Catholic church fundraisers (carnivals, bazaars, etc.), and it worked similarly. The event is held in the church social hall, which is around back on Childs St., and was well-signed. You go in, give them your order, pay, and then pick it up, with the whole process taking maybe 10 min. max. The volunteers were very friendly and pretty efficient, despite some of them being older. The prices have gone up a bit since 2013 (presumably due to the cost of fish), but are still quite reasonable, esp. for the amount of food. CM and I both ordered the fried fish dinner for take out, which consisted of a fried fish sandwich, coleslaw, fries, and chocolate cake. Most everything was excellent--the fish was nice and crispy, the roll was high quality and didn't fall apart (my pet peeve with fish sandwiches), the coleslaw was crisp and not soggy, and the cake was moist. The only item that I was less than impressed with was the fries, which were of the frozen crinkle cut variety, and were soft, lacking a crisp exterior. Had it been available, I would have ordered mac and cheese instead of fries, but they were out at the time that we visited (5pm). For our take out orders, they wrapped the fish in foil separately from the roll so that it didn't become soggy in transport. Our bag also contained ketchup packets, but no mayo or tartar sauce, and no napkins or utensils, which would have been nice to have. Overall, we were very pleased with the quality of the food, esp. for the price (total check: $20). While I'm tempted to award a 5 star rating, the non-crispy fries and lack of mac and cheese and utensils and condiments prevent me from doing so. Nevertheless, this is a great fish fry to check out during Lent if you're able to catch it (no pun intended)!

This review relates specifically to the St. Regis Fish Fry, and not actually any of their church…read moreservices, which I haven't attended. Somehow, despite living just a few streets over in South Oakland through six years of college and grad school at Pitt, I never realized that St. Regis does a Lenten fish fry (or they may have just started doing it recently). I went this afternoon for some fish sandwiches for lunch. First of all, the volunteers at the fish fry are so nice. Everyone was friendly and chatty, and super helpful. Apparently, St. Regis is a bilingual church, so there were menus in English and Spanish, and people who spoke both to assist. Second, the food was just awesome. The fish sandwiches are huge and come separated if you order them to-go, so that way your bread isn't soggy by the time you get it home. The breading is so sweet and buttery in flavor, but surprisingly light-feeling. Each fish sandwich comes with a little cup of juicy/crispy coleslaw, a pile of tartar and ketchup packets, a can of pop AND two cookies for dessert! All of this was only $6 per serving. We also got a tray of their pierogies, which are available for $5 a dozen in a variety of 5-6 stuffings. The pierogies are Gosia's, so not made in-house, but still a homemade, local institution. We haven't cooked them up yet, but it is something we are looking forward to. This year, I'm trying to break out of my comfort zone of going to St. Veronica's (now Good Samaritan) in Ambridge for a fish fry, and I'm glad I checked out St. Regis. There's ample street parking in the afternoon, too, if you park up on Parkview and walk down the steps to the cafeteria (the fish fry is the open door on the Childs St. entrance). I highly recommend checking them out!

It was an odd day for me when I happened to be leaving work around 4pm on a Friday during Lent. I…read moresearched the Pittsburgh Fish Fry calendar and found St. Theresa's to be the closest. After my boss also recommended it, I was sold. They have an odd set-up where you wait in line to order. Then you wait in line to be seated. Once seated, you have a server who brings over your food. These seemed a bit inefficient to me, but I guess it works for them. The menu is extensive. For $10 a dinner, you get your fish, a soup and two sides (see my pictures for more details). If you're eating there your meal also includes a drink and bread at no extra charge. They have beer (Miller Lite and MGD) available for donations. I went with the more traditional choices of fried fish, mac n cheese and cole slaw. They also have baked fish or fried shrimp. The fish was good but not great. But the sides were heavenly! I'm still thinking about that thick and creamy mac n cheese and that creamy cole slaw. Items can be purchased a la carte and anything on the menu is available for takeout (online ordering is also available). Good to know I can pick up an order of just that mac n cheese. I will definitely keep St. Teresa's in mind for next Lent. Next time maybe I'll try the baked fish or fried shrimp...and without hesitation I'll add an extra side of mac n cheese.

Really lovely sanctuary and friendly congregation…read more They run a number of community charitable for the neighborhood, including a thrift store and a food bank. Worth visiting.

***This review is for their fish fry only***…read more Another Friday, another fish fry! This time we were off to Riverview Church, which I believe is a newcomer to the fish fry game. This fish fry was really well-organized, with good signage, a simple ordering procedure, numbers to keep track of who gets what food, and placemats with cutlery already distributed on tables. As I've mentioned before, I come to fish fries for the sides, not the fish, so I ordered pierogies and mac and cheese, while my husband ordered a small fish dinner with sides of coleslaw and hush puppies. While I don't think the pierogies were made in-house, they did not appear to be Mrs. T's either....they were legit. The mac and cheese, however, wasn't my favorite...it had too much of that fake boxed mac and cheese taste (the bright orange color should have been my first clue that it wasn't homemade!) My husband's dinner was a home run. The fish here is hand-breaded, and he said that really made a big difference in taste compared to the usual frozen fish fillets served at these things. I stole a few of his hush puppies, and they were really flavorful and not too greasy. Aside from the mac and cheese, we were really happy with the food. And everyone working there was so nice and welcoming! The only downside is that it took sooooo long to get our food....it was 50 minutes from when we ordered to when it was brought out. We weren't in a hurry, so it wasn't a huge deal, but that's kind of a buzz kill when you're super hungry and being tortured with the tantalizing smell of fried goodness. :) It's understandable why the food takes so long, given that the fish is hand-breaded. While everyone waited, they offered popcorn and even brought out some little desserts at one point (I think they were brownies, but not sure...the vultures swarmed and took them all before I had a chance to even see what they were). I think providing snacks while people wait is an adorable and thoughtful touch. Anyway, wait time aside, these guys put together a solid fish fry...this is definitely going on my list for repeat visits!

Review is ONLY for the annual Korean Food Bazaar. I was meeting a fellow yelper/friend…read moreapproximately around two. Now that I have gone through this experience I would have not gone this late, but being a newbie to the Bazaar, and since it was advertised to be going on until 6 or 7, this seemed like a perfectly fine time to meet. Wrong. I got there before my friend, and spent 20-25 minutes driving around looking to park. Terrible. Frustrated I eventually ran into the parking garage on Bellefonte St. I quickly pulled in. Just a quick tidbit on that. I was parked there under 2 hours and it was $5.00. Better than a traffic ticket but a little expensive. If I wasn't so annoyed I would have kept looking. So I get to the church. Again, first timer. I am lost. There seems to be no sense of order. I don't know where to go, or in that case what to do. I knew I was hungry. I knew I wanted to eat, but where is the food??? I saw what appeared to be an unorganized line and jumped in there somewhere to wait for your choice of Dak Ggochi-BBQ chicken on a skewer $3.00, or Korean BBQ Beef, served with rice and marinated cucumbers, $9.00. I chose the latter as I wanted something more filling. After waiting in a rather long line I handed my money over they tossed my beef, rice, and two slivers of cucumber in a takeout bowl. I quickly secured a spot under a tent and dug in while I awaited my friend's arrival. The rice was white, more like the sticky kind. Ok, average really. The beef was cold. I don't mean cool, it was cold. It tasted ok, though I wasn't expecting it to the way it looked, but the flavor was decent. The cucumber was probably my favorite part. But it was such a small, small part. I asked a couple people around me where they got their soup. Finally I was getting some directions. I was told to head inside. Well I didn't even know there was food in there! Once my friend arrived we headed in. So more chaos inside. They had the menu inside, which would have been very helpful when I first arrived since it mapped out where on the grounds or inside to find their different offerings. Unfortunately for us they were out of just about everything. We waited in line for soup, by the time we made it to the front the only dish left was the Hoe Naengmyeon, which almost seemed like a combo of the Mul Naengmyeon since it included half a hardboiled egg. So the dish is chilled spicy buckwheat noodles with skate fish, cucumber, and Korean radish. Maybe it's a cultural thing I am not aware of but, what is up with skate fish? Is it supposed to be full of bones and cartilage? Most of my pieces looked like spines! I was stabbing one piece with my chop stick and it was so tough it wouldn't budge. I tried biting into a piece and it was tough as leather. You can't chew this! Also the bones were everywhere. Pretty gross. This dish was $8.00. On a positive note the noodles and other components were good, but that fish just flat out gross. I spent a decent amount of money attending this event. At least I know for the future to get here early, get a menu, and bother as many people as I can with questions about the cuisine. Clearly no surprise that was the only meal left. More like 2.5 stars, but for the church bumped up to three.

This review pertains to the Korean Food Bazaar event which was held at this church…read more First timer attending this event and thus one pays the price of being clueless on how to get the goods in order to settle all those images of authentic Korean dishes you were expecting to bite into. Out of luck this time. Great food waits for no one. To start with, I agree with all of the comments and summaries from the previous reviewers regarding this event. I could not believe the wonderful turn out and the bustling activity associated with it. It reminded me of ants or bees entering and exiting their mounds or hives. There was a system to the madness but I figured it out a little to late! The volunteers and other bazaar goers were as helpful as they could possibly be in guiding me and my fellow yelper friend work through this maze of activity. The printed up menu listed a wonderful assortment of terrific sounding dishes. We both discovered that only one or two dishes were available so we went with it. It was good, but we both agreed we would have preferred less foreign crunching matter in the noodle dish. All in all, the day was lovely and the actual church itself is a beautiful structure and it was great seeing all the hard work and dedication that went into this yearly affair.

Please visit this pizza kitchen when it reopens on Fridays in the coming months…read more When my elderly Mom was alive, bringing home hot pizza and those sausage rolls just made her smile so much. You don't have to be Italian to enjoy this. The only thing changing is that now it is part of the Archangel Gabriel parish, and the kitchen is still affiliated with St. Mary's Help of Christian Church since the beautiful Mother of Sorrows Church at the end of the block is now closed and scheduled for sale soon. So sad. So many memories come to mind, where thousands received their first communion and Confirmation and so many couples were married and thousands baptized since 1966.

Pizza kitchen is open again...be sure to call or check the website for seasonal hours on Fridays…read more Pizza is amazing and made fresh every Friday! New to their menu is sausage and spinach rolls!' They are available every Friday. UPDATE: 5/13/16 - After 5/13 the Pizza Kitchen will close for the summer but will re-open the weekend after labor day!

It makes me sad that the only review is for a fish fry that hasn't happened in years and that it…read morecauses the rating for MOS to be so low. My family first became acquainted with Mother of Sorrows when my twins were three and participated in Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, a montessori based faith formation program. We were parishioners at another church, but love the program so registered there. MOS is a very welcoming church. I will never forget that, prior to us ultimately joining, we attended Mass and my three year olds were typical three year olds... Loud, moving around a lot, being a tad disruptive. I was mortified and thought "OK, we can never come back to Mass here again" Boy was I wrong. After Mass, three different people approached us with kindness and said things like "thank you for bringing them to Mass, I know it is hard, but this season will pass" Fast forward to now, many years later and both my kids are altar servers at MOS! The warm welcome and encouragement made us realize that this was our home. MOS has a lot to offer. Many Mass times (including a Sunday evening Mass which is perfect when your family is as busy as ours), lots of opportunities to get involved and programming for all ages. They also have a pre-k through 8th grade associated with them. The campus is spread out over a large hill with a lower, upper and side parking lot. Except for the busiest of events, it is fairly easy to get a parking spot. The campus is beautiful and the recently renovated the Church interior to bring the Tabernacle back into the main church. Overall, a welcoming, vibrant community that I love being a part of!

FOOD REVIEW ONLY: To kick off the Lenten Season I got a baked fish sandwich from the Mother of…read moreSorrows, a local Catholic Church near work. I am not catholic but I love fish so every season I make trips to different places to sample their goods. They have a wide variety of seafood offerings and side dishes. Their prices are about on point with everyone else, as is the wait time for ordering. First day open means 25 minute wait. My sandwich was a decent portion and was served with a fresh soft roll. It tasted ok, nothing to get too excited over. A little bland, though to look at it you would think they seasoned it nicely. It lacked salt. Maybe one of the cooks gave that up for lent??? Perhaps the fried fish was better, probably because it's fried right?! But I'm in the trying not to be such a fatso stage, so baked is where it will stay for me. Probably will try them again before the end of the season, especially since they are so close.