The Flavor of Pittsburgh takes riders on tasty tour of city

A new tour around Pittsburgh focuses on the local food that's getting national attention for the city.The Flavor of Pittsburgh food tour features seven stops on a three-hour bus tour that highlights both new restaurants and iconic ones.VIDEO: Watch Michelle Wright's reportBon Appetit magazine has called Pittsburgh "the next big food town" and told its readers that the "Steel City is where you need to eat now."The tour begins downtown in Market Square. At each stop, passengers get generous samples of treats including the famous Mancini's pepperoni roll and the burnt almond torte from Prantl's Bakery -- "The greatest cake America has ever made," according to the headline of a recent Huffington Post story."I think it helps create a sense of pride in our city, not only for people coming from out of town but for those people who live there and say, yeah, that's my city, we are cool, we have cool food and we do cool things," said Sherris Moreira, director of Pittsburgh Tours & More, which is organizing the food tour.The Flavor of Pittsburgh tour donates a portion of every ticket sold to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.More information on Flavor of Pittsburgh Tour:pghtoursandmore.net or 412-323-4709

A new tour around Pittsburgh focuses on the local food that's getting national attention for the city.

The Flavor of Pittsburgh food tour features seven stops on a three-hour bus tour that highlights both new restaurants and iconic ones.



VIDEO: Watch Michelle Wright's report

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Bon Appetit magazine has called Pittsburgh "the next big food town" and told its readers that the "Steel City is where you need to eat now."

The tour begins downtown in Market Square. At each stop, passengers get generous samples of treats including the famous Mancini's pepperoni roll and the burnt almond torte from Prantl's Bakery -- "The greatest cake America has ever made," according to the headline of a recent Huffington Post story.

"I think it helps create a sense of pride in our city, not only for people coming from out of town but for those people who live there and say, yeah, that's my city, we are cool, we have cool food and we do cool things," said Sherris Moreira, director of Pittsburgh Tours & More, which is organizing the food tour.

The Flavor of Pittsburgh tour donates a portion of every ticket sold to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.

More information on Flavor of Pittsburgh Tour:

pghtoursandmore.net or 412-323-4709