#Breakaway grill license
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He said neighbors were asking him if there would be any concerts or loud events at the restaurant late into the night.

#Breakaway grill license

Obtaining the license held by Breakaway was not feasible because it is subject to what Miller said were significant fines that Hesketh would have to pay.Ĭouncilman Todd Mentecki, who lives nearby, raised the only concern. Miller said they sought to transfer the license because none were available in New Kensington. It previously was home to The Breakaway Bar and Grill. Hesketh, co-owner of Twisted Thistle and Market Street Pizza in Leechburg, opened Crossbar in December in a building across from the Pittsburgh Ice Arena. It was unanimously approved by council after a public hearing, but the state Liquor Control Board still needs to OK it, according to Tim Miller, an attorney representing restaurant owner Joe Hesketh. The license for Crossbar Grill is coming into New Kensington from Murrysville. I could not have been more surprised if I had been handed the Stanley Cup to take home for the day.Įven if you haven't the slightest interest in ice - except in a drink - you should try this place.New Kensington Council has approved the transfer of a liquor license into the city for a recently opened restaurant on Craigdell Road. Crunchy on the outside, supple on the inside, with a seriously sweet and sour, seriously sesame tang, it arrived at the table on a delightfully visual square cobalt plate. And the menu wasn't kidding when it called the calamari crisp. The crab and salmon tasted exceedingly fresh. The chowder had the perfect, traditional chowder body - light, not pasty, with a flavorful broth. These, ladies and gentlemen, were delicious. I chose a crab and salmon chowder, and the restaurant's signature dish: crispy sweet and sour calamari, 'soy and ginger reduction topped with sesame seeds.' Yuck.īut wait, what was this? Three-cheese ravioli? Grilled salmon? Filet mignon? My first glance at the menu wasn't encouraging: cheeseburger, Philly cheese steak, mozzarella sticks, onion rings, chicken tenders. It was a tight fit, but the new tables should be installed by the time you read this. It seems there was a slight miscalculation and the tables came in too big for the booths. After I'd squeezed into the booth, I realized why: I am skinny enough to fit in one. Up a few stairs, a second level was outfitted with tables for two and booths, a pair of which could seat larger parties. At the end of the narrow room, a small bar gleams. Set away from the counter is a row of four-top tables. A couple of diners were enjoying the lessons as they ate, perched atop bar stools, at the counter, which runs the length of the glass.

#Breakaway grill windows

To the left, a wall of windows overlooked the Thrashers' ice, where midget-league lessons were in progress. At the very least, someone who cared about visual presentation was at work.Īt the top of the stairs, the cramped but happily lit foyer loomed. The dimly lit staircase, I knew, was a good omen. And as I stepped onto the stairs' midnight blue carpeting, my spirits perked up. Rounding the corner, I came upon a shallow stairwell.

(Where, yes, there is hot chocolate for sale, but not cornmeal mush.) The blocks were skillfully hiding the snack counter I knew was behind it. But now, a row of plants and a curving wall of glass blocks separated me from the hordes of kids in skating skirts intent on becoming the next Michelle Kwan.

I stepped inside, into the same ice-rink holding area that had always been there. Then I spied the bright yellow awning in the corner between the old and new buildings. Needless to say, I was none too optimistic about my chances for eating well when I pulled into the IceForum's parking lot recently. You, tasteful Gwinnett Loaf readers, can imagine what went through my mind when I interviewed the gentlemen who were planning the Thrashers' addition to the existing ice-skating facility in the fast-food franchise-infested environs of Satellite Boulevard and Pleasant Hill Road, and heard their plans to add an 'upscale' place to eat that would serve 'really good food.' Instead, I got Breakaway Grill, a thoroughly snazzy little restaurant overlooking the Atlanta Thrashers' sheet of practice ice at the IceForum in Duluth. I was expecting hot chocolate and cornmeal mush with maple syrup. Hat trick: Breakaway Grill is theicing on the Forum