bEST of GOODS + SERVICES over lingering feelings of awkwardness in the monkey house. _________ 2nd: Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side 3rd: Carnegie Science Center, North Side
BEST BOWLING ALLEY
ARSENAL LANES
212 44th St., Lawrenceville 412-683-5992 or www.arsenalbowl.com
_________ Arsenal mixes a normal bowling-alley experience with a trip to the bar, replete with live bands on Wednesday nights and DJs spinning ’80s and ’90s music on other evenings. It’s a big hangout for twentysomethings on Friday and Saturday nights, and the signature drink at the bar? The Dudeapproved White Russian, of course. _________ 2nd: Forward Lanes, Squirrel Hill 3rd: Paradise Island Bowl, Neville Island
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BEST THING YOU WILL NEVER EVER AGAIN TAKE FOR GRANTED
POINT STATE PARK FOUNTAIN Reason: Forgot about it for four years and then all of the sudden it’s back and I can’t imagine the city without it again. Fireworks and the fountain for Pittsburghers are like light to a moth.
BEST EVENT-RENTAL SPOT
PHIPPS CONSERVATORY 1 Schenley Park, Oakland 412-622-6914 or www.phipps.conservatory.org
_________ True, Phipps’ Summer Flower Show just ended — but the Fall Flower exhibit is ready to begin. And where else in town but this venerable Victorian greenhouse can you hold a cocktail reception in an outdoor garden and treat your wedding guests to a Tropical Forest Conservatory … year-round? _________ 2nd: Pittsburgh Opera Headquarters, Strip District 3rd: Union Project, Highland Park
BEST OF PITTSBURGH 2013
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