Monday, July 7 – Sunday, July 13, 2025
Calling all pickle-lovers and foodies alike! Are you craving a tried-and-true fried pickle? Looking for a fun twist for happy hour?
Curious about pickled treats outside the classic cucumber? Look no further!
We are dill-ighted to announce the return of your favorite pre-Picklesburgh event! Starting a few days before the festival, a Taste of Picklesburgh dill-ivers an array of pickle-themed food, beverages, and merchandise from 23 participating Downtown businesses. Plus, buy a pickle themed item and receive a free Heinz Pickle Pin with your purchase, while supplies last! See below for complete business listing and respective pickle themed items.
Participating Restaurants & Retailers
2 PPG Place, #150
- Cheese and Charcuterie with Giardiniera
- Pasta Salad with Pickled Veggies, Salami, and Mozzarella
- Dirty Pickle Martini
4 PPG Place, #150
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- Chicken Pickle Pizza
- Chicken Pickle Sandwich and Wrap
- Fried Pickle Spears w/ Ranch
- Pickle Vanilla Milkshake
2 PPG Place
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- Spicy Pickle-Rita
- Pickle Lemonade
- Fried Pickles
- Pickle-tini
- Pulled Pork Sandwich
- Cuban Sandwich
- Carolina Fired Chicken Sandwich
613 Penn Ave
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- Samba Song-pickled papaya margarita
- Smoke Town-pickled tomatillo martini
- Pickled Sangrita
435 Market St
- Pickles & Popcorn
- The Big Dill Cocktail
- The Brinemaker (spicy pickle shot & Miller High Life)
310 Forbes Ave.
- Pickled wings
- Pickled flatbread
- Pickle juice martini
- Pickle-back shots
- Pickled Scottish eggs
160 Fifth Ave
- Pickle-print bucket hat
- T-Shirt, “Well paint me green and call me a pickle”
- Socks, “I’m kind of a Big Dill”
125 7th St
- In My Pickle Era Martini (Tito’s Vodka Martini with Pickle Juice)
- Poppin’ Pickle Shot (Jameson Pickleback Shot)
- Pickle Stickers (The Howl at the Moon band will be giving away stickers during the show)
431 Market St
- Pickled Pita
- Your choice of protein as well as a variety of our pickled toppings. (Dill tzatziki, spicy pickled peppered relish, pickled onions, and pickled peppers).
- Pickled Hummus
- Fried Pickles
20 Market Sq
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- Pickleback Shot
- Spicy Bloody Mary with Gherkin and Shrimp
- Oyster Po’Boy with fried pickle chips
144 6th St
- Pickled Corkscrew Pickle, rolled in Coho Cheese on a Stick
- Pickleback Bourbon Smash
- Pickled Sorbet
- Nachos & Cheese w/ Pickle infused Salsa
242 Forbes Ave
- Fried Pickles
- Pickle Wings
- Ground Beef & Pickle Tacos
- Pickle Beer
- Pickle-Rita
- Dirty Pickle Martini
22 Market Square
- Airglow Martini: Dill-infused Wodka Vodka, House Pickle Brine, Dill Oil
- Dill Void: Wigle Eau de pickle aquavit, vicaro olive leaf liqueur, clarified grapefruit, dill, Japanese umami bitters
- Red Dwarf Shot: House Harissa Pickle Brine, Choice of vodka or whisky
5 Market Sq
- Pickle popper smash burger
- Dill me later cocktail
- 10th anniversary Picklesburgh t-Shirt
100 Fifth Ave
- Spicy Pineapple Pickle Lemonade (alcoholic or mocktail)
- Pickle Fries with Buffalo Mustard Aioli
- Tony Montana (pulled pork, ham, Swiss cheese, pickle chips, mustard on french bread)
- Creamy Dill Pickle Soup & Pick(led) Me Flatbread (Garlic Confit, Mozzarella, Provolone, Pickles, Bacon, Onion Straws, Dilly Drizzle)
- Spear in a Beer (Pickle spear in a light beer)