Tom Deinhart names some of his favorite places to grab some grub when covering college football games.

Primanti Bros at Pitt: Tucked among the bustle of a section of town called Oakland, this Steel City staple features primo sandwiches. Oh, they come with French fries — on TOP of the sandwich. I bet Ironhead Heyward ate here. He just had to. Sure wish I could have dined with him.

One of my favorite post-hangover places to grab breakfast/lunch on Sundays around 2 in the afternoon.

Now I have to wonder about what this means for parking at Heinz Field in the future. And that really is my only concern. Will this eat into the parking there, and push more people out to the lots where we are tailgating for Pitt games?

The entertainment and retail developer that was involved in the redevelopment of the Inner Harbor in Baltimore and a new entertainment district in Louisville, Ky., is close to securing land on Pittsburgh’s North Shore.

David Cordish, chairman of The Cordish Co. in Baltimore, said Cordish Co. and Continental Real Estate Cos. are partnering to buy and lease several tracts of property between Heinz Field and PNC Park.

The development will be closer to Heinz Field than the baseball park, according to Mr. Cordish.
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Cordish hopes to build one of its signature urban “Live” districts, which can be found in Louisville, Kansas City, Baltimore and elsewhere. “Power Plant Live!” in Baltimore and “4th Street Live!” in Louisville feature shops, clubs, restaurants and bars, many of which are chain or franchise outlets and can already be found in Pittsburgh.

Louisville’s version, for example, has a Hard Rock Cafe, a Red Star tavern, a T.G.I. Friday’s, Lucky Strike Lanes and a Saddle Ridge rock-n-country saloon.

Just what we need. More chain restaurant, bar food.

I don’t really dislike chains or feel that they totally become soulless voids that need the requisite amount of “flair” on their employee uniforms. God knows when you have kids you end up at them often enough because they have beer for you and food the kid will eat. Just don’t expect me to want to go there when I’m actually free for those few hours and I can delude myself that I’m not really an adult.