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CLOSED: Brillobox
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Veg-options
Vegan-friendly
American
Mediterranean
Beer/Wine
Delivery
Non-veg
Serves meat, vegan options available. A few vegan food choices such as seitan gyros, veggie burger, Israeli burger, and tofu skewers. Reported closed, Aug 2020.
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4104 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 15224
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Last update on 21 Aug 2020 by veggie666
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Added by ·X· on 06 Dec 2011
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7 Reviews
First Review by ·X·
ccas37
Points +32
Good - Edit
I have been here a couple of times. It's a fun dive bar. The tofu banh mi is very tasty. Seitan wings are good but not great. Plan to go again.
Read morePros: Good food!
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pumpkinseed234
Points +6
New menu- even more options! - Edit
Love this place! Old menu had a decent sprinkling of veg options, but they recently released a new menu that is half veg and has some very creative dishes.
Read moreIf you look at their instagram, they have "sunday night veg" where the chef makes a special dish of the day (not always vegan but can be made vegan). Always looks amazing, although I haven't gotten the special yet. Usually like $7 too.
Drinks are a little pricy (for Pittsburgh at least) but always good/strong. Good vibes and cool decor
Pros: options, creative menu, good vibes
Cons: pricey drinks, service sometimes on slower side
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michele6952
Points +428
Awesome experience!! - Edit
Had my first Pizole experience....... holy heat!!! Husband had the seitan wings & fries.... huge portions, loooovvveeeee the atmosphere & super friendly staff....
Read morePros: Great options, friendly staff, affordable
Cons: None
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EV
Points +16
Best Vegan Option Bar Food - Edit
Brillobox is a great bar. And they have awesome food for everyone. I'm vegan, and I love the wings, the bahn mi, and most of the seasonal specials too. Great staff, and a comfortable place to be.
Read morePros: Lots of vegan options
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FoodAndLoathing
Points +294
Good menu options, at least 1 terrible bartender - Edit
Brillobox has a lot of vegetarian and vegan choices on the menu, and the vegetarian ones can generally be made vegan. When I was last there, they had a vegetarian/vegan special every Sunday evening. By that I mean it was a low-cost non-regular menu choice that was actually vegan, but came automatically with some cheese on the top for no reason unless you requested it be vegan.
Read moreThat said, on the topic of requesting it be vegan, when I finally made it in to get this special, I asked the bartender if it was vegetarian or vegan and he said it could be made vegan. So I asked, "What do you do to make it vegan?" because I wanted to know if it was a significant enough change to make it more worthwhile to just order an already-vegan item off the menu. His answer? "You know, a lot of vegans come here." OK, rude awful hipster bartender. Please go eff yourself now. It really made me hate this bar, Pittsburgh, and planet Earth. The real answer was, "We sprinkle nutritional yeast on instead of dairy cheese," but I actually never got that straight answer out of him. It's one of these things that somehow still sticks with me. I mean, I moved to the San Francisco bay area and I never have to see the awful gray slush of the 'burgh again, but I still cringe to think of that horrible bartender and his jerk beard.
OK, maybe I'm overreacting. Point is, pretty nice vegan food for a bar.
Pros: a few nice menu options, food in a bar, nice there when it's empty
Cons: rude hipster bartender, cheese added for no reason, I think that guy just hated vegans
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plumerider
Points +56
vegan pub food! - Edit
i really enjoy this bar. they have a great beer and cocktail selection, a lot of vegan options on their menu, and they play great music in a relaxed, down-to-earth atmosphere.
Read moreeven if an item on the menu says vegetarian, ask your server if they can veganize it. i ordered a sandwich that had mayo, and my server told me that they could use vegan mayo instead which was great.
the ONLY thing that i will say that is a negative: the bar has a strong odor that is a mix between old beer and mustiness, even though they leave the large, floor-length windows open in nice weather and the place appears to be clean. weird!
Pros: great beer , lots of vegan options, relaxed atmosphere
Cons: musty scent
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·X·
Points +22942
Brillobox - Edit
Brillobox can be described has a fancyish hipster bar - it was also a favorite of my bf when he lived in Pittsburgh. I really liked the atmosphere and decor, and was also quite surprised to see all of the vegetarian and vegan options on the bar food menu. I recommend the seitan gyros... If you're not hungry, just stop in for a drink, the atmosphere is laid back and fun.
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