Bar none, Double Wide Grill is the best place to spend a summer night in Pittsburgh. The restaurant is housed in a converted gas station, and its former parking lot is now covered with picnic tables. Globe lights twinkle overhead and a corn hole pit beckons patrons from the corner of the outdoor seating area. There's no bad seat on the patio, with gorgeous public art murals bookending the restaurant and a parade of Carson Street humanity constantly marching by. \n\nBecause it is housed in a converted gas station, Double Wide has adopted a white trash theme. (Hence the 'Double Wide' moniker.) Customers can order a six-pack of beer delivered to their table in a cooler, or a custom-made TV dinner on a tray. As a recent Tennessee transplant I am constantly on the lookout for good barbecue, and Double Wide has that as well. Although not up to Knoxville standards, my pulled pork platter was juicy and tender, and the cornbread was incredibly sweet and delicious. I do, however, take issue with the restaurant's coleslaw, which isn't the creamy, homestyle mixture that I adore, but a bizarre tangy concoction full of cherries. Cherries? Seriously? If Double Wide truly wants to make a name as an arbiter of great southern fare, they will have to remedy the coleslaw situation.\n\nThat having been said, pretty much everything I've ordered at the restaurant has been excellent. This includes crab, black bean and corn fritters, a portabella mushroom stuffed with spinach and brie, the barbecue chicken ranch salad, and several types of tacos. Surprisingly a full page of the menu is devoted to vegetarian and vegan options, so something is truly available to satisfy every member of your group. And that includes canines! Not only is Double Wide's patio dog friendly, but they boast an entire menu devoted to the beasts. My pup, Radar, loves coming to Double Wide, where he plays in the mulch around the shrubbery, receives tons of love and attention, and gets to eat a piece of grilled chicken or beef made just for him! \n\nSitting outside on a warm summer night, drinking with your friends and watching the city move past is one of the best feelings in the world, and in Pittsburgh, Double Wide Grill is the place to do it.
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