Tazza D'Oro : Excellent Pittsburgh Coffee Shop

My friend Mark and I have been meeting at coffee shops lately, and there's a few places I've heard of and have wanted to go see so I'm trying to work them into our pattern.

Wednesday evening we met at Tazza D'Oro in Highland Park. I became aware of them because they sponsor group bike rides.

On Tuesdays they have the Team Decaf ride, which is a comfortable, mostly-flat "C" ride with a no-drop atmosphere. On Thursdays they have the Team Caffeine ride, which is an A-/B ride with hills. They're considering a Team Half-Caf ride, which splits the difference.

I was pleased to have a chance to go visit. Excellent coffee - I had a cafe au lait first, and later a cappuccino. Excellent staff, lots of seats at small tables, Wifi. The people skewed a bit older than what you'd see at the BeeHive — the Tazza D'Oro crowd was more in the grad-student to 40-something spectrum.

FWIW, excellent coffee shop, highly recommended.