Pittsburgh Blue Businesses

A 2025 List of Where To Spend in Pittsburgh

Here’s the most up to date list at the moment. Where possible, I’ve included designations like woman-owned, AAPI, etc. Again, if there are any changes to be made don’t hesitate to comment below or email me ejpostiswriting@gmail.com. This list is designed to help choose where you may want to spend your money, or where you may not. Businesses/companies that are written in italics are included as better options in categories where there may not be many obvious blue businesses (less political spending, more blue political spending compared to red, more positive reports of making customers comfortable no matter what their identity, etc.). Listings that are crossed out could be for a few reasons; they are republican/cheeto donors, have a history of unfair labor practices such as union-busting, or are vocally pro-cheeto, anti-immigrant, anti-LGBTQIAA+, etc.

This list will be ever-evolving. And as a side note, I am only one person and these are not readily available designations. This is crowd-sourced information, and I’m doing the best I can to provide information to the best of my ability. Happy to make any changes needed. Please continue to let me know what other businesses should be included (especially when it comes to grocery and auto!).

Thanks for all your help, E.J.

P.S. If you want to support the work I’m doing, feel free to buy me a coffee. Thank you so much!

Arts, Hobbies, & Entertainment

Arts & Hobbies

• Arts and Crafts PGH

• Center for Creative Reuse

• Chronicles of Cheryl

• Cut and Sew Studio

• Firecracker Fabrics

• Freedhand Craft Studio

• Happy Lil Canvases (LGBTQIAA-owned)

• Loree Mayer Design

• McWalker Yarns (Woman-owned)

• Moon Craft & Yarn Studio (Woman-owned)

• Most Wanted Fine Arts Gallery

• Pearl Arts Studio LLC

• Queer Craft Market

• Strawberry Luna

• Sweater Weather Fibers

• That Pottery Place

• The Frame Dame

• Blaze of Glory

Entertainment (theatres, music, venues)

• Boom Concepts

• Confluence Ballet Co.

• Eleven Stanley Productions

• Glitterbox Theatre

• Heritage Players

• Spirit

• Steel City Shakespeare Center

• Sunken Bus

• Tuff Sound Recording

• Oak Theater, Oakmont

Automotive & Transportation

Auto Services (dealerships, repair, towing, hauling, etc.)

• 6Sixx Details (BIPOC-owned)

• B&B Hauling and Transporation (BIPOC-owned, Formerly-Incarcerated Owned)

• J Koko Hauling (BIPOC/woman-owned)

• Lennix Auto, Carrick

• Lincoln-Lemington Trucking

• Morningside Automotive

• Pine Hollow Auto Repair, McKees Rocks

• Six Star SPF

• Walter’s Automotive East Liberty

• Diehl Automotive

• Choice Auto Sales

• Classic Auto Restoration

• Fayette Auto Shop, Allison Park

• Genuine Parts Company

• Graceland Automotive

• GT Auto Sales, Penn Hills

• Hoawrd’s Towing

• Parrotta Auto Repair

• Phillip’s Automotive

• Roger’s Driving School

• Shadyside Valey

• Tower Auto

• Vinny’s Tire

• Wolf Auto Services

Bike Shops

• Banker Supply

• Cottle Built Bike Repair

• Free Ride Bicycle Collective

• Kindred Bike Shop

• Makeshift Bikes

• Thick Bikes

• Joe’s Bike Shop, Bethel Park

• Pro Bike + Run

Gas Stations

• GetGo

• BP

• Coen

• Exxon

• Marathon

• Mobil

• Sheetz

• Shell

• Speedway

• Sunoco

Local Transit and Rideshare

• Periwinkle Ladies Travel Club (Woman-owned)

• Lyft

• Uber

Community & Organizations

Nonprofits & Local Organizations

• 412 Food Rescue

• Babesburgh

• Dress for Success

• Grow Pittsburgh

• Kingsley Association

• Latino Family Center, Glen Hazel

• PGH Brewery Diversity Counsel

• Proud Haven (Shelter for 18-25)

• SisTers

• The Good People’s Group

• Transitional Characters, social services (BIPOC/woman-owned)

• Ujamaa Collective

Events & Specialty Services

Tattoo, Piercings

• Black Horizon Tattoo (Kate and Ash specifically)

• Blood Eagle Tattoo

• Emmancreate

• Fly Trap Tattoo

• Golden Gaia Tattoo

• Hecate and Hestia Tattoo

• Joy in Sorrow Tattoo

• Kindred Spirit Tattoo

• Kyklops Tattoo

• Little Shadows Tattoos (LGBTQIAA-owned)

• Love Day Tattoo

• PMA Tattoo (LGBTQIAA-owned)

• Rogue Tattoo

• Saul Good Piercing

• White Willow

• Flying Monkey Tattoo

Event Services

• Bespoke & Beloved Events

• Jazz Music Travel Services

• NeeKhalee Master Suite event services (BIPOC/woman-owned)

• Steel City Weddings

• Travel Square Travel Agency/Cruises

Photography

• Ashley Ann Photography 412

• Blood Honey Photos

• Blue Bird Photos PGH (LGBTQIAA-owned)

• Carlie Gabrelcik Photography

• East End Photohouse

• Edm.Film

• Rustbelt Mayberry Photography

Food & Beverage

Alcohol (breweries, distilleries, brands)

• Acclimation Brewing

• Acrospire Brewing

• Allegheny City Brewing

• Back Alley Brewing

• Barrel and Flow Festival

• Costar Brewery

• Coven Brewing

• East End Brewing

• Eleventh Hour Brewing

• Fermata Brewing Company

• Golden Age Brewing

• Hazel Grove Brewing

• Hazelwood Brew House

• Local Remedy Brewing

• Maggie’s Distillery

• New France Brewing

• Trace Brewing

• Two Frays Brewing

• Velum Fermentation

• Voyager Cider

• Grist House

• Helicon Brewing

• Mary’s Vine, Rankin

• MillerCoors (owns Blue Moon, Fosters, Keystone, Leinenkugel, Mickey’s, Molson, Crispin Hard Cider, Saint Archer Brewing, Hop Valley Brewing, Hamm’s, English, Redd’s, Sparks, Steel Reserve)

• North Country Brewing and Harmony Inn

• Sudsy’s Beer, Bethel Park

• Threadbare Cider

• Wigle Whiskey

• Yuengling

Bars & Nightlife

• Brillobox

• Harold’s Haunt

• Love Katie Distillery

• Mike’s Beer Bar

• Mixtape

• Storyville

• The Goldmark

• Tina’s Wine Bar

• Victory Pointe

• Cavo

• Gooski’s

• Highland Bar, West View

• Loose Moose

• Lucky’s/Real Luck Cafe

• TJ’s Hideaway

• Zarra’s Club, Oakland

Cafes

• Abeille Voyante Tea Co.

• Anthos Bakery

• Arriviste Coffee Roasters

• Bantha Tea

• Bloom Cafe, Mars

• Butterwood Bakery

• Cafe Cravings, Mt. Washington

• California Coffee Bar

• Carnegie Coffee

• Curbside on the Run

• Day la Sol Cafe and Grocer

• De Fer Coffee (Ally-owned)

• Fig Tree Cafe

• Grim Wizard

• Happenstance Cafe (BIPOC/woman-owned)

• Lemon Tree Cafe

• Lili Coffee/Liliput

• Living Juicy Raw Cafe

• Mel’s Petit Cafe

• Needle and Bean Cafe

• Zeke’s Coffee

• Cupka Joe

• Gus’s Cafe

• Java Hut

• Mediterra Cafe

• Perk n Brew, Friendship

• Tazza d’Oro

• The Bean Thru

Groceries & Specialty Foods (bakers, butchers, etc.)

• 52nd Street Market

• Allegro Hearth Bakery

• Asian Merchandise Inc. (Pittsburgh Asian Market on Penn)

• Be Wilder Farm

• Bryant Street Market

• Cakes by Han

• Chantal’s Cheese Shop (Woman-owned)

• Cookies by April (Woman-owned)

• Corapolis Cash Market

• Costco

• Dana’s Bakery

• East End Food Co-Op

• Farmer Girl Eb

• Fat Butcher

• Freeman Farms

• Love Made Edible

• Madeleine’s Bakery

• Micah Made Cookies

• Novel Breads, Mars

• Oriental Market, McKnight Rd

• Penzey’s Spices

• Pittsburgh Community Kitchen

• River City Growers (Disability-owned business enterprise)

• Salem Market and Grill

• Strip District Meats, Inc.

• Sugar x Butter (BIPOC/woman-owned)

• Tiny Seed Co Farm

• Third Space Bakery (Woman-owned)

• Tom Friday’s, Brighton Heights

• Wild Rise Bakery

• Giant Eagle

• BJ’s Warehouse

• Cephalic Packing Inc.

• DJ’s Butcher Block

• Dollar General

• Eichner’s Farm Market

• Gaby et Jules (Pittsburgh owners)

• Good Love Cookie Shop

• IGA

• Oakmont Bakery

• Peace, Love, & Little Donuts

• Sam’s Club

• Shop N Go, Buttermilk Hollow

• Trader Joe’s

Restaurants

• 5801

• Amboy Restaurant (AAPI-owned)

• Antonio’s Pizzeria Brookline

• Apteka

• Baby Loves Tacos

• Bantha Tea

• Bedford Dwellings

• Beta Bites

• Butterjoint

• Cafe Con Leche

• Carmi (BIPOC/woman-owned)

• Casa San Jose

• Community Kitchen

• Conflict Kitchen

• DiAnoia’s

• Dos Reyes

• El Rincon Oaxaqueno (Latine-owned)

• Everyday Cafe

• G’s on Liberty

• Gaucho Parilla

• Grandma Joan’s (BIPOC/woman-owned)

• Grapow

• Happy Bellies

• La Feria

• Ladle’s Restaurant (Woman-owned)

• Las Velas/Madero

• Leon’s Carribbean Restaurant (BIPOC-owned)

• Maddio’s Pizza and Subs

• Moonlit Burgers

• Nied's Way (BIPOC/woman-owned)

• Onion Maiden

• Pamela’s Diner

• Round Corner Cantina

• Royal Myanmar

• Senti

• Senyai (Woman-owned)

• Spak Brothers

• Spirit PGH

• Thai Me Up

• The Boonseek

• The Vandal

• Umami

• Vegan Goddess

• Zenith

• A Slice of New York, Murraysville

• Al’s Cafe (Bethel Park)

• Allianna’s Kitchen

• Angelia’s Pizza Imperial

• Bellisario’s Allison Park

• Beto’s Pizza

• Biddle’s Escape

• Brick and Motor

• Brighton Hot Dog Shop

• Burgh Bites

• Butcher and the Rye

• Cadence Clubhouse

• Caliente Allison Park

• Carl’s Tavern

• Carnivore’s

• Cheese House

• Coop De Ville

• Crack’d Egg Brownsville Road

• Cupka’s (any variation)

• David’s Diner Cheswick

• Deblaze’s Carnegie

• Del Frisco’s

• Doce Taqueria

• Domenico’s

• Dorido’s Bethel Park

• Eggs n Moore Mt. Washington

• Evergreen Cafe

• Fellini’s Pizza

• Fish nor Fowl

• Forma Pasta

• Fox’s Diner Munhall

• Freedom Inn

• Frisch’s Caste Village

• Gianna Via’s Caste Village

• Golden Gai

• Grand Concourse

• Grandpa Joe’s Candy Shop

• Hand Roll Bar

• Hoffstot’s

• Hot Shots

• Huszar

• Il Pizzaiolo

• Jd’s Joint McKee’s Rocks

• JD’s Joint

• Jian’s Kitchen

• Joe’s Crab Shack

• John Anthony’s Plum

• Kelly O’s

• Kickstand in Brookline

• Lil Nippers, Mt. Lebanon

• Luciano’s Pizza Bethel Park

• McCormick & Schmick’s

• Meat and Potatoes

• Mercurio’s

• Michael A’s

• Microdiner

• Mike and Tony’s Bridgeville'

• Mitchell’s

• Monterey Bay

• Morton’s

• Napoli Pizza

• Off the Rails BBQ

• Pasta Too

• Pickles & Pancetta

• Pierogies Plus

• Portogallo Peppers N’at

• Poulet Bleu

• Pub 333

• Rib Room

• Rochester Inn

• Rocky’s (Bloomfield and Shaler)

• Sally Ann’s

• Scoreboard Bar and Grill

• Serafinas

• Sewickley Speakeasy

• Soluna

• Sonny’s Tavern

• SpringHouse Country Market and Restaurant

• Sunny Jim’s Camphorne Rd

• Tako

• Tako Torta

• Tambellini’s Highland Park

• Tavern in the Wall (Aspinwall)

• The Bagel Factory

• The Beach House

• The Cooked Goose

• The Lot

• The Middle Road Inn

• The Union Grill

• Tomato Pie Cafe

• Tomatins Diner Wexford

• Twelve Whiskey

• Vivo Kitchen Sewickley

• Zarra’s Oakland

Health & Wellness

Fitness & Recreation

• All Bodies Welcome Yoga

• California Cycle Path

• Death Comes Lifting

• Free Will PGH

• M.U.V.

• No Off-Season Sports??

• Nope Fitness, Bethel Park (Woman-owned)

• Om Lounge Yoga (Woman-owned)

• Persad

• Pittsburgh FIT

• Pittsburgh Fitness Project

• Yoga Innovations Collective, Mt. Lebanon

• Amerifit Gym

• Dance Workshop, Caste Village

• Etage Athletic Club

• Neville Roller Dome

• Pine Creek Golf Center

• Yoga Flower Pittsburgh

Healthcare (clinics, dental, pharmacies, therapy, etc.)

• Allegheny Reproductive Services

• Birth Doulas of Pittsburgh

• Central Outreach

• Chestnut Hills Dental (Dr. Bonsteel)

• Dr. Brian Lamb, AHN Primary Care

• Heartfelt Therapy

• Jere-Ann Wagner (Reiki Therapy)

• Liberty Dispensary

• Mihalko Medical (previously Hieber’s Pharmacy) (Woman-owned)

• Metro Community Health Center

• Motherhood Redefined

• Organic Remedies Dispensary

• Paul Gleeson Dentist

• ReproChoice (LGBTQIAA/AAPI-owned)

• Shadyside Dentistry (Dr. Leahy)

• Spektrim Wellness

• Stephanie McCracken, Counseling WEllness Pittsburgh

• The Midwife Center

• Village Center for Holistic Therapy

• Wexford Medical Massage

• Why Knot Wellness

• CVS

• Capetta Dentistry

• Forward Wellness

• Keystone Spinal

• MedExpress Urgent Care

• Med Spa Oakmont

• Pittsburgh Gasto Associates and South Hills Endoscopy Center

• Rite Aid

• Sala Chiropractic

• Schoegel and Fardo Family Medicine

• Spartan Pharmacy

• The Dentists at Shadyside (Dr. Bobbie Lee Hawranko)

• Walgreens

• Wexford Wellness and Scott Medical

Pets & Animals

• Diamond in the Ruff, Southside

• Lawrenceville Pet Supply

• Lucky Paws Pet Resort

• Pawsitive Reactions, LLC (Woman-owned)

• Petagogy

• Wagsburgh

• Camp Bow Wow, Cranberry

• Candelore’s Barking Beauties

• Mister O’s Canine Dog Training

• Pink’s Tiny Paws

• Sean Smarick/AVETS Veteranarian

• Sitting Pretty Grooming Salon

Retail & Shopping

Beauty & Personal Care (cosmetics, hair, nails, spas, salons)

• Ace Collective Spa and Wellness

• Alchemy Nail Studio

• Anastasia’s Crown Spa

• Anna Skin

• Be. Salon, Mt. Lebanon

• Beli Nails Pittsburgh

• Brow and Crown Collective

• Butch’s Styles and Cuts (BIPOC-owned)

• Creative Beauty Studio at Sola (Woman-owned)

• Cultural Hair Lounge (BIPOC-owned)

• D&M Nails

• Daisy Beauty Nails, Aspinwall

• Domestic Witch

• EveryBody Integrative Massage

• Evolve Beauty Collective

• Heirs LLC (BIPOC-owned)

• Illustrated Nails

• Inclusive Aesthetics, Dormont

• Inner Element Wellness

• Ivy Spa, North Hills (LGBTQIAA-owned)

• Lovett Sundries

• Lunasea Hair And Day Spa

• Maddie Taylor at KnotNowNotLater (LGBTQIAA/woman-owned)

• Meg Frattare Salon

• Miss T’s Beauty Lounge (Woman-owned)

• Monarch Collective Studios

• Moon Dust Salon

• Motive Salon

• Nails on Point, Dormont

• Not Your Mother’s Nail Salon

• Onyx and Aura PGH

• Page Boy PGH

• Pompadour Salon (Woman-owned)

• Rebel Razor

• Salon Botanico

• Shadow and Glow Hair

• Smash Craft Curl

• The Grateful Head Salon

• The Last Nail

• Tonic Salon, Wexford

• Una Biologicals

• Uncommon Loft Salon (LGBTQIAA/woman-owned)

• Vibrant Styles and Salon

• Wild Rose Hair Studio

• Elegant Lash Co.

• Hair 88

• Salvatore Puccini’s Hair Design

Books & Media

• Bad Bitch Bazaar

• Beyond Bedtime Books (Woman-owned)

• Blythe Books

• City Books

• City of Asylum Books

• E.J. Post, author (shameless, I know)

• Golden Bridge Publishing

• libro.fm (audiobooks)

• Mystery Lovers Bookshop, Oakmont (Woman-owned)

• Petite Creative Books (Binding Services)

• Spark Books (Woman-owned)

• Stay Gold Books

• Stories Like Me (LGBTQIAA/AAPI-owned)

• The Big Idea

• Vinyl Remains

• West of Mars Editing Services

• White Whale

• Eide’s

Clothing & Accessories

• Amarah’s, Brookline (Woman-owned)

• Brambler Boutique

• Calligramme

• Dandelion Kids Consignment

• East End Community Thrift

• Iron Horse Atelier (alterations/tailor)

• Juju Boutique

• Knotzland Bowties

• Old Flame Mending

• Olive & Marlow

• Senseless (BIPOC-owned)

• Topaz Thimble (alterations and pseudo-coworking space)

• Urbana, Oakmont

• Owl Cleaners

• The Laundry Factory

Goods & Gifts (general retail, local artisans)

• Alternative Histories

• Astrology N More by Alisa

• Boheme Shops

• Curated Flame PGH

• DH Divination

• Jackie Woah Vintage

• Kards Unlimited

• Love, Pittsburgh

• Maude’s Paperwing Gallery

• North Ave Candles

• Tees & Tea Gifts

• Umber Chocolates

• Weeping Glass Oddity

• Wildcard

• Wooly Bear Books

• Sarris

• S.W. Randall’s Toyes and Giftes

Home & Garden

• Bandy Woodworks

• Catch Fly Gardens

• East Wheeling Clay Works

• Floriated Interpretations

• Greenhouse Co-Op

• Magruder Farmhouse

• Quality Gardens, Mars

• Red Roses Floral

• Retro on Eighth

• Spoons Kitchen Exchange

• The Bearded Iris Florist (LGBTQIAA-owned)

• Two Little Blooms Garden

• Vintage Era

• Riverview Antique N Marketplace

• Vintage to Vogue, Venetia

Jewelry

• A Case of Random

• Electric Cat Ninja

• Harp and Hound Jewlery

• Lucky Lady Jewelry

• Luster PGH

• Skeleton Jewelry

• Let’s Get Linked permanent jewelry

Services & Professional

Childcare

• A Giving Heart (BIPOC/woman-owned)

• Catepillars to Butterflies (BIPOC/woman-owned)

• Imagination Works, Homewood (BIPOC/woman-owned)

• La Escuelita Arcoiris (Latine-owned)

• Little Explorers Learning, Southside (BIPOC-owned)

• London Bridges Child Development (BIPOC/woman-owned)

• Ryann’s Room (BIPOC/woman-owned)

• Shine Bright Child Care (BIPOC/woman-owned)

• Sky’s The Limit Learning Center (BIPOC/woman-owned)

• Taylor’s Tots (BIPOC/woman-owned)

• TLP Ministries (BIPOC/woman-owned)

Housing, Utilities & Home Services

• 2 Wives Clean

• 6 Degrees Consulting Contractor (BIPOC-owned)

• Black Boot Builders

• Cassidy Page Realtor

• Chelsea Sklarsky Realtor

• Downtown Design (builders)

• EngineHouse

• Hannah Jayne Realtor

• Jan Stevens Realtor

• Jon Gordon Realtor, Berkshire Hathaway

• Kelsey Windorff-Perez, Coldwell Banker

• Kimberley Keys Realtor

• LJD Cleaning 412

• Low Country Building Solutions (BIPOC/woman-owned)

• Oxford Development

• Margo Cicci Realtor

• Marshall Electrical Services (BIPOC-owned)

• Mistick Construction

• Molly Aura, Realtor

• Monica Thomas Realtor

• Paul Barbieri Lanscaping and Gardening

• RookeCreative (general contractor)

• Shawn Brooks Realtor

• Walnut Capital

• Wendy Weaver Realtor

• 84 Lumber

• Allegheny Fence

• Ark Home Improvement

• Artistic Landscaping

• Benjamin Marcus Homes

• Brush Painting

• Burns Scalo

• Costa Real Estate

• Donald Rogers, Creative Real Estate

• First Glass, Etna

• Frank Zokaites/Developer

• Gillece Services

• Hardy World

• Henefeld Garage Doors

• Hodgkiss Construction

• Impact HVAC

• Ireland Contracting

• John Larry Contracting

• Karen Auggenberg of Northwood Realty

• Lonn Starr Roofing

• Mose’s Electrical

• Nicklas Supply

• Pittsburgh Painters

• Ramp Construction Company

• Ronnie Selkowitz of Coldwell-Banker Real Estate

• Salego Heating and Air

• Superior Sign Service

Insurance & Financial Services

• Alliant Credit Union

• East End Co-Op Credit Union

• Kabeyia & Kompany Accounting (BIPOC/woman-owned)

• Crouse and Assoc. Life Insurance (Phil Crouse)

• Mathias Shaner/CEO Shaner Investments

• Omega Federal Credit Union

• PNC Bank

Learning & Skill-Building

• Gingerly Press

• Hack PGH

• Workshop PGH

Legal & Consulting

• Attorney Jillian Zack

• Ella Eisenhour

• Kathleen Schneider (lawyer and tax person)

• Maxshure Mobile Notary

• Verdell Dean, Attorney

Paper Products & Printing

• Gingerly Press

• More Than Words Stationery

• Letterpress Shoppe

Tech & Electronics

• Games Unlimited

• Woven Digital Designs for website & design

• AGParts Education