Penn Brewery

Penn Brewery is Pittsburgh's oldest & largest brewery, housed in the mid 19th-century landmark E&O Brewery Building in the North Side. Penn specializes in award-winning German-style craft beers, all brewed onsite, & serves traditional "Euro-Pittsburgh" dishes in its restaurant.

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  • Phone

    (412) 237-9400

  • Website

    pennbrew.com

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  • Type

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Address

800 Vinial St Pittsburgh , PA 15212 United States

Reservations Yes
Credit Cards Yes
Wi-Fi Yes
Outdoor Seating Yes
Music Live Music
Menus Dinner, Happy Hour
Drinks Beer, Full Bar

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Margarita M

Try all the beers ! Beer menu changes & is updated often. The food is great, lots of German staples & more. Great location, so close to the city & tons of parking next to & behind the brewery .

Jen Cunningham

Excellent beers in many styles. We loved the IPA and tangerine the best. Parking seems precarious, but there’s street parking and a small fenced-in lot next to the brewery .

Wyngspan

The buffalo chicken pierogies go great with a Penn brew! If you enjoy this as much as we do, make sure to let people know on Wyngspan! Read more

Anne Schleiden

Indoor/outdoor. Cheese plate , sampler, brats , kraut , potato salad . They do a great Oktoberfest .

Abby Fleischauer

$15 Sampler of the 5 year round beers in 6 ounce glasses. The menu does not have beer prices or info on the sampler.

Ethan

Only stopped in for to-go sandwiches , which were good. Would like to come back to really enjoy their beer .

Vader Prime

Penn Dark is on the menu for my last meal on earth. Definitely stocking up on Penn Brewery products when the Zombie Apocalypse begins.

Bill Chamberlin

Food/beer great as usual. Service - ok. Menu says “sandwiches include choice of one side;” BUT they Upcharge you for the side on top of a $12 sandwich . Server didn’t tell us about the charge. Unhappy

Patrick McMahon

Beer sampler has 10+ glasses of beer (all their styles on tap , not shot glass size) for $15. Wish they had some veggie sausage though.

Maria Silvestri

Try Penn Gold! And the Oktoberfest is usually transcendent and never lasts long enough for me to get enough of it!

Joseph Martin Williams

Good down home cooking German style fare. Satisfies the bones.

Abby Fleischauer

The Schnitzel Sandwich with the German Potato Salad was completely delicious!

Addie Conners

Buffalo Pierogies : Different but good. I wouldn't get them again. Worth trying tho, give it a shot!

Melissa Murphey

Pierogies are great

Zak Slayback

Great beer , decent prices, and good food.

Lola

Order the buffalo wing pierogies paired with an Allegheny Pale Ale .

Doug Ray

Great for Oktoberfest . Classic German-style brews and decent German-style food.

Brian

Bow wow patio ! Great beers and friendly service .

Kyle Williams

Fried cheese curds and the Pilsner are excellent.

Eric O

I don't usually like pilsner , but the Penn Pilsner was subtly delicious.

Greg Kelly

What's not to like ..... samples.. pretzel appetizers ... beer cheese and BEER !!!!!!

Kelly Glinski

Wonderful food and great beer ! A must stop if you are in town .

Sharon McAfee Pranis

Love the Chocolate Meltdown. One of the best chocolate stouts ever!!!

Paul S

The IPA is a winner

Todd Jones

A shadow of its former self. The beer is still great, though, the staff seems greatly overwhelmed. And the food is not nearly as good as it used to be...

Emily O. S.

Beer cheese is served cold, but the Buffalo Chicken Pierogies are pretty good.

Laura G.

Outside seating , live music , and beer samplers makes this brewery a must-stop! Read more

Jennifer Halbert

Rich is the best. Great service, beer & food.

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uncapd

They have a new banquet room. Check it out next time you need private space for an event .

Quay Morris

If you want good German food , I would pass on this place, but the beers are fantastic.

Lisa Stack

Try the buffalo chicken pierogies , with the Penn Dark , yum!

Mike Conners

Don't go when it's busy and expect to get a table. They take your name and never contact you. Then you see people who came after you sitting after waiting almost 2 hours.

Ben Niebel

The buffalo chicken Pierogies represent everything that is right in this world.

Jonathan Zrebiec

Make sure to try the Pulled Pork Perogies they are simply amazing. Goes well with a Penn Dark !!!

Jon Engel

Everything

alison wilson

great beer selection

Braxton Stedman

Good beer great price

Mike Ayers

Good people, great beer !

Michael Rak

Can't go wrong with the Penn Pilsner

Sam Sankovich

Food is good and the beer is better!

Debra Parma

Great happy hour !

Harry Beck

The food is lovely.

Beth Harmon

German reuben sandwich

Suzanne Lipscomb

The apfel strudel was delicious

Jonathan Zrebiec

Rubin perogies are out of this world. Make sure to try some today!

Shorty

Oktoberfest !!!

Lucky Tisch

Good food overall, easy on the salt on the Bretzls but they are good, beer cheese soup is lumpy, bad service!

Mac

Try the Beer !

Brian Gollum

Bacon BLT.

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