By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor *Editor’s note: For the sake of transparency, the Neighborhood Community Development Fund is a partner organization with The Northside Chronicle. The Neighborhood Community Development Fund (NCDF), a Northside non-profit specializing in loans to small businesses and ...

Threadbare Cider wins Best in Show at PA Farm Show Threadbare Cider, a Northside cider and mead maker, won Best in Show at the 2025 Pennsylvania Farm Show Cider Competition. In addition, the cider maker took home Best Overall Cider for 2025 with their Farmhouse Cider drink, and received a gold medal...

By Anna Yoder | Columnist While pondering which Northside business to feature this month it occurred to me why not simply write about ‘The Northside’ and why we choose to call it our home. (And it seemed like a great way to end the last issue of Town Talk for 2024). If you are reading this column, y...

By Dylan Lukitsch | Columnist As we approach the holiday season, it’s important to recognize how important this time of year it is to Pittsburgh’s local economy, and in particular for Northside’s small businesses. For many businesses in our region, the holiday season provides a much-needed boost tha...

By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor *Editor’s note: For the sake of transparency, the Neighborhood Community Development Fund is a partner organization with The Northside Chronicle. The Neighborhood Community Development Fund (NCDF), a Northside non-profit specializing in loans to small businesses and ...

By Carrie Nolan-Robson | Executive Director, Northside North Shore Chamber of Commerce As the holiday season is quickly approaching and the hustle and bustle of shopping for loved ones is drawing near, we should consider the importance of supporting our local small businesses that are devoted to our...

The Northside Chronicle is taking part in Give Big Pittsburgh, a one-day fundraising event taking place  today, Giving Tuesday. During this fundraiser, people have the options of supporting a wide variety of non-profits in the spirit of generosity and giving that comes with the holiday season. Howev...

By Carrie Nolan-Robson | Executive Director, Northside North Shore Chamber of Commerce On Oct. 15, the Northside|North Shore Chamber of Commerce’s workforce program, Northside Works!, kicked off a Digital Literacy Program in collaboration with WIN-Spirations, Inc. and One Northside. A celebratory ri...

By Anna Yoder | Columnist When I drive down Spring Garden Avenue, it seems I am always in a hurry going to or coming from somewhere. Regrettably, I had never taken the opportunity to stop at Threadbare Cider and Mead. Nor did I know what exactly Threadbare Cider and Mead was; yet I vowed I would sto...

By Anna Yoder | Columnist Pittsburgh is famous for so many things that it is hard to compile all of them into a single list. Yet, there may be one famous fact that might not be as well known. It is the connection of the 1952 classic movie “Singin’ in the Rain” to a historic Pittsburgh flower shop. T...