By Anna Yoder | Columnist Several years ago I was sitting in the office of a non-profit when a jovial fellow sauntered in delivering several cases of beverages for an event. No money or checks exchanged hands. He said a warm hello and left the office as quickly as he entered. At the time I did not k...

By Anna Yoder | Columnist There are many choices in the Northside to buy your soft drinks, adult beverages, and have a bite to eat. Many of those establishments are also good stewards of their neighborhood and community. Mike’s Beer Bar & North Shore Tavern along with East Street Beer are three such...

By Anna Yoder | Columnist Several years ago I was sitting in the office of a non-profit when a jovial fellow sauntered in delivering several cases of beverages for an event. No money or checks exchanged hands. He said a warm hello and left the office as quickly as he entered. At the time I did not k...

By Anna Yoder | Columnist There are many choices in the Northside to buy your soft drinks, adult beverages, and have a bite to eat. Many of those establishments are also good stewards of their neighborhood and community. Mike’s Beer Bar & North Shore Tavern along with East Street Beer are three such...

By Anna Yoder | Columnist I know I am not the first and most assuredly I will not be the last person to write about Eugene Thomas, the affable and successful Northside businessman and owner of a Northside staple, Quik-It Chicken. There is so much to write about Eugene Thomas, I quite frankly did not...

By Anna Yoder | Columnist “Lions and tigers and bears oh my” is a famous line spoken by Dorothy in the 1939 beloved movie “The Wizard of Oz” and often used to express fear or apprehension. However, it’s “dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, reptiles, pet rodents and ferrets, oh my” which describe the variety...

By Anna Yoder | Columnist An abacus, a book entitled “The Drunken Botanist” and a magenta-colored vintage velveteen couch are a few of the items that adorn the inviting sitting area of Scratch & Co., a multi-faceted, unique establishment owned by Don Mahaney. Scratch sits at the crest of Troy Hill a...

By Anna Yoder | Columnist My father is a gifted musician who shared his talent of playing the accordion with me. Regrettably, I did not inherit his level of talent. In 1972, he gave me a little porcelain accordion figure that I never knew anything about until, as an adult, I discovered it was an “Oc...

Drew Mathieson Greenhouse at Bidwell Training Center: Where education and the love of plants flourish By Anna Yoder, Membership Director - North Side/Shore Chamber of Commerce Photo: Drew Mathieson Greenhouse If there can be a silver lining to the pandemic, it is my rediscovery of the Drew Mathieson...

Allegheny City Brewing: Where community is as important as craft beer By Anna Yoder, Membership Director - North Side/Shore Chamber of Commerce Photo: Allegheny City Brewing owners Al Grasso, Amy Yurkovich, and Matt Yurkovich by Jeff Geisler It was late Fall of 2016 when my husband and I were on a s...