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Voluto Turns 3!, Bar Marco, and Unblurred
Sooooo, this is a big week for Commonplace Voluto. On May 1st, we’re celebrating all day -with you!- by having some special deals. If you follow us on Instagram and Twitter, and check out our Facebook...
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Another Day, Another…
Before we get to the rest of the content of this particular post, we just wanna put this out there: we recognize that it can be awkward, raised eyebrows if you will, to do the #humblebrag. Posting...
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Memorial Day Coffee, 2015?
Here’s the update on our location hours for the next couple of days: Indiana, PA: Regular weekend hours with a 5pm Monday close Squirrel Hill, PGH: Weekend “as you were”, and closing 2.30pm on Monday...
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Meet Volution Regular: Alex Robinson!
It’s always an honor to spend time with folks, moreso for people who enter our space and a deeper relationship develops. Alex is one of those people; she has a vibrancy and attention to others that...
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BBQ Lunch, Anyone?
The lower end of Penn Ave. near Voluto can be a hard place to get lunch. We’ve got Spak Bro.’s and Peoples in the middle of Garfield, and NACL near Negley. But they don’t serve lunch. So here’s what...
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Learn How to be a Barista!
July, 2015, could be the month that changes your life, where you tell your kids “I remember that first time when I steamed milk”. . . [trailing off into thoughtful reminiscing] On Sunday, July 26th...
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The Roastery Operation is Moving (Upstairs)!
So, among the other big changes we’ve got going on, we’re pulling up stakes and taking our whole operation out of the basement of the East End Brewing Company. To go up to the top of the steps of the...
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Northside: Where there’s demo, there’s buildout!
Things are beginning to move, on yonder riverbank, towards coffee enjoyment on the Mexican War Streets. We’ve lined up Essig Renovation and Design to do the work, and have paper on the front glass. Now...
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Another First Friday at Voluto: August Brings Seth LeDonne and Puerto Rico!
That’s right folks, we’re hosting another brilliant Pittsburgh artist, and inviting another food truck to hang out with us on this First Friday of August. Unblurred‘s monthly installment from Voluto...
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Put the lime in the coconut…
Recently at Voluto, Morgan was feeling the creative juices flowing and thinking about something to drink with coffee. Like, in coffee. Perhaps inspired by one of the [thankfully] few 90 degree days...
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Pittsburgh Specialty Coffee Week IS. COMING.
October 19-25, 2015 In five weeks, we’re celebrating coffee! We don’t like coffee, we are obsessed with it. The art of the steaming milk and the pour; the finesse of dialing in an espresso to taste...
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Pittsburghs’ Specialty Coffee, Gettin’ Press!
Industries often have a go-to publication that tends to drive conversation; or several, if the industry is large enough to sustain polyvocality. For instance, Car and Driver has been a long-time...
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Northside Update: Permits and Paper!
Many of you have asked in our shops and online, “When’s the Northside going to open?!?”. Soon, dear Commonplacers, soon. The most arduous tasks of permitting have been negotiated, architects have been...
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#PSCW15 Drink Specials!
This week is like Christmas for us. Down in Pittsburgh, we’re celebrating third wave brewing with Pittsburgh Specialty Coffee Week. We get to hang out with a bunch of our friends in specialty coffee,...
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Thanks for a great Coffee Week, Pittsburgh!
Wow, what a great time we had with y’all at #PSCW15 last week! It was an honor and joy to share espresso with you, dialog about coffee sourcing, and caffeinate your liquor. It was likewise awesome to...
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The Man of Commonplace at the Mexican War Streets.
When people come in and look at our menu board, and it has the name of a farm or region from people in a certain country, and people just ask “I just want a regular cup of coffee!”. Well, this a...
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The Commonplace at the Mexican War Streets is OPEN!
WOW. Sometime this spring, we were offered the opportunity to inhabit a space in the Northside of Pittsburgh. Then began a lifetime of months, where contractors tore up and rebuilt; city inspectors...
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Postponed: Grand Opening Event at the War Streets.
UPDATE, 10:15 Jan 2nd 2016: So sorry, esteemed Commonplacers! We’ve had some unexpected changes and mis-communication, dear friends. We’ll be hosting our Grand Opening parrrr-tay very soon, but...
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New and Grand Openings at The Mexican War Streets!
Most esteemed Commonplacer’s, it *is* happening. Thanks for you patience and understanding, as we worked out our schedules to be sure we could enjoy as many of you with as many of us as possible!...
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Guest Barista Highlight: Matt Gebis from Espresso a’Mano!
Matt and his wife on their honeymoon. Although he doesn’t get to stand behind the bar as much as he wants, TJ still loves working the coffee. And if you know TJ, you also know of his love and care for...
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