To paraphrase the greatest American song, it’s summertime, and the scooping is easy … Pittsburgh’s jumping with ice cream, and spirits are high.

If being able to fit the subject of this article into such an introduction wasn’t reason enough to present this survey of frozen delights, the incredible variety of flavors being offered by many fine ice cream purveyors is well worth chronicling.
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Most homeowners dread calling a roofer. Buccos Roofing was built around that reality.

Founded in 2012 in Pittsburgh’s Strip District, the company set out to bring honesty and personality to an industry that can feel intimidating. Twelve years later, it’s one of the city’s most recognizable contractors: bold yellow trucks rolling through neighborhoods from Lawrenceville to Mt. Lebanon, a pirate-themed brand that winks at the city’s baseball roots, and a crew where more than 20 members have known each other since high school.
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OPA! Those of you who relish Greek food—and who doesn’t?—have found your culinary homes: Evia restaurant in Bellevue and Salonika Imports of ethnic Mediterranean food in lower Lawrenceville.
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May 31, 2002, started as a usual Friday in Lawrenceville. Toward the top of 45th Street one could hear the eternal drone of St. Francis Hospital’s HVAC system mingled with songbirds and cawing crows from St. Mary Cemetery. Folks went shopping along Butler Street and Penn Avenue.
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