The Scene At night the building is most impressive: four brick stories stretching toward a bridge high above. Inside, the Pittsburgh Eagle is even better: A pressed tin ceiling, 14-feet high, covers a spacious bar where the crowd mingles. The pace picks up on the second floor ("the sweat box") where the beat and the heat hit you immediately. Unwind on the third floor, which features...
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on April 21, 2009, (Edited August 13, 2003)
Located on the North side of Pittsburgh about 2 miles from Downtown. Large crowds make their way to this smoky venue on Saturday nights. The first floor is a bar with a pool table; 2nd floor features a large dance floor; the 3rd floor has a tv lounge; and the 4th floor bar hosts the special events, such as visiting porn stars.
The Pittsburgh ERagle has come ALONG way over the years.....It has always been a hidden gem, and thanks to a flood at Pegasus a few years back, many others got to experience the eagle, and realized it had more to offer. On a bad note, they are a lil rude kicking you out at the end of the nite.....there r nicer ways to go about it.
Enjoy running up and down creaky stairs in a post-Victorian firetrap? Huddling with your clique-y friends in a corner, slurping watered-down drinks in the presence of some of the ugliest Pliestocene "leather" folk imaginable? You have found the perfect place, if you can even locate it in a hopelessly recondite location even Mapquest can't figure out! Please, spend your money here and let the...
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