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I had a great meal from the Spak Brothers last night, a pizza with (soy) cheese, green peppers, onions, and (seitan) sausage along with a serving of (seitan) wings. It was fantastic.
Spak Brothers also serves a vegan seitan melt to round out their entire vegan selection. They serve a full range of non-vegan toppings for pizza and many non-vegan sandwiches, and of course non-vegan wings, for all the non-vegans out there.
The establishment seems geared toward take-out, there are areas around the wall to place food and beverage, but only six bar stools in the whole place to actually sit on. There is probably enough floor space to put a small table or two. Perhaps that will come in the future.
They have a pinball machine, with a dollar bill reader. That was how I spent some of my time while waiting for my food. They also have a little sit down multi-arcade game table thing, much like the one we used as a table at Cyber-Dogs in Seattle(see the second and third picture).
I absolutely loved my food there and I am excited to return for another meal. However, there were a few things I thought were lacking as vegan, and actually in non-vegan, options that I think they could easily serve with their current setup.
1. Veggie Dogs – They could DEEP FRY them. Oh man, my brain … and arteries … hurt just thinking of that. They could also have meaty dogs for those who desire them.
2. Vegan cheese sauce – For fries or for on veggie dogs as well. I kind of assume they have fries, but don’t recall seeing it on the menu
3. Beer – I’m sure it’s hard/expensive to get a liquor license, but this would really round out their offering as their food goes great with beer.
They have only recently opened, in the Trib the were listed as a recently opening restaurant on August 14th 2008. As such they still have a few opening jitters. Our food took longer then expected to prepare, apparently there was a mishap with the fryer. No big deal though, and they kindly gave me a free beverage for waiting so long.
Also their pricing is quite affordable.
Spak Brothers
5107 Penn Ave.
Pittsburgh PA 15224
(412) 362-7725
Posted by Nate at August 22, 2008 10:41 AM
I don't think they had fries...
Posted by: Julie at August 23, 2008 08:16 AM
My cousin just told me some days ago, about this being her new favorite pizza place . . . gotta get over there and try it.
Posted by: Troy at August 24, 2008 08:38 PM
FYI, they do have fries.
Posted by: Nate at August 25, 2008 10:10 AM