Eating at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is mostly a post-security activity, concentrated in the renovated Airside Center Core, and it leans proudly local: Primanti Bros. sandwiches with the fries and slaw inside, Mineo’s pizza from Squirrel Hill, Sarris Candies, and coffee from Café Conmigo and Convive. The airside renovation refreshed about 20 concessions, so a food guide from before 2025 is a museum piece. This guide maps what is where, pre-security and post-security.
Pre-Security: Slim Pickings by Design
The new landside terminal has only a handful of food options before security. On the Arrivals level, Café Conmigo, a Wexford-based coffee and tea house, runs its second and largest PIT location with a food court style space at the Welcome Point; it is the spot for greeters and early arrivers. The Departures level has Hudson News and Gifts and the Camden Food Market for grab-and-go. Everyone else should eat after security, which is where the real choice is.
The Center Core: PIT’s Food Hub
The Center Core, where the Skybridge lands you after security, holds most of the airport’s dining. The headliners are Primanti Bros. Restaurant and Bar, Pittsburgh’s own since 1933, and Mineo’s Pizza House, a Squirrel Hill institution since 1958, in the main food court beside the Marathon Diner. Around them: Shake Shack (which opens at 4:00 a.m., a lifesaver before early banks), Stack + Press Delicatessen, Bad Egg Breakfast Bar, Joe and The Juice, the Martini Bar, and Vino Volo for wine. The Strip Market does grab-and-go with a Strip District theme and MilkShake Factory shakes, and Café Conmigo has a second spot here across from Sarris Candies, the Canonsburg chocolatier that also anchors the Core’s sweet tooth. Mi Casa Cantina sits at the entrance to Concourse B.
A Primanti Bros. sandwich, with the fries and slaw inside, and a Yuengling. Photo: Andre Charland, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
By Concourse
Concourse A is the local beer and spirits row: Penn Brewery pours Pittsburgh-brewed beer, Wigle Whiskey runs a tasting room about two-thirds of the way down the concourse, Local Craft Kitchen and Bar serves a full menu, Gaby et Jules sells Squirrel Hill macarons from a kiosk, and Convive Coffee covers the caffeine. Concourse B has the Burgh Sportz Bar, Beercode Kitchen and Bar, a Vino Volo, and the Hammer Made store for shopping. Concourse C’s food story is thinner since the renovation concentrated concessions in the Core, and Concourse D is the thinnest of all: if your gate is in C or D, eat in the Core first, then walk. National names round out the airport, including Chick-fil-A, McDonald’s, Dunkin’, Starbucks, Auntie Anne’s, Cinnabon, Jimmy John’s, and 24-hour Farmer’s Fridge vending for overnight travelers.
An airport food court (illustrative photo). Photo: Lorcan cao, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Eating Strategy at PIT
Arrive, check in, screen, then eat in the Core before walking to your concourse; the walk to A, B, C, or D is short enough that a Core meal rarely risks a flight. Early departures: Shake Shack’s 4:00 a.m. opening and the coffee spots are your friends. Late-night arrivals landside have almost nothing, which is another reason the Farmer’s Fridge vending matters. For the shopping side of the Core, see our PIT shopping guide, and for lounge food and drink, our PIT lounges guide.
Plan Your Trip with AirportGo
AirportGo is built for the whole airport journey, before, during, and after your flight. AirportGo does not offer an indoor map of Pittsburgh International yet, so at PIT the app is your trip prep companion: note your food stop in your trip tasks, build a packing checklist, and keep your flight details in one place. At airports where AirportGo maps already exist, the same app also guides you indoors from the door to your gate.
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