Jul 16, 2026 - Food and Drink
5 Picklesburgh creations you have to try once
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The Heinz Picklesburgh balloon with a slightly apocalyptic background thanks to Canadian wildfire smoke. Photo: Chrissy Suttles/Axios
You don't go to Picklesburgh to play it safe.
Why it matters: The stranger the food, the better the story.
Here are a few must-try picks this year.
🧁 Patti's Pastries Dilly Dilly Dillicious cupcake
- Vanilla cake with pickles baked into the batter, topped with dill buttercream and a pickle slice.
- 📍 Zone F (Isabella Street, North Shore)
- 💰 $10
🥒 Turner's Pickled Iced Tea
- Turner's signature lemon iced tea with Pittsburgh Pickle Co.'s Picklexir.
- 📍 Zone G (Andy Warhol Bridge)
- 💰 $3
🙂 Eat'n Park pickled Smiley cookies
- Classic Smiley sugar cookies with green pickle-flavored icing.
- 📍 Zone C (Sixth Street, Downtown)
- 💰 $3
🤠 Two Acre Farm Rusty Root Beer Stampede
- Root beer-flavored pickle made with root beer extract, ginger beer and sarsaparilla drops.
- 📍 Zone G (Andy Warhol Bridge)
- 💰 $10
🍉 Warren Bar and Burrow pickled watermelon margarita
- Hornitos tequila, fresh watermelon juice, lime juice, triple sec, house-made pickle brine and pickled watermelon rind.
- 📍 Zone G (Andy Warhol Bridge)
- 💰 $12
If you go: Picklesburgh runs through Sunday. Vendor map here.
- Noon-10pm Friday-Saturday; Noon-6pm Sunday.