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Dale’s Bar and Grill
written 23 Nov 2009 over dinner
Hmmm…so if you go to Google Maps and search for nathan swartz, pittsburgh pa or clicknathan, pittsburgh, Dale’s Bar and Grill comes up. My website is listed as there website. I don’t believe I’ve ever been to the place, but as you can see from the Street View image below, it looks about as rad as they come.
I can definitely dig that 1987 laser block glass window thing they’ve got going on. So from now on, let’s just consider this my bar.
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