Signage is now up for the new Chengdu Gourmet location. Routinely named among the best Chinese restaurants in the city---and its head chef routeinly named
among the best in the country---it announced a new location on McKnight Road last July. For more information, please see
Hal B. Klein's article in Pittsburgh Magazine last summer.
There will be two significant distinctions [between the two restaurants]: Zhu plans to install tanks that will allow him to sell fresh-as-can-be fish and shellfish, and he’ll offer an expanded selection of Americanized-Chinese dishes (which were dialed-back in Squirrel Hill a few years ago) to better serve North Hills diners new to Sichuan cuisine.
The ample space will offer expanded seating, including two private dining rooms, a sushi counter and, as Zhu has acquired a liquor license for the new restaurant, a bar. “It’s going to be a much bigger restaurant. Everyone will be happy when they come here,” Zhu says.
It will be located at 4768 McKnight Road (
map), in what was formerly Oriental Market (which moved up the street
last year).
