5863 Ellsworth Avenue / 412-661-1050 / Fax 412-661-1170 / home

Wine Events: Second Tuesday Wine Tastings, and special Wine Dinners.

***1st Place Pittsburgh Magazine 2007***
*** Best Italian AOL CityGuide 2005 & 2006***
*** One of Wine Enthusiast's Best Wine-Driven
Restaurants of 2005 and 2006 ***
*** Pittsburgh Magazine's Favorite 100***

Lunch Thursday, Friday & Saturday 11:30 – 2:30
Dinner daily at 5 pm; Closed Sunday

Second Tuesday Wine Tastings
Three great wines from one of Italy's wine regions, paired with regional antipasti.
On the 2nd Tuesday of each month, 6-7pm, $25 per person. The first course starts promptly at 6pm.
- June 8: Italian Summer Wines
- July 13


On Thursday May 13, the Alaska Department of Fish & Game officially opened the Copper River salmon fishery for a twelve hour period.  The catch was dispatched to the Seattle Tacoma Airport via Alaska Airlines, where the glassy eyed chinooks and sockeyes held their first press conference with a live acrobatic performance later that day at Seattle's Pike's Market.

Enrico's Copper River Salmon and Pinot Noir Wine Dinner
Thursday May 27th, 2010 at 7:00 PM

Executive Chef David Columbia will feature this year's fresh catch of the magnificent Copper River Salmon paired with fantastic Pinot Noirs from the Montinore Estate in the prestigious Willamette Valley in Oregon.  Our hostess for the evening will be Kristin Marchesi, daughter of owner Rudy Marchesi, joined by local wine expert Nick Biondi of Majestic Wines & Spirits.  

The annual Copper River Salmon Wine Dinner is a sell-out every year; phone Enrico's at
412-661-1050 with your reservations.  

Cost for the six-course, six-flights of wine meal is $99 per person plus gratuity and tax. 

We look forward to serving you for this special evening.  The Enrico's team


La vita e bella ~ about Enrico’s Ristorante in Shadyside:

“Market-fresh, Pittsburgh-Italian”  Enrico’s Ristorante Shadyside was opened in the summer of 2003 and is modeled after a typical small trattoria in Southern Italy.

~ The Enrico’s family believes food and wine are very important social events that need to be enjoyed slowly and fully.  Please take your time. Relax and enjoy your food and drink, the photos, the noise and the smiles around you.  La vita e bella. 

~ The wood-burning oven was imported from Rome and burns only fruitwoods and hardwoods.  It is designed to resemble Mount Vesuvius.

~ Our bread is baked each morning in the wood-burning oven, just as Italian artisan bakers have done for centuries.

~ We have no freezers, no deep-fryers, and no microwave ovens.  Fresh is best.

~ The chef shops daily in Pittsburgh’s “Strip” district to ensure we have only the freshest hand-picked vegetables, herbs, cheeses and ingredients.

~ Our specialty pastas are made fresh to order by artisan chef Steve Salvi of Fede Pasta.

~ Fresh seafood and meats are hand-cut by our chef and cooked simply and deliciously in the wood-burning oven.

~ All desserts are made in-house using family recipes.  Our featured biscotti desserts are made from fresh ingredients using a family recipe passed down for generations.

~ Enrico’s is proud to offer more than 3 dozen Italian wines by the glass – all from small vineyards providing excellent and affordable wines not available in the Pennsylvania Wine and Spirits shops.

~ Our staff has been trained with an understanding of the fine wines and Italian food dishes served simply and tastefully at Enrico’s.

~ Enrico’s has been recognized with dozens of awards, including:

o Award of Distinction by Wine Enthusiast magazine as one of nine restaurants chosen in PA; and one of only two in Pittsburgh.

o AAA Diamond Award

o Pittsburgh Magazine’s Readers Poll as “Best Italian”

o AOL “Cities Best” Italian Award

We are delighted to have this opportunity to serve our friends and family at Enrico’s.  Would you please let your server know what we may do to make each bite and each sip of wine a memorable occasion? We want to see you again and again! 

— The Enrico’s family

Excellent Products.  Superior Service.  Exceptional Value.