{"id":4750,"date":"2014-04-04T10:45:11","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T10:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/letsnomnom.wordpress.com\/?p=4750"},"modified":"2019-06-13T16:50:49","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T23:50:49","slug":"martys-market-strip-district-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/04\/martys-market-strip-district-pittsburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"Marty&#8217;s Market, Strip District, Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/eb87adacb1ff11e387150af7dd8f2b46_8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4813\" src=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/eb87adacb1ff11e387150af7dd8f2b46_8.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"Marty's Market - Strip District, Pittsburgh\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/eb87adacb1ff11e387150af7dd8f2b46_8.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/eb87adacb1ff11e387150af7dd8f2b46_8-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/eb87adacb1ff11e387150af7dd8f2b46_8-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/eb87adacb1ff11e387150af7dd8f2b46_8-520x520.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>The Strip District is one of my favorite neighborhoods in Pittsburgh. Lots of restaurants and markets, bursting with local flavor. Authentic Pittsburgh goodness. I had brunch at <a title=\"Marty's Market\" href=\"http:\/\/martysmarket.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Marty&#8217;s Market<\/a> with Christine on a sunny Saturday morning. Christine is an architecture professor\/mentor\/friend of mine, and I haven&#8217;t seen her since 2010. It was time for a long overdue catch up session, and brunch is always perfect for that! <a href=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/photo-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4788\" src=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/photo-3.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"Marty's Market - Strip District, Pittsburgh\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" \/><\/a>If you&#8217;re a regular reader, you&#8217;ll know that I have a special love for brunch and a weakness for poached eggs. Everything about Marty&#8217;s market, from the seasonal menu to the modern market space is right up my alley. They also have a number of vegetarian options. <a href=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/photo-41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4787\" src=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/photo-41.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"Eggs Florentine - Marty's Market\" width=\"584\" height=\"436\" \/><\/a>Obviously, I couldn&#8217;t turn down the Eggs Florentine ($8). Poached organic eggs, spinach, and hollandaise sauce on an English muffin. I&#8217;ve never seen such pale hollandaise, but it was still flavorful and creamy. I satisfied my craving for freshly squeezed orange juice. <a href=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/photo-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4786\" src=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/photo-5.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"Vegan Sausage - Marty's Market\" width=\"584\" height=\"436\" \/><\/a>I also ordered a side of their house vegan sausage ($3.50). The &#8220;sausage&#8221; patties were nicely browned and very meaty. I don&#8217;t know what all the ingredients are, but the fennel definitely makes a big difference. I took one patty to go so John could try it too. He loved Marty&#8217;s vegan sausage too!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 36px; left: 326px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Strip District is one of my favorite neighborhoods in Pittsburgh. Lots of restaurants and markets, bursting with local flavor. Authentic Pittsburgh goodness. I had brunch at Marty&#8217;s Market with Christine on a sunny Saturday morning. Christine is an architecture professor\/mentor\/friend of mine, and I haven&#8217;t seen her since 2010. It was time for a long overdue catch up session, and brunch is always perfect for that! If you&#8217;re a regular reader, you&#8217;ll know that I have a special love for brunch and a weakness for poached eggs. Everything about Marty&#8217;s market, from the seasonal menu to the modern market space is right up my alley. They also have a number of vegetarian options. Obviously, I couldn&#8217;t turn down the Eggs Florentine ($8). Poached organic eggs, spinach, and hollandaise sauce on an English muffin. I&#8217;ve never seen such pale hollandaise, but it was still flavorful and creamy. I satisfied my craving for freshly squeezed orange juice. I also ordered a side of their house vegan sausage ($3.50). The &#8220;sausage&#8221; patties were nicely browned and very meaty. I don&#8217;t know what all the ingredients are, but the fennel definitely makes a big difference. I took one patty to go so John [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3639,3364],"tags":[385,970,1141,1745,2188,2212,2760,3013,3096],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-41.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}