A sugar-coated pretzel and a cookie on parchment paper.
Single pretzels cost just 80 cents. (Photo by Annie Perri Cole)

🍽️ Restaurant: The Pretzel Shop
📍 Location: 2316 E. Carson St., Southside
⏱️ Hours: 6:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues-Fri | 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat | Closed Sun-Mon
🌐 Links: https://thepretzelshop.net/, Instagram, Facebook

❤️ Best $15ish meal(s): The Housemade Chicken Salad on a Pretzel, Cinnamon Sugar Pretzel and the Daily Specials

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Exterior view of The Pretzel Shop with a yellow sign above the storefront entrance and a green flag featuring a pretzel graphic.
The Pretzel Shop has been serving Pittsburgh since 1927, baking pretzels daily in the building’s original brick oven from 1872. (Photo by Annie Perri Cole)
A meal on a metal table consisting of a stuffed pizza pocket, a bagel sandwich, two peanut butter cookies, a sugar-coated pretzel, and a bottle of peach tea.
Almost everything on the menu at The Pretzel Shop is under $5, from breakfast and deli sandwiches to sandwich rolls and sweet treats. (Photo by Annie Perri Cole)

Why go?

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Almost everything on the menu is under $5, and I’m talking about a menu of solid filling food, not just single pretzels, though you can get those too, with a variety of dipping sauces for just 80 cents. They bake their pretzels daily in the building’s original brick oven from 1872.

What to order 

The Pretzel Shop has both breakfast and deli sandwiches served on fresh pretzels, as well as a selection of sandwich rolls and daily specials. My go-to is the homemade chicken salad served on a fresh pretzel with a peanut butter cookie and a Schneider’s Peach Iced Tea.

Good to know before you go

  • You order your food for takeout at the counter. There are a few tables available in the warmer months outside on the sidewalk. 
  • The shop accepts cash only, but there is an ATM on site. 
  • Though there usually is a line, it moves very quickly.

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