Zamboni Grill

The new Zamboni Grill bar-restaurant is now open and lies across the parking lot from Pittsburgh Ice Arena along Craigdell Road. But Zamboni Sports Bar & Grill nods to many sports in the region, with bar stools emblazoned with the logos of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Pirates and Steelers, and another Steelers logo on the green grass-looking carpet in the bar. Three large-screen televisions will broadcast the latest games to bar patrons; another four televisions are mounted together on the dining-room ceiling, forming a kind of a restaurant-size Jumbotron. A small stage in a corner of the dining room will be a platform for local bands that will play Saturday nights; DJs will provide music Friday nights. Kemp says he and the staff aim to make the restaurant "a family-oriented sports bar" offering American casual foods and an array of craft beers and other beverages. A children's menu with housemade "not frozen" chicken nuggets and fingers will be available, Kemp says. The restaurant also will offer appetizers, subs, pizzas, calzones, salads and burgers but a step up. Among the various "designer pizzas" planned: the Chicken Pesto ($17.99 to $23.99, depending on size) will include roasted chicken breast, Roma tomatoes and mushrooms on fresh pesto; the Head Coach ($19.99 to $25.99) will include tomato sauce, mozzarella and provolone cheeses, pepperoni, Italian sausage, Genoa salami, Canadian bacon, mushrooms, green bell peppers, black olives, tomato slices and red onion. Vegetarian pizzas also will be available, including the Tesoro ($18.99 to $24.99) with artichoke hearts, Roma tomatoes, black olives, roasted peppers, broccoli and feta. Salads include a Tuna Salad ($8.99) with albacore tuna steak "not canned" along with tomato and red onions; and the Smoke House Steak Salad ($9.99), with grilled steak, tomato, feta cheese, black beans and jalapenos. The burgers ($7.99 to $8.49) will use Angus beef. Patrons who want plate dinners will have a few options: homemade crab ...