# @pittsburghpg on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DXiUE5tDmxE
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64608095-pittsburghpg-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-25T01:26:54.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (@pittsburghpg) — https://gondola.cc/pittsburghpg

## Caption

The start of the NFL Draft created “A Tale of Two Cities” scenario for Pittsburgh’s restaurant owners. While things were grim outside of the draft footprint, business thrived inside the event.

“It was our busiest day ever. Ever. Ever. Ever, ever,” said Tom’s Watch Bar operating partner Billy Smalls.

But in other neighborhoods around the city, restaurants braced for a big boost that didn't quite materialize in the first two days of the draft.

Read more at the link in our bio.

📝&🗣️: Hal B. Klein/Post-Gazette
📽️: Kristen Mohammadi/Post-Gazette

#pittsburgh #nfldraft #pittsburghfood #pgheats

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