New Pittsburgh Restaurant Again Nationally Lauded

PITTSBURGH, PA — National accolades keep rolling in for a relatively new Pittsburgh restaurant.

Titusz, which in September was recognized as of the 50 best restaurants in America by The New York Times, has been named one of the country's best new restaurants by Eater - a national media outlet devoted to food and dining.

The site on Tuesday published its list of 2026 National Eater Award winners lauding the best restaurants, bakeries, chefs, dishes and bars across the country. Titusz was among them.

Opening in Lawrenceville last year, the Austro-Hungarian occupies the former Merchant Oyster Co. space and is named after chef and owner Csilla Thackray's great-grandfather.

Here's what Eater had to say about Titusz:

"Sunday is a very good night to be at Titusz, a 2026 Eater Best New Restaurant. That’s Schnitzel Sonntag — when the Pittsburgh restaurant, clad in warm wood and gem-toned ceramic tile, offers an irresistible special at an even more irresistible price: a 4-ounce veal cutlet, breaded and fried in lard, for $13.

"Chef and owner Csilla Thackray honed her craft in some of the city’s top restaurant kitchens. Thackray’s husband, Sean Rosenkrans — another veteran of Pittsburgh’s restaurant and bar scene — has built a stunning list of wines from Central Europe, as well as cocktails fluent in that idiom. Don’t miss the sour cherry soup and the kaspressknödel (cheese dumpling) in charred leek and sauerkraut broth."