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Most restaurants have a high manager turnover rate, it's the beautiful part of the business.

The $7 cask? Haven't had anything that expensive on in years, last one being Rogue I2PA in 2003 maybe. And that's also about the time we started giving out tastes of the cask. We still however do not give out tastes of Belgian draughts.

We treat our vendors like garbage? I would really like to know where you're coming from with this.

If you really have a problem with the owner, go to our ugly website and fire off an e-mail.

The Sharp Edge (2 locations, Creekhouse is the 2nd) was one of the first establishments in Western Pa to bring in a great selection of quality beers. For that I will give them kudos.

They have on the other hand possibly the most arrogant owner in the service business. It seems that he does not care about the many loyal patrons that have spent thousands of dollars at his establishments.

He is preatty much absent and treats is vendors with "you are lucky to have me as your customer attitude."

His prices are consistently over the average price for identical products available in the Pittsburgh area. The quality of food can be hit and miss.

They have had manager turnover consistently. I am not surprised and it is a perfect reflection on how the owner treats his employees as well.

I used to be a frequent patron in the past. ( At least 3 to 4 times a week. ) I will give you one example of my frustration with this owner. I asked the bartender to give me a taste of the beer that was availbe on cask one evening. (Priced at $7.00) He informed me that they could not offer a taste from the cask beers. This was the owners rule. I had spent thousands of dollars at this location and this was the straw that broke the camels back for me. (They do offer tastes on the regular taps it seemed odd to me)

I will keep the owners name out of this review but I can tell you that my feelings are shared by many people who enjoy Belgium and craft beers in the Pittsburgh area.

The selection of beers -- particularly Belgian-style beers -- is impressive indeed. The prices are a bit on the high side, but I don't quibble about that when the selection is as vast as it is here. The wait staff is knowledgeable about the beer and about Pittsburgh. They gave us several good suggestions about places to see.

The food is very good. We went during the afternoon happy hour for appetizers and then again the next day for lunch. The Belgian-style mussels are fresh, tangy and tasty. I thought the buffalo wings were quite good though my companions thought they were a little overcooked. (I like them a bit crunchy.) For lunch I had the smoked chicken and poblano quesadilla and enjoyed it.

This is a great place to visit -- the Creekhouse and PNC Park almost make me wish I lived in Pittsburgh!

The beer is rather expensive here - $15 for 2-Belgian drafts - nothing rare or anything. On the upside, both drinks were served in the proper glassware from from each brewery. That's very rare to see anywhere- let alone Pittsburgh.

The beer is still the best reason to visit the Creekhouse.

We ordered salads as starters and main dishes with sides. All of the food came out at the same time - which provided for a 30 minute wait. Additionally, the salads got ignored until last and somewhat untouched since we had to get the hot food down before it reached the salad temperature. This was a mess and definitely made dinner less than enjoyable. I had to ask for my side as it didn't arrive with my meal.

Our waitress must have been pulling triple duty in the kitchen or something. We waited about 15 minutes between seeing her the 2-3 times during and until the end of our meal.

It's customary here to bring the salads first. Our waitress, even though perhaps having forgot to deliver them earlier - should have held the cooked food back and either had them under heating or had the kitchen make new dishes. At $15 for my quesadilla (which I thought was lacking) + iceberg lettuce salad (which was somewhat lacking) and side of mashed potatoes (actually rather alright) I think they could have afforded to have remake the meals or kept them under warming.

The food was good, but nothing amazing. Rather bland in part - the quesadilla had too many fresh veggies in it and ended up being mostly soggy all the way through to the plate.

We skipped dessert, which probably would have been the best thing to eat here - other than the beer.

At $45 for two based on the delivery of meal timing issues and having to wait so long between seeing our waitress I'd have to recommend sitting at the bar if you are going to eat here. Stick to the pizza, I use to. I feel bad for service industry workers with the sub $3 an hour pay - so I reluctantly left 20% tip - while I should have left instead a coin and a letter of suggestion.

I'll come back next year once again and see if things have improved. I visited the Creekhouse a few times last year and didn't review because I thought things were in transition here and generally I didn't want it to seem that I was intentionally slamming this place.

Dear Management,

Get your employees together and remind them this is the service industry.

Revise your beer list so prices are accurate to the amount the register says. Printout some white sheet unlaminated versions once in a while.

I hadn't been here in over a year. Last time I went, they had cut the vegetarian burger, created some pretty weird dishes and jacked up the food prices way high...

Here's the new deal though. Prices for entres remain high for the area and for the food. However, the quality and presentation of the food has stepped up. There now is a regular full page of specials as well as the page of pizzas and panini's. The menu is roughly about 10 pages - a large menu for any establishment.

Now what I did notice this time and not before is Sharp Edge although covering the very best micros is a major outlet for imports. The beer list is the better part of 10 pages. 9 pages are devouted to listing imports while 1 is left over for the micros. Disparaties aside, I chose a 25oz Ommegang bottle at a cost that competes with wine. Delicious and fresh.

As for the food. Portion size now is large. So you won't walk away hungry. We sampled their salad, a steak with vegetables and plank style potato fries along with a Mediterranean pasta (pasta, artichokes, oil based sauce)...

The meal was good as any we eat elsewhere. The presentation was good - my pasta arrived on a clear Pyrex type plate.

Overall, Sharp Edge Creekhouse seems to have worked out the issues with getting the food up to par. They seem to be doing this so well that the first time we tried the place last week there wasn't even a parking space available. This time we had a 20 minute wait for a non-smoking table. It was worth it.

I'd recommend checking this place out as the weather finally breaks and gives us some warmer temperatures. There is a large deck seating area out back that might be the ticket to enjoy a warm night.