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The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station, now Landry's Grand Concourse restaurant in Station Square Plaza in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is an historic building that was erected in 1898. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Station Square is a 52-acre (210,000 m 2) entertainment complex located in the South Shore neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States across the Monongahela River from the Golden Triangle of downtown Pittsburgh. Station Square occupies the buildings and land formerly occupied by the historic Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Complex ...
The passenger station has been placed on a list of historic edifices, modernized and converted to a restaurant. During 1910 - 1930, the P & LE operated 50 passenger daily trains on its 65-mile Pittsburgh - Youngstown portion of its system.
Baltimore and Ohio Station (Pittsburgh) (1887–1955), currently occupied by Interstate 376 and the Smithfield Street Bridge; Grant Street Station or B&O Pittsburgh Terminal (1957–1989), site now occupied by PNC and First Avenue station (PAAC) Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station (opened 1898), now a restaurant in Station Square
The restaurant was grossing $90,000 monthly during its first year of operations. [5] By the end of 1978, Victoria Station had 97 restaurants, all company owned. [6] The chain was designed to attract members of the baby boom generation. The theme of the restaurant was loosely based on London's Victoria Station.
Station Square station is an intermodal transit station in the South Shore neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, located at the Station Square shopping and entertainment complex. It is served by the Red Line , Blue Line , and Silver Line of the Pittsburgh Light Rail network, and is the northern terminus of the South Busway .
The restaurant quickly became known for its hot dogs and large portions of French fries, although the menu also includes sandwiches, salads and pizza. In 2001, Gourmet Magazine ranked the hot dogs fourth-best in America, [ 5 ] and The New York Times named it to a list of one of the "high spots in a nation of hot-dog heavens" in 2002. [ 6 ]
Kaufmann's was founded in Pittsburgh in 1871 by brothers Morris, Jacob, and Isaac Kaufmann as a small South Side men's store. [4] [5] In 1877, the brothers moved downtown to a location that became known as The Big Store. [6]