2nd Pittsburgh Nuisance Bar In A Week Shut Down

PITTSBURGH, PA —The Allegheny County District Attorney's Office has shut down the second nuisance bar on the South Side within a week.

The district attorney's office nuisance bar task force on Monday announced it had signed an agreement with the owners of Linx on East Carson Street to voluntarily close the bar temporarily.

A hearing will be held Dec. 11 on a possible permanent closure. In advance of that, a civil complaint filed Monday stated there were 28 police incidents at the bar between December 2024 and Nov. 2, 2026.

Most recently, three people were arrested during a fight at the bar over Halloween weekend.

The Linx move comes a week after the temporary shutdown of another East Carson Street bar, Capo's, following a stabbing inside the tavern.

District Attorney Stephen Zappala's office issue the following statement following the Linx closure:

"Obviously, there are a number of issues continuing to affect the safety of our citizens living and/or visiting the South Side. It is the district attorney's intention, if possible and assuming they are willing, to meet with the owners of several of the licensed establishments in the South Side commercial areas to better understand their perspective(s), and possibly a better, less reactionary approach to addressing misconduct other than by sanctioning or closing businesses.”