After 60 Years, Landmark Pittsburgh Restaurant Closing For Good

PITTSBURGH, PA - Alexander's Italian Bistro, a landmark in Bloomfield for more than 60 years, is closing for good. Owner Kim Colaizzi Ifft announced the closure on the restaurant's Facebook page.

"As the chapter closes on Alexander’s, we take with us the most full heart," she wrote. "A heart full of memories, and laughter, and now tears. We are blessed to call everyone of our customers our friends, and we thank you for keeping us at the heart of Bloomfield for all of these years. "

The restauant, first opened as Alto in 1958, was renamed Bobby C's when Bobby Colaizzi took it over in 1968. When Ifft's father, Alex, took over in 1977, the eatery was renamed Alexander's.

"My sister and I, along with my cousins, grew up in there," Ifft wrote. "We had communions and birthday parties, college graduations and funerals there, we celebrated our milestones at 5104
Liberty Ave. "