New Strip District Restaurant Debuts

PITTSBURGH, PA — Several popular Pittsburgh restaurants have closed during the coronavirus outbreak, and with seating capacities still limited to 50 percent many eateries are having a hard time making a profit. But that hasn't deterred successful city restaurateur Richard DeShantz from opening his latest restaurant.

DeShantz has debuted Coop De Ville on Smallman Street in the Strip District, a southern table, fast casual restaurant and bar that features chicken as the headlining ingredient on the menu. Offerings include a fried chicken dinner, chicken sandwiches. waffle fries, spicy collared greens, pimento mac and cheese, butter beans and deviled egg potato salad.

Coop De Ville also will have eight lanes of duck pin bowling, classsic arcade games, pinball machines, poll tables, bocce courts, ping pong and more.

DeShantz's other local restaurants include the Downtown eateries Meat & Potatoes, Butcher and the Rye, Tako and Pork and Beans. He also operates Poulet Bleu in Lawrenceville.