NFL Draft In Pittsburgh To Include Huge Restaurant Charity Event

PITTSBURGH, PA — More than 20 city restaurants and a host of Steelers legends will come together for an upcoming NFL Draft event to benefit student hunger.

Taste of the Draft will occur the day before the draft begins in Pittsburgh. It will take place on April 22 from 4 p.m.-7 p.m. aT The Tower at PNC Plaza, Downtown.

Inspired by Taste of the NFL, the Super Bowl's premier philanthropic culinary event most recently held during Super Bowl LX week in San Francisco, Taste of the Draft will be hosted by Andrew Zimmern, Emmy- and four-time James Beard Award–winning television personality, chef and food equity and climate activist.

Taste of the Draft is coming to the Steel City to benefit national nonprofit GENYOUth and its mission to tackle student hunger in Pennsylvania.

Participating establishments include DiAnoia's Eatery, Ritual House, Palm Palm, Chengdu Gourmet, Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse, Con Alma, Primanti Bros., Aunt Cheryl's Café, Tina's Bar and Restaurant, Teppanyaki Kyoto, The Speckled Egg, Cafe Momentum Pittsburgh, Arepitta's, Original Oyster House, and Cadence+ at the Strip, with additional local chefs and restaurants to be announced.

Additionally, people will have opportunities to meet, mingle and collect autographs from Steelers players and NFL legends, including Fred Baxter, Trai Essex, Randy Grossman, Michael and Maurice Pouncey, J.T. Thomas, and Vince Williams, among others.