Pittsburgh's Picklesburgh Picks Up Another National Honor

PITTSBURGH, PA — Make it three. For the third time, Picklesburgh, the annual summer festival celebrating all things pickle-related, has been voted the nation's best specialty food festival in the country by USA Today readers.

Presented by Heinz (naturally) Picklesburgh is a free annual culinary event that includes international dishes and handcrafted foods from local chefs featuring house-cured pickled vegetables; how-to demonstrations highlighting the farm-to-table movement and canning; fun pickle-themed merchandise, live music, a kids area and a competitive pickle juice drinking contest.

“We’re so grateful for the thousands of Pittsburghers who are passionate about Picklesburgh and helped us bring home another win for the City of Champions,” Jeremy Waldrup, president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Downtown partnership, said in a statement. “Pittsburgh and
Picklesburgh are inextricably linked."

Launched in 2015, the festival has received national attention with coverage that has included the Today Show, Good Morning America, Fox News, The Washington Post, Boston Globe, Travel+Leisure and Thrillist. The event also been recognized as a ‘signature event’ of the Commonwealth by the Pennsylvania Tourism Office.

This year, the celebration will occur July 21-23. The partnership is expected to soon release more details on this year's event.