Popular Downtown Pittsburgh Restaurant Changes Hands

PITTSBURGH PA - Restaurateur Yves Carreau, who last year retooled his successful Sonoma Grille on Penn Avenue downtown into the French-themed Le Lyonnias, has sold the restaurant.

The Pittsburgh Business Times reported that the AMPD Group, which operates various eateries in Pittsburgh and outside the city, has purchased the space and will open a new restaurant on the site. Among the AMPD Group’s establishments is Ten Penny, which is located across the street from Le Lyonnais.

Carreau opened the Sonoma Grille in 2004 in the ground level of the Downtown Marriott Hotel, paving the way for what has become a busy row of restaurants in the 900 block of Penn Avenue that includes Ten Penny, Sienna Mercanto, August Henry’s, Bakersfield, The Sharp Edge and Nine on Nine.

In addition to Ten Penny, AMPD Group also owns the Steel Cactus restaurants on the South Side, in Shadyside and at PNC Park and Pittsburgh International Airport; Social House 7, Downtown; Local Bar and Kitchen on the South Side and the North Shore; Cain’s in Dormont; the Fairway Grille in Bethel Park and Delanie’s Coffee on the South Side.

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Le Lyonnias photo via Google.

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