Happenstance Cafe

3832 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh
(412) 301-2900

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Lindsey Bobak

Fantastic service, food, and drink. Fried Chicken and Croffles was tasty, and the Lavender Lizzy and Fall Spritz were refreshing treats! We had the pleasure of meeting the owner, Jill - friendly and helpful with choosing our order. Definitely recommend!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Grace L

Great poppyseed muffin and iced pumpkin latte. Excellent service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

craigs list1

The waitress with the short black hair was the sweetest and most attentive person, will be coming back!! :-)

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jessica Yarger

Probably the best vanilla latte I’ve ever had

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tydeea Threadgill

Cute coffee shop if you live/work in the area.

I ordered a single espresso shot, the Lavender Lizzy cocktail and the breakfast plate.

The ingredients for the Lavender Lizzy cocktail reminded me of a French75 riff however it tasted like a glass of lemon water with color from the butterfly pea tea and there was no glitter.

The espresso shot was cold but strong…

The breakfast plate was ok.

Theres currently construction going on outside of the location so keep that in mind for noise levels and possible critters if you’re seated in their outside area.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 1

Vee Cugini

We rented the upstairs for a 22 person staff retreat with breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack. What an amazing day! The space was clean and had plenty of room for small groups or large discussions. The food was delicious and the servers were lovely. And our staff loved the option to grab a fancy latte or alcoholic beverage at the end of the retreat. 10/10!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Runrab Boles

A very nice cortado and breakfast tacos. Comfortable neighborhood café with outside setting. Nice flatware is always better than paper cups. You should walk there.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Frank Deng

Got a breakfast burger and iced vanilla latte, the burger on a bagel was delicious. Back patio garden had a nice atmosphere

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Vernon Luk

Good food and vibe (the chicken crouffle in particular was great), they got half our order wrong though

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

Jen Ryan

I’m obviously in the minority but I didn’t love this place. First time visiting. The guy behind the counter was not friendly. Just got a cold vibe when I asked for cream for my coffee.

Ordered avocado toast. The lady that served it was lovely. Very friendly. Just in my opinion, the toast was drown in balsamic as well as the shaker blend of spices or whatever went on top. Just overpowered the toast.

From out of town so not any chance to go back. But I would give it another shot and order something else.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 3

Tom Gallagher

I just had a damn good chicken sandwich here. Highly recommend

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ryan Walz

Jill is amazing! So friendly! Generous and accommodating! Food and drinks superb!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Rad Ramsey

awesome food and drinks! incredible service from Johnny behind the bar!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Buddy Flip

Cool café with multiple different settings to hang in. Lots of events to check out, oh I dunno, like maybe a comedy show.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Clark

Best café in Pittsburgh! Trust me, I’ve been searching for a year now 😅. They offer excellent specialty drinks with actual flavor! These drinks are not just brown water with “flavored syrups” like so many café’s out here. Do yourself a favor and stop by, you won’t regret it.

The food is killer too! Happenstance offers abundant and diverse seating to enjoy their specialty takes on old classics. Stop by and treat yourself. I know I’ll be back—soon!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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