July 15, 2026 On a muggy, humid Wednesday night, Edmund and Liddy took a walk to Moonlit Burgers on Penn Avenue. While our original intention was simply to have burgers for dinner, we realized that the addition of milkshakes made this a 90 Cones-worthy excursion. We were excited to find our friend Eric tending bar.…

July 11, 2026 Our visit to Polish Hill was momentous for several reasons. For starters, this was the first 90 Cones visit ever without Pippa, breaking her 33-neighborhood streak. (We miss her, and hope we’re doing our chief blogger credit with this post.) Second, it was our first time being invited to share ice cream…

March 30, 2026 As the only Pittsburgh neighborhood that spans a river, Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar earned not one but two visits. During Pippa and Edmund’s spring break, they took the bus across the Allegheny River to the Waterworks to see Project Hail Mary (amazing btw) and grab ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery. Edmund enjoyed Our Strawberry…

May 30, 2026 Liddy and Pippa took a long after-dinner walk to Shadyside, stopping at Mercurio’s on Walnut Street. Pippa enjoyed Death by Chocolate and Stracciatella while Liddy had Strawberry Cheesecake and Dulce de Leche. Mercurio’s holds special meaning for the Barlows: not only have Greg and Liddy been fans of their award-winning gelato for…

May 25, 2026 Central Lawrenceville is home to a long-standing Memorial Day Parade, our family’s tradition for the start of summer. Greg and Edmund marched along with their Scouts BSA troop, and Pippa and Liddy met up with family friends Zoe and Peter. After taking in the bagpipes, Ghostbusters, and fiery tubas, we walked down…

April 12, 2026 We spent a Sunday afternoon in the South Side neighborhood of Carrick. While it is a very large neighborhood, it was not one we had spent a lot of time in. We visited Coco Wawa Hot Chicken and grabbed Nutella cones from their ice cream freezer. Carrick is an incredibly steep neighborhood,…

November 15, 2025 Here’s our final 90 Cones visit from 2025! (Yes, we know it’s April.) We spent a lovely November afternoon in Spring Garden, a neighborhood we were very unfamiliar with. We headed to Marshall’s, a convenience store and gas station. Google Reviews and signage suggest that Marshall’s has good Reubens, but we did…

March 31, 2025 Point Breeze North is a small neighborhood, covering only a few blocks; however, in that small space the neighborhood holds a rich history. During the gilded age, Point Breeze North was home to George Westinghouse and H.J. Heinz, two notable business men, among other rich residents. Westinghouse’s home, named Solitude, was home…

March 15, 2026 Brighton Heights was a milestone stop for this blog: our first media attention and our first 90 Cones fans in the wild! We met up with a journalist from the CAPA Chronicle (watch for an article coming soon!) at the California Coffee Bar in Brighton Heights for an interview and some milkshakes.…

January 19, 2026 For our first 90 Cones trip of 2026 we headed to Squirrel Hill South for a drive around the neighborhood. Despite chilly temperatures in the 20s we braved the weather to grab some ice cream at Coldstone Creamery. Squirrel Hill South is in some ways the birth place of 90 Cones as…