Hours: 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, Monday – Saturday
5 to 8 pm on Thursday, Friday, Saturday evenings

Phone: 412.475.9846

Twitter: @franktuary

Menu: ALL OUR BEEF IS LOCAL, GRASS-FED, ORGANIC!

Beef Chili
- 12 oz bowl…$5

Vegetarian Soup of the Day
- 12 oz bowl…$4.50

All-Beef Franks
- Texan: chili, cheese, jalapenos…$4
- New Yorker: kraut, onion sauce, brown mustard…$4

Carrot Dog
- with Secret Sauce…$3.50
- New Yorker: kraut, onion sauce, brown mustard…$4

Penguin Poutine – Quebec-style fries topped with fresh cheese curds and brown gravy
- Large…$7.50
- Small…$4.50

Hot Punch of the Day – Bring your own mug, get $.25 OFF!
- 12 oz…$3

ALL OUR BEEF IS LOCAL, GRASS-FED, ORGANIC!

Beef Chili

- 12 oz bowl…$5
- over fries…$7
- add cheese…+$.75

Vegetarian Soup of the Day: BLACK BEAN ROASTED RED PEPPER

- 12 oz bowl…$4.50
- over fries…$6.50
- add cheese…+$.75

All-Beef Franks

- Texan: chili, cheese, jalapenos…$4
- New Yorker: kraut, onion sauce, brown mustard…$4

Carrot Dog

- with Secret Sauce…$3.50
- New Yorker: kraut, onion sauce, brown mustard…$4

Penguin Poutine – Quebec fries topped with cheese curds and brown gravy

- Large…$7.50
- Small…$4.50

Hot Punch of the Day: HONEY CRANBERRY SPICE – Bring your own mug, get $.25 OFF!
- 12 oz…$3

Anyone out there have thoughts about this concept? I’d like to hear ‘em!

So there I was in New York City. Can you guess what the topic of conversation was at the table next to me? A place in Pittsburgh called Franktuary. For the record, the people next to me were strangers, though that’s not the case anymore!

So, as you might imagine, more details will spring forth from this very space… over time. These titillating tidbits, about changes coming to Franktuary as well as the eventual success of my job search, may alter the very fabric of your life. If that doesn’t occur, I’ll settle for a positive impact on your stomach. After all, I expect you’ll find my yet-to-be-determined new occupation both succulent and delicious. Not to mention the food at Franktuary. You’ll find it most succulent and delicious also.

Well, as you wait for more mouthwatering morsels in the form of frankcentric blogging, come on downtown to try one of our already-improved pierogies. I know I’ll be back to visit regularly. If you’re reading this blog in Pittsburgh you have no excuse to visit Franktuary less frequently than someone more than 350 miles away! Okay, you got me, you’ve got to pay for parking in the Golden Triangle, but other than that…

In a nod to Pennsylvania’s upcoming Democratic presidential primary the restaurant is offering two politically themed menu items as an innovative way of predicting the results of the actual vote, which will be held on April 22, 2008. On a weekly basis Franktuary will announce its poll results, based on the ratio of respective sausages sold, through the website sausagepoll.com.

The Barackwurst, featuring an array of patriotic condiments, is a half-link of knockwurst and a half-link of bratwurst served on two New England top-split rolls. Red grape tomatoes, creamy white horseradish sauce, and crumbled blue corn tortilla chips are drizzled over the two different wursts that have come together to support one cause.

The Hillbasa is a kielbasa split length-wise and served with nearly identical condiments, also on two top-split rolls. “Quite honestly,” reports Franktuary co-owner Tim Tobitsch, “the two products are strikingly similar. However, the Hillbasa does come with a mandated side of Bill pickles, while rumors persist that the Barackwurst is served with a side of whatever one hopes.” When asked about the overwhelming demand that may be created by the novelty menu items Tobitsch quipped, “We’re a very small restaurant, but better we sell out than the politicians.”

Both the Barackwurst and Hillbasa are presented with a running-mate (side order) and Pennsylvania Punch, a locally produced soft-drink from the Natrona Bottling Company, for $7.00. Customers can purchase a Rocky Road to the White House Cherry Sundae for an additional $5.00. Customers who wish to be patriotic while abstaining from meat may replace wursts or kielbasa with two veggie dogs.

At a later date, Franktuary promises to introduce another politically themed frankfurter, the Hot McCainine, to be served with a side of Bush’s Baked Beans. When asked whom it advocates as the United States’ next President, Franktuary refused to play favorites, citing allegiance only to America.

In other news, Franktuary is now featured in a webcom. It’s called Something To Be Desired. What webcom means is that you don’t need a TV to watch TV anymore! Give it a shot.

Lately I have been developing “intricate” graphs on scrap paper. They’re very enlightening when it comes to such things as life and/or the food-service industry. I think sometime soon I might scan what I have developed, thanks to Pixma, and share on this blog.