Jo-Jo's

110 24th, Pittsburgh, PA - (412) 261-0280

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Posted By Michael Stern on March 8, 2008 4:57 PM

Located at the far end of Pittsburgh’s colorful Strip district (where the all-night produce market thrives) Jo-Jo’s is one of a handful of places that serves sit-down meals to night owls. “Breakfast served all day everyday,” Jo-Jo’s menu announces (meaning until the place closes, about 1:30pm), but it’s about 2 in the morning when life gets interesting at the counter and long tables of this café located in a former gas station. As the music clubs close and truckers arrive to conduct business at the produce terminal a few blocks away, the late and early shifts come together in this boisterous establishment to eat huge breakfast omelets cooked in individual skillets and served with pre-buttered slabs of Italian toast.

Most spectacular of the omelet repertoire is the Jo-Jo special, filled with a rainbow of vegetables, hot or sweet sausage chunks, and a heap of soft home fried potatoes, all of which barely fit inside the half-circle formed by folding over the triple-egg challenge. French fries are popular, too, ordered on the side of a meat loaf sandwich in lieu of home fries, and frequently served underneath a blanket of dark brown gravy.

While the majority of Jo-Jo’s customers are sober responsible folks who simply happen to be out late at night, chances are good you will meet a handful of, shall we say, eccentric types who drink too much. One superfan of the big omelet very carefully and precisely explained that he comes to the restaurant every morning about four for the purpose of drinking a Jo-Jo omelet after eating beer all night.

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Posted By peter on April 20, 2011 1:34 PM

I went to Jo-Jo's hungry for an omelette. I googled "omelette Pittsburgh" and they were the first place to come up so I went there. I came hungry and left feeling like someone stole my wallet. The place is seriously mildewing, and the ceiling is covered in black splotches from water or oil leaks.

The only flavor I could detect from the omelette was the fake cheese. Every other ingredient must have been from a can sitting in water for two years because I seriously could not taste any flavors. The fried potatoes were fine.

I can't figure how this place has a certified commercial kitchen license. I've been to McDonalds in the worst parts of Detroit that were night and day cleaner then this place. Gross yuck. I want my money back.

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