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The North Shore will gain a new dining and entertainment space ahead of the Pirates\u2019 home opener and the NFL Draft.<\/p>\n
Legacy Hospitality Partners announced on Thursday that The Plaza at North Shore, along with its first restaurant concept, SugarBird, will open on April 2. The 30,000-square-foot Plaza is located at the corner of Mazeroski Way and General Robinson Boulevard, across from PNC Park, and has been planned since 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n SugarBird, the Plaza\u2019s first \u201cin-footprint\u201d restaurant, is a fast-casual concept featuring chicken tenders and nuggets, donuts and soft-serve ice cream. A large outdoor patio within SugarBird will offer a full bar with frozen drinks. A second concept, Highball Social Club, described as an \u201cexperiential\u201d restaurant and bar, is also set to open within the Plaza\u2019s footprint in late fall 2026.<\/p>\n According to a news release, the outdoor plaza space includes a 40-foot LED screen that will air games, movies and other entertainment. After its kickoff, developers aim to attract year-round visitors with live music, yoga, festivals and other \u201cactivations,\u201d including a series of concerts featuring national headliners during the NFL Draft, starting April 22.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is the crown jewel of the North Shore and we are unveiling it at a time when all eyes are on Pittsburgh. We are opening with a lot of fanfare and worldwide notoriety, starting with opening day and leading right into the Draft,\u201d Herky Pollock, owner of Legacy Hospitality Partners, said in a news release. Pollock also described The Plaza at North Shore as a generational project in what \u201chas rapidly become the city\u2019s premiere entertainment district.\u201d<\/p>\n Pollock announced the formation of Legacy Hospitality, a new dining and \u201ceater-tainment\u201d group, on <\/a>Monday<\/a>. The new group assembled the team behind concepts including Ritual House, Palm Palm, Shorty\u2019s and The Common Good, which recently opened<\/a> in Downtown\u2019s Union Trust Building.<\/p>\n Legacy is collaborating with Chicago-based Barker\/Nestor and Pittsburgh-based landscape architects Merritt Chase<\/a> to build out the Plaza concept.<\/p>\n The Pirates\u2019 2026 home opener is scheduled for April 3 against the Baltimore Orioles.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n