Pittsburgh bar closed by Allegheny County DA’s nuisance bar task force
Da Kave in Lincoln-Lemington was shut down by DA’s office
Updated: 6:10 PM EDT Jul 7, 2026
A Pittsburgh bar was shut down by the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday.Sheriff’s deputies and police locked up Da Kave on Lincoln Avenue in the city’s Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood.Looking for more news in your area | Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube ChannelThis was an operation by the DA’s nuisance bar task force.”According to the petition filed by investigators, the establishment has been operating as an unlicensed speakeasy and involved in multiple criminal incidents including shots fired, fights, sexual assault, possession of firearms and selling and dispensing alcohol without a license,” District Attorney Stephen Zappala’s office said in a statement announcing the bar’s closure. “The business also has failed a number of inspections by the Allegheny County Health Department, Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire and the Department of Permits, Licenses and Inspections.”Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
PITTSBURGH —
A Pittsburgh bar was shut down by the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday.
Sheriff’s deputies and police locked up Da Kave on Lincoln Avenue in the city’s Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood.
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This was an operation by the DA’s nuisance bar task force.
“According to the petition filed by investigators, the establishment has been operating as an unlicensed speakeasy and involved in multiple criminal incidents including shots fired, fights, sexual assault, possession of firearms and selling and dispensing alcohol without a license,” District Attorney Stephen Zappala’s office said in a statement announcing the bar’s closure. “The business also has failed a number of inspections by the Allegheny County Health Department, Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire and the Department of Permits, Licenses and Inspections.”
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