Staple Squirrel Hill restaurant to close after nearly 40 years in business
PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT SEVEN STARTS NOW. WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN WITH PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER ON YOUR TUESDAY SKY 4, GIVING US A BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF OUR SNOW COVERED CITY. EARLIER TODAY, OUR DEEP FREEZE IS JUST ABOUT OVER. WE ARE EXPECTING TO THAW OUT THROUGHOUT THE WEEK TO MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE AT 7:00 ON COZI TV. I’M MIKE CLARK. WE’RE GETTING STARTED WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST MIKE HARVEY AND YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. EVERYONE WAS IN A BETTER MOOD TODAY AS THE TEMPERATURES KIND OF GOT UP A LITTLE BIT. I THINK THE SUNSHINE HELPED A BIT AS WELL. SUNSHINE WAS NICE OUT THERE TODAY AND TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. RIGHT NOW WE ARE SITTING AT 35 DEGREES OUTSIDE WINDSOR SOUTH AT SEVEN, TAKES A WIND CHILL DOWN TO 29 DEGREES, BUT AS WE TAKE IT INTO TOMORROW, TEMPERATURES ON THE RISE IN THE MID TO LOWER 40S. AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY, WE’LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE. WE WILL HAVE CLOUDS INCREASE, BUT STILL SOME SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW AND MUCH WARMER. AND KEEP IN MIND, YESTERDAY A HIGH WAS 17 DEGREES. TODAY WE MADE IT INTO THE 30S. TOMORROW WE GO INTO THE 40S AS FAR AS CLOUDS. THEY WILL BEGIN TO MOVE IN. WE’LL HAVE A FEW BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY, BUT MOSTLY CLOUDY ON WEDNESDAY. THEN ON THURSDAY IT’S DRY ALL DAY LONG. WE’LL EVEN SEE A LITTLE MORE SUNSHINE ON THURSDAY, BUT ONCE WE GET LATE ON THURSDAY NIGHT, THAT’S WHEN RAIN SHOWERS MOVE IN AND THOSE RAIN SHOWERS WILL STAY WITH US INTO THE EARLY MORNING ON FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES DROP THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON FRIDAY, STARTING AT MIDNIGHT AROUND 45 DEGREES. BY THE TIME WE GET TO FRIDAY MORNING DOWN INTO THE LOW 30S. AND THAT’S WHERE WE’LL HAVE SOME OF THAT LEFTOVER PRECIPITATION CHANGE OVER TO A FEW FLURRIES IN THE AREA. SO THIS IS WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT A HIGH OF 42 IN PITTSBURGH ON WEDNESDAY, 52 ON THURSDAY WITH THE COLD FRONT COMING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THAT MEANS THE WIND IS GOING TO PICK UP. WE’LL HAVE THE RAIN SHOWERS INTO EARLY ON FRIDAY, WINDY ON FRIDAY AS WELL. AT MIDNIGHT IT’S 45. TEMPERATURES DROP THROUGHOUT THE DAY, BUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, WE ARE GOING TO SEE TEMPERATURES THAT WILL RECOVER. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 40S. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MIKE. THREE DAYS AFTER THE WEEKEND’S MAJOR SNOWFALL, FRUSTRATION ONLY GROWS FOR MANY PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH SAYING THEY STILL HAVE NOT HAD THEIR ROADS CLEARED. ALL THIS COMES AS PITTSBURGH CITY CONTROLLER IS CALLING ON CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO FIND SOLUTIONS FOR ITS AGING FLEET. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER YASMIN RODRIGUEZ HAS MORE FROM REGENT SQUARE. PITTSBURGH IS NO STRANGER TO HEAVY SNOWFALL, SO WHY THREE DAYS LATER, A LOT OF ROADS STILL LEFT IMPASSABLE. THAT’S THE QUESTION RESIDENTS ARE NOW WONDERING. THEY KNOW THE SNOW WAS COMING. IT’S NOT LIKE THEY DIDN’T KNOW. SO WE JUST WANT TO KNOW WHERE. WHAT’S THE PREPARATION? IS THERE NO PREPARATION OR YOU JUST DON’T CARE. THE MAIN STREETS ARE FINE, SO IT’S ALMOST LIKE WE CARE MORE ABOUT THE MAIN STREETS. BUT THE SIDE STREETS, IT’S LIKE YOU’RE PLAYING SLIP AND SLIDE AND DODGE BALL. IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING THAT THEY JUST CAN’T COME UP HERE AND JUST AT LEAST THROW SOME SALT DOWN, OR AT LEAST ONCE ONCE OVER DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, SAME FRUSTRATIONS. AND PITTSBURGH CITY CONTROLLER RACHEL HEISLER SAYS THERE IS A REASON. WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS THE RESULT OF A LACK OF INVESTMENT IN FLEET OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 15 YEARS. WE NEED TO ALLOCATE MORE RESOURCES TO THE FLEET. AND UNTIL WE DO THAT, THIS IS GOING TO BE WHAT SNOW REMOVAL LOOKS LIKE IN THE CITY. SO IN THE MEANTIME, RESIDENTS LIKE JASON BAPTISTA AND HIS NEIGHBORS ARE TAKING MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS. WE TAKE A HAVE A MAINTENANCE GUY THAT TAKES CARE OF OUR CONDOMINIUM BUILDING, AND WE ACTUALLY PAY HIM OUT OF POCKET TO TAKE CARE OF UNIVERSITY AVENUE. THIS STREET BEHIND US, WHILE STILL ASKING THIS OF THE CITY. I WOULD JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, WITHIN 48 HOURS WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TYPICALLY, WHICH IS AT LEAST THROW SOME SALT DOWN, PLOW AT LEAST ONCE. IT’S VERY FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU DRIVE ON PERRY’S PERRY AVENUE AND IT’S WET AT MOST. NOW, I DID REACH OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR AN UPDATE, BUT DID NOT HEAR BACK. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN REGENT SQUARE, YASMIN RODRIGUEZ, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. NEW TONIGHT A MAN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ACCUSED OF TRYING TO TAKE A LARGE KNIFE INTO HIS FORMER WORKPLACE, TRAFFORD POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED THURSDAY WHEN RONALD WRIGHT ALLEGEDLY GOT INTO THE CHELSEA BUILDING PRODUCTS BUILDING ON COMMERCIAL CIRCLE WITH A LARGE MILITARY STYLE KNIFE. POLICE CLAIM THAT HE TOLD ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HE HAD, QUOTE, MURDER ON HIS MIND ALL WEEK. WRIGHT WAS LAST WORKING FOR THE COMPANY IN NOVEMBER. POLICE SAY WORKERS WERE ABLE TO DE-ESCALATE THE SITUATION AND GOT RIGHT OUT OF THE BUILDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. WRIGHT IS NOW FACING CHARGES OF TRESPASSING, ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT. HE’S BEING HELD AT THE WESTMORELAND COUNTY PRISON. NEW TONIGHT A WOMAN CONVICTED OF CONSPIRING TO COMMIT A DEADLY SHOOTING IN A MCKEESPORT BAR IN 2020 WILL NOW SERVE UP TO 14 YEARS BEHIND BARS. GABRIEL PARKER WAS SENTENCED TODAY IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY AFTER A JURY CAME TO A SPLIT VERDICT ACQUITTING HER OF HOMICIDE IN THE DEATH OF ERICKA STEPHENS OUTSIDE THE MCKEESPORT BEER BARREL. RIGHT NOW, PITTSBURGH REGIONAL TRANSIT WORKING TO REPAIR PART OF THE T LINE IN SOUTH HILLS, SKY 4 PITTSBURGH’S ONLY NEWS CHOPPER OVER WARRINGTON AVENUE SHOWING YOU CREWS WORKING ON THE BROKEN RAIL ON THE OUTBOUND TRACK. PRT SAYS IT EXPECTS THAT CLOSURE TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND IS OPERATING SHUTTLES BETWEEN STATION SQUARE AND SOUTH HILLS JUNCTION, WHILE REPAIRS ARE BEING MADE. POWER HAS BEEN RESTORED TO SEVERAL DUQUESNE LIGHT CUSTOMERS IN THE ALIQUIPPA AND HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP AREAS AFTER A CRASH BROUGHT DOWN MULTIPLE UTILITY POLES, FORCING MILL STREET TO SHUT DOWN FOR HOURS TODAY. POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED BEFORE NOON IN THE AREA OF SMILEY’S TIRE AND A LOCAL FUNERAL HOME. NO WORD TONIGHT ON ANY CHARGES IN BUTLER COUNTY. OVERNIGHT, ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER AN EARLY MORNING FIRE ON SARVER ROAD IN BUFFALO TOWNSHIP. CREWS FROM MULTIPLE COUNTIES RESPONDED HERE. NO WORD YET ON WHAT CAUSED THAT FIRE. RIGHT NOW, A BUSINESS IN ALIQUIPPA, BEAVER COUNTY, IS SENDING THANKS FOR OVERWHELMING SUPPORT AFTER A FIRE RIPPED THROUGH SUSIE WILES SAUSAGE LAST NIGHT ON KENNEDY BOULEVARD. THE BUSINESS ALSO SHARED GRATITUDE FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING THE FLAMES OUT THERE IN THE FREEZING COLD. LUCKILY, NO ONE WAS HURT HERE TONIGHT. THREE NEW SMALL BUSINESSES ARE WELCOMING CUSTOMERS IN DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH, THE LATEST OF NEARLY 20 OPENING UP JUST THIS YEAR. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER KALEA GUNDERSON HAS MORE ON HOW THIS ALL IS. IN AN EFFORT TO GET MORE PEOPLE DOWNTOWN. TONIGHT, THE EMPHASIS ON SMALL BUSINESS AS CITY AND COUNTY LEADERS CELEBRATE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS EFFORTS TO IMPROVE DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH. WE FELT VERY WELCOMED BY BY HIGHWOODS AND BY JLL TO TO MAKE THIS WORK. AND THEY WERE LIKE THIS. YOU’RE REALLY NEEDED. WE WOULD LOVE YOU TO BE HERE. THEY’VE BEEN APPROACHED, I GUESS, BY BIGGER CHAINS THAN THEY WANTED SMALL BUSINESS. AND LIKE WE HAD EVERYTHING THAT THEY WANTED. AND THIS THIS SPACE HAD EVERYTHING WE NEEDED. CHRISTINE PROCTOR’S OPENING THE DOORS OF RUCKUS CAFÉ’S SECOND LOCATION HERE ALONG LIBERTY AVENUE, THEIR FIRST STILL THRIVING IN SHALER. SHE JOINS TWO OTHER BUSINESSES IN CELEBRATING NEW BUSINESS IN DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH. ORIGIN STORY COFFEE MAKING THE MOVE FROM ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, TO SMITHFIELD STREET AND FIFTH AVENUE, NOW HOME TO A NEW FLOWER SHOP CALLED FLIRTY. CHIEF OF STAFF FOR MAYOR ELECT COREY O’CONNOR, DAN GILMAN SAYS TODAY’S CELEBRATION IS A GOOD SIGN OF THE TRAJECTORY. DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH IS ON THREE IN A DAY. THAT’S BIG FOR PITTSBURGH, AND OBVIOUSLY WE’RE STILL DIGGING OUT A LITTLE BIT FROM THAT COVID INFLUENCE IN WORKERS DOWNTOWN. AND SO I THINK THIS IS A REAL SIGN ABOUT A SHIFT. WE’RE SEEING THAT’S GOING TO CONTINUE INTO 2026. SO THREE IS THREE IN A DAY IS A MOMENTOUS MOMENT FOR US FOR HOURS AND LOCATIONS OF ALL THREE NEW BUSINESSES. JUST CLICK ON THIS STORY ON OUR WTAE APP COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY TONIGHT IN DOWNTOW
Staple Squirrel Hill restaurant to close after nearly 40 years in business
Updated: 7:33 PM EST Dec 16, 2025
A staple restaurant in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood announced that it will be closing its doors after nearly 40 years in business. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Dec. 16, 2025 Murray Avenue Grill, located at 1720 Murray Avenue, said in a post on Facebook earlier this week that it will be closing its doors at the end of the month, 39 years after opening its doors to its first customer. “Since our founding in 1986, it has been our privilege to serve this community and to build lasting relationships with our customers, employees, and neighbors,” the restaurant said in the post. “We are profoundly grateful for the trust and loyalty you have shown us throughout the years. Your support has allowed us not only to grow as a business but also to become part of the fabric of this community.”The business did not provide a reason for the closure, further saying that its last day of operation will be Sunday, Dec. 28. “As we conclude this chapter, we do so with deep appreciation for the countless memories, friendships, and experiences shared over nearly four decades,” the post read. “Though the business is coming to a close, the legacy of these years will remain with us always.”The post continued, saying, “On behalf of the entire Murray Avenue Grill team, thank you for 39 years of support.”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 staple restaurant in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood announced that it will be closing its doors after nearly 40 years in business.
VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Dec. 16, 2025
Murray Avenue Grill, located at 1720 Murray Avenue, said in a post on Facebook earlier this week that it will be closing its doors at the end of the month, 39 years after opening its doors to its first customer.
“Since our founding in 1986, it has been our privilege to serve this community and to build lasting relationships with our customers, employees, and neighbors,” the restaurant said in the post. “We are profoundly grateful for the trust and loyalty you have shown us throughout the years. Your support has allowed us not only to grow as a business but also to become part of the fabric of this community.”
The business did not provide a reason for the closure, further saying that its last day of operation will be Sunday, Dec. 28.
“As we conclude this chapter, we do so with deep appreciation for the countless memories, friendships, and experiences shared over nearly four decades,” the post read. “Though the business is coming to a close, the legacy of these years will remain with us always.”
The post continued, saying, “On behalf of the entire Murray Avenue Grill team, thank you for 39 years of support.”
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