{"id":190960,"date":"2026-05-13T07:01:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T07:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/190960\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T07:01:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T07:01:56","slug":"pamelas-diner-mourns-profound-loss-of-co-founder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/190960\/","title":{"rendered":"Pamela&#8217;s Diner Mourns Profound Loss of Co-founder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Pittsburgh breakfast staple is mourning the loss of co-founder and the beloved face behind Pamela\u2019s Diner. <\/p>\n<p>In a social media post announcing Gail Klingensmith\u2019s death, co-founder Pam Cohen called her business partner, \u201cthe soul\u201d of Pamela\u2019s, saying \u201cEverybody loves Gail\u201d, and so did Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p>The two women Founded the diner in 1979 and Pamela\u2019s Diner grew from a tiny 12-seat counter in Squirrel Hill into one of Pittsburgh\u2019s most iconic restaurants. <\/p>\n<p>Known for its crispy hotcakes and retro charm, the diner earned national attention when President Barack Obama praised the breakfast spot during a 2008 campaign stop. <\/p>\n<p>Klingensmith\u2019s family and Pamela\u2019s Diner have not yet released details on services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Pittsburgh breakfast staple is mourning the loss of co-founder and the beloved face behind Pamela\u2019s Diner. In&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[25518,84799,2252,85066,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-190960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-breakfast","tag-gail-klingensmith","tag-obituary","tag-pamela-s-diner","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}