East Liberty News

Kevin Sousa, chef and co-owner of Salt of the Earth in Garfield, will open a modern barbecue restaurant, Union Pig and Chicken, on North Highland Avenue in East Liberty.

His announcement, expected today, comes on the heels of another East Liberty development prize planned two blocks away, a state-of-the-art movie theater and cafe that will occupy the first two floors of a new building at the corner of Penn and Highland avenues.

The six-story Odeon Building, which will have office space on the upper floors, is a partnership between East Liberty Development Inc. and the commercial real estate brokerage Blasier Urban, which helped develop the Eastside retail center that includes Whole Foods.

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