Major Downtown Pittsburgh Restaurant Plan Gets Funding
By Eric Heyl
Published on April 30, 2026.
The Richard King Mellon Foundation has donated $250,000 to the city Urban Redevelopment Authority for preliminary work on a major project that involves converting several storefronts on Smithfield Street beneath Mellon Square into a restaurant and providing outdoor dining in the park above them. The foundation has a long history of supporting the city's economic development efforts.
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