Saturday, Aug 1st, 2009 ↓

Free WiFi for subversives

G20 Bed and Breakfast was recently awarded $30,000 from the Sprout Fund to develop a public access database of all the free WiFi in the city. Sadly, our database guy was out of town that week so we threw together (aka “Googled”) this list for you instead.

  • Bruegger’s Bagels
    Downtown: 411 Seventh Ave; Oakland: Forbes Ave.
  • Carnegie Library branches
    library card number required for locals, visitors can present photo ID - 4400 Forbes Ave ; 1910 Braodway Ave. ; 708 Brookline Blvd. ; 1811 Brownsville Rd. ; 612 Smithfield St. ; 130 S. Whitfield St. ; 4901 Second Ave. ; 419 Dinwiddie St. ; 7101 Hamilton Ave. ; 400 Brownsville Rd. ; 279 Fisk St. ; 4724 Baum Blvd. ; 315 Grandview Ave. ; 720 Sherwood Ave. ; 2205 East Carson St. ; 5801 Forbes Ave. ; 47 Wabash Ave. ; 1201 Woods Run Ave. - 412 622 3114
  • Connections
    3495 Bates St - 412-621-6760 (good luck catching ‘em when they’re open!)
  • Crazy Mocha
    A gazillion locations, including: 2809 E Carson Street, Southside Works; Carnegie Library - 4400 Forbes Ave - 412-802-7766; 2000 Murray Avenue, Squirrel Hill
  • Franktuary
    Trinity Cathedral - 325 Oliver Ave - 412-288-0322 (Be careful! They’re Christians!)
  • Harris Grill
    5747 Ellsworth Ave. - 412-362-5273
  • Hkan bar
    East Carson
  • Hooters
    2 Station Square Drive East (We’ll pass…)
  • Kiva Han
    two locations in Oakland: Forbes Ave. at Meyran and Forbes Ave. at South Craig St. Tell ‘em Lenny sent you!
  • Market District Shadyside
    5550 Centre Avenue - (412) 681-1500
  • Panera Bread
    Also a gazillion locations, including: Blvd of the Allies and Forbes Ave. (Oakland)
  • Silky’s Pub
    1731 Murray Ave - (412) 421-9222 (it helps if you enjoy college sports)
  • The Beehive
    1327 E. Carson St - 412 488 4483
  • Tuscany Coffee
    1501 East Carson Street
  • Wireless Shadyside
    Walnut St. from Aiken Ave to S Negley Ave
  • Inn on the Mexican War Streets
    604 W. North Ave - 412-231-6544
  • Shadyside Inn Suites
    5405 Fifth Ave - 412-441-4444