My Best of the ‘Burgh: KiKi Brown

Her unpopular Pittsburgh opinion? "I don’t understand Picklesburgh. I don’t get it."
Kiki Brown

KIKI BROWN | PHOTO BY HUCK BEARD

KiKi Brown wears so many hats that it’s hard to figure out how she keeps them straight.

The Pittsburgh native, who has spent years on the radio in Pittsburgh, Baltimore, New York, D.C. and Maryland, is the afternoon host and assistant program director for WAMO 107.3 (Audacy). She hosts two podcasts and is a host of the weekly “3 O’Clock Drop” on CBS’ “Talk Pittsburgh.”

She’s also founder and CEO of Nice 2 Media Marketing & Promotions LLC, founder of an online radio station and head of community relations and events for Salem’s Market & Grill. So, we wanted to know: What is KiKi Brown’s Best of the ‘Burgh?

What’s your Pittsburgh “hidden gem,” a place that you love that doesn’t get the attention it deserves?

The Mexican War Streets. “The peace that those streets carry takes me back to ‘The Cosby Show,’ which is so weird, but it gives me that vibe.”

If you could only eat one local meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Chicken samosas at Salem’s Market & Grill

If Pittsburgh had a theme song, what would it be?

“We Are the Champions” by Queen

What’s the annual tradition that you wait for every year?

Three Rivers Arts Festival

Favorite Pittsburgh appearance in a movie or on television?

“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”

What’s your unpopular Pittsburgh opinion? What is something you think about the city (or a famous aspect of it) that won’t win you any friends?

“I don’t understand Picklesburgh. I don’t get it. I don’t understand why people like pickles so much. Like, how is that appetizing? How do you find so many ways to eat a pickle?”

Where’s the first place you take out-of-town guests?

Art’s Tavern in the Strip District

If you could bring back one Pittsburgh place or restaurant that’s no longer there, which would you pick?

The Crawford Grill in the Hill District. “We need a nightlife. We do not have a nightlife.”

You get one Incline ride with any Pittsburgher, living or dead. Who is it?

Michael Keaton — from his “Beetlejuice” era

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