Ruggers Pub

02/25/2026

Come on dahn and check aht the best kept secret in Southside. New Menu, New Kitchen, Same Old Ruggers Pub!

https://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/ruggers-pub-new-menu/

Thanks to Pittsburgh Magazine for swinging through!

Ruggers Pub is a lot of things to a lot of people: community hub, rugby clubhouse, late-night dive, performance space, vegan-friendly burger joint,

02/18/2026

🚨‼️ OUR KITCHEN IS OPEN‼️🚨

It gives us SO much joy to FINALLY announce that our brand new kitchen is READY! We’ve got twice the space, shiny brand new equipment, an upgraded menu, and a burning desire to fill yinz bellies! Swing through soon next time you’re dahn Southside and grab an old menu stalwart or try one of our new soon-to-be-classics and find a new fav.

🍴KITCHEN OPEN TIL 12AM🔪
🍺 BAR OPEN TIL 2AM🥃
🗓️EVERY SINGLE NIGHT ⏰
💛WE LOVE YINZ 🖤

The last 4 months dahn here have felt like years, and I speak for the whole staff when I say we’re cool not seeing a hot dog for a long time. We can’t thank yinz enough for supporting us all winter long, and we can’t wait to be better than EVER!

02/05/2026

🏉 HAPPY SIX NATIONS SEASON 🏉

The biggest rugby event of the calendar is finally upon us, and we couldn’t be prouder to be yinz home for Every Single match ‼️LIVE‼️ Our doors open 30 minutes before the earliest match of the day, the audio will be on, and the Guinness will be flowing.

kicks off THURSDAY 2/5 with
🇮🇪IRELAND🇮🇪 vs 🇫🇷FRANCE 🇫🇷 LIVE @ 3 PM
(Just-Like-Live Re-Airing @ 7 PM - No Spoiler Rules In Effect)

$6 20oz 🇮🇪 Guinness Drafts 🇮🇪
$4 🍺 .pgh Drafts Every Thursday 🍻
$3 💣Bombs & Wells 🥃

🚨🍴Important Programming Note 🍴🚨
⚠️OUR KITCHEN IS STILL UNDER RENOVATION👷
so we are very limited in our food offerings compared to Six Nations past. We’ll have hot dogs and bagels, but yinz are more than welcome to Bring Your Own Breakfast or order food dahn to the Pub! We fully anticipate having the kitchen up and running in time to serve some awesome brunch this month, and we’ll let yinz know the moment we’re back up.

Ben Carozza’s Annual Six Nations Gear Drive is also making its return, providing rugby gear to youth teams across Allegheny County. Bring in some previously-loved jerseys, boots, headgear, or any other equipment clogging your closet, and Ben will shake your hand and buy you a beer!

01/30/2026

🚨 RUGGERS KITCHEN UPDATE 🚨

We’re so close we can *almost* taste it. Yinz are long overdue for an update, and we’re thrilled to say we’ll be cooking for yinz SOON! This project has been ENORMOUS, and has run into all sorts of Southside construction surprises, extending our timeline way past what anyone expected. At this point, we’ve got walls, plumbing, sinks, gas, brand new equipment, a floor, a ceiling, a custom fabricated beast of a hood, a upgraded menu, and plenty more of yesterday’s headaches we’ve collectively blocked from our memory. We’re a few inspections away (and a visit from DLC 🤞) from being BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER!

💛 We appreciate every one of yinz that came dahn during these Dog Days of Ruggers, had some drinks, brought some food in, or checked up on our progress. Extra special shoutout to the Ruggalos and Ruggalettes that have lived off hot dogs, not letting the kitchen’s absence disturb their drinking schedule, and kept the heart of this place beating all winter. We love yinz so much, and can’t wait to cook for you soo freakin’ soon. 💛🖤

🚨In other news: 🚨
🤼We’ve made it official: EVERY WWE PAYPERVIEW WILL BE SHOWN LIVE AT RUGGERS PUB! Starting with tomorrow’s Royal Rumble, your favorite Rugby and Rasslin’ Bar will finally have the biggest events. See yinz tomorrow! 🤼‍♂️

10/20/2025

🚨BREAKING RUGGERS NEWS BULLETIN 🚨

We’re going through changes dahn here, and finally getting the kitchen we, and yinz, deserve! If you’ve ever peeked in our back of house, you know we outgrew it a decade ago. The permits are valid, the equipment is ordered, and Ruggs is about to get a major culinary makeover! We appreciate every one of yinz that has supported us and made this project possible, and we can’t wait to get back to serving yinz the Best Pub Grub in Pittsburgh!

🚨The Pub will REMAIN OPEN with the SAME HOURS throughout the construction, and we’ll have Hot Dawgs, Vegan Dawgs, and Bar Snacks to satiate your munchies during our Renovation Era👷‍♂️. 🌭 🚨

🍴Our kitchen will be back with an upgraded menu in December, featuring Ruggers Staples, Favorite Specials, Crunchwraps, and expanded Vegan Choices that we promise will be worth the wait! 🔪

🖤💛From every one of the Ruggers Family, we thank you for everything and can’t wait to see yinz dahn Ruggs 💛🖤

09/23/2025

🥇 THANK YINZ FOR VOTING FOR US 🏆

We’re bursting with pride dahn Southside right now, and couldn’t be more grateful to all the Ruggers, Ruggulars, Ruggalos, and RuggRats that voted for us in Pittsburgh City Paper Best of 2025!

🌟It’s not the bar, beer, or food that make us the Best Sports Bar in Pittsburgh, it’s every one of yinz that bring enthusiasm, energy, and a genuine appreciation for our home. It’s our staff (who WE think are 2nd to none 😉) that strive to make every guest welcome, safe, seen, and satisfied. It’s our homies that aren’t with us anymore, but have cultivated a culture that can’t be duplicated. It’s the various communities that call Ruggers Pub “home base”, and know they’ll be greeted with a smile every time they need one. 💫

We love and cherish each of yinz. We promise to keep doing our best to be our best, every single day.

💛🖤Ruggers Pub Forever / SouthSide Forever 💛🖤

09/10/2025

🌟 WEEKLY SPECIAL 🌟
This week’s star: The Chopped Cheese Crunchwrap — Cheesey Ground Beef or Ground Seitan cooked with Caramelized Onions, Chopped Lettuce & Tomato, and Fancy Sauce.

VEGAN VERSION with Ground Seitan and Vegan Cheddar available (and delicious)! 🌱🔥

PLUS — Friday is SLEAZE NIGHT ⚡️
💋 DJs Himboza + Deep_V
💋 Late night with Bunni, Eureka Siggs, Kara Sells
💋 FREE show, starts 9:30PM

And don’t forget:
🥃 $3.50 whiskeys ALL DAY
🧠 Radical Trivia @9:30PM tonight
🍴 Kitchen open late til midnight
Wednesday’s got everything yinz need 😎

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08/06/2025

🌟We can’t thank yinz enough for nominating us in so many diverse categories this year. Ruggers Pub is a lot of different things to a lot of different people, and the Melting Pot that comes together is one you can’t find anywhere else. So whether you prefer us before the big game, when you’re alone, looking to imbibe without breaking the bank, watching rugby, checking out a book from Mollie’s Bad B*itch Book Box, or just having a couple cold ones, we hope you’ll vote for us this year!🌟🏆🥇

🫡Follow the link below to vote:🫡
https://posting.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/BestofPGHBallot/Page

Huge Shout-Out to our Ruggers Family that are also nominated:
🏉Pittsburgh Forge Rugby - Best Sports Club
👕Commonwealth Press- Best T-Shirt Print Shop
🎧DJ Himboza - Best DJ

07/04/2025

🎊🎉RUGGS TURNS 25🎊🤘

🥳🎂Your favorite little rugby pub that could turns 25 this weekend, and celebrating the whole time! We’ve got Ruggers Family Jeremy Beightol DJing all night Friday, like he did diligently for decades. We’ve got Drastic Action, Last Protocol, 65 Rats, and DJ Soulfella LIVE IN ACTION SUNDAY for “O! THE PUB SHOW!” Doors @5/ Bands @6. 21+/ No Cover.
Drink Specials, $3 Bombs, $5 Shot n Beer Combos All Weekend Long! 🎊🍻

Not every bar lives long enough to see their 25th birthday, but Ruggers ain’t every bar! Few places have touched as many lives as Ruggers, and we can’t be happier or prouder to be yinz neighbor for a quarter century. To the artists, DJs, musicians, performers, and rasslers, that have transformed Rugger’s intimate space into our most memorable nights; thank you. To the staff that have welcomed, served, protected, befriended, and legitimately cared for our guests from day one; thank you. Most importantly, to the Ruggers, Ruggalos, and Ruggulars, that have spent their time with us through thick and thin, and continue to be the heartbeat of the best rugby bar in the world; THANK YINZ! It takes a village to run a bar, and this place wouldn’t be here without countless unseen kindnesses and favors from our Ruggers Family. We know we have the best patrons in world, and we’re thankful for yinz everyday, but this weekend more than ever.

We’ve come a long way in 25 years, and we can’t wait for the next 250. Thanks for being along for the ride. We love yinz so much.

🖤RIP LARA 🦇
💛RIP CB 🤠

06/27/2025

HOW TO DONATE & RUGGAPALOOZA CHEAT SHEET

For any new Ruggers, Ruggulars, and Ruggalos that are wondering why this event is so important to us, it’s all because of Cowboy. Because of Cowboy, Ruggers Pub was born, survived, thrived, and transfigured into a Southside institution where all yinz are welcome and you always got a high five before leaving. He went beyond being a talented rugger, a loyal friend, and raucous rock n roller; he was the raddest dude around. So now, with our help, his memory can live on through future IUP Ruggers, as the “Cowboy” Ron Nye Scholarship is awarded to 2 needy IUP Men's Rugby players every year.

As yinz can see, we’ve got all sorts of ways to raise some fund this weekend, and we kindly ask yinz to help out anyway you see fit. Countless friends, bands, local businesses, and breweries have contributed to the cause, and we can’t thank them enough!

🖤We Love You Cowboy Ron Nye 🤠