DiSalvo's Station Restaurant  (724) 539-0500

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History Abounds

History abounds in the architecture of DiSalvo's Station. Once through the tunnel, you enter the expansive atrium (formerly the train yard) where the cobblestone floor, and abundant greenery give you the feeling of dining in a courtyard in old-town Italy. The pitched ceilings, and overall atmosphere are complimented by our full-sized dining car inside of the restaurant.

DiSalvo's Station has a number of other individually unique "nooks and crannies" where one can indulge in fine dining, all accented with original, antique railroad memorabilia: the main dining room (the original concourse area), the adjacent tap room (formerly the ticket and luggage area), the Latrobe Room, or the Railway Express Office. Like the menu, choices abound among many distinct dining environments.

History of the Train Station
In 1851, Oliver Barnes, a civil engineer for the newly formed Pennsylvania Railroad, purchased a 140-acre farm, donated three of these acres for a railroad right-of-way, and on either side of it laid out streets for his new town, which he named after a friend, Benjamin Latrobe. Mr. Latrobe was the chief engineer for B & O Railroad, and it was his father who designed the United States Capitol in Washington D.C. Ironically, no record has been found to indicate that Latrobe's namesake ever actually visited Oliver Barnes' town. By 1903, the town was the center of an important industrial area, and the railroad built the present station, which, for 67 years, hosted the bustling comings and goings of and energetic populace. But the advent of the first buses, then the airplanes, gradually took away the passengers. And finally, in 1970, the station was abandoned, boarded up, and ignored. It fell victim to the elements, vagrants, and vandals, and by 1983 the derelict structure awaited impending demolition. The rich heritage of the railroad era soon would be forgotten. That is, until after three years of painstaking work, the station reopened in 1986, preserving its heritage and obtaining landmark status in the National Historic Register. In 1989, the DiSalvo family of Pittsburgh (known for the distinguished restaurant they have operated in Jeannette since 1974) brought to the community their reputation as fine restaurateurs, purchased the structure, and renamed it DiSalvo's Station Restaurant.