NEW: "Awesome vegetarian grub." Trib PM, 12/06

NEW: "'It feels like we're right in the middle of whatever is going to happen in this neighborhood. I really think we anchor this part of Penn Avenue. We belong here in Garfield.'" Trib PM, 12/06

NEW: "'I don't think it's going to hurt us to not have music. Now there are a lot more East End venues, whereas when Ian started, there weren't. It's a hard thing to shut the door on, but it's reality, and I'm OK with it.'" Pittsburgh City Paper, 12/06

"The Quiet Storm coffee house, Attack Theater and Garfield Artworks are pulling young alternative musicians, dancers and artists to lofts and rentals. Feel free to show those tattoos--here's where Friendship is most fluid, energetically mixing it up with Bloomfield, Garfield and Lawrenceville." Pittsburgh Magazine, 7/06

" ...nothing compares to the Quiet Storm, the coffee shop/restaurant/concert venue on the easternmost edge of the district. The café is relaxed, fashionable and upbeat; and thanks to its progressive owners and clientele, it has smoothly integrated into the neighborhood." Pop City Media, 6/06

"Head east [on Penn Avenue] past the Strip, and the energy picks up again, with cutting-edge art and music happening at the Brillobox, Garfield Artworks, Modern Formations, the Quiet Storm and the Pittsburgh Glass Center. It's become an indie alternative to the South Side and the Strip." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Cultural Top 50, 6/06

"[The Quiet Storm] serves former customers of the Horoscope, vegans, people who are pierced and tattooed, readers of novels and textbooks, laptop users and, on one recent day, a little girl reading the book 'Puppy' at the counter." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 4/06

" ...the biggest growth is at the bottom of the spectrum, with more bars, coffeeshops and small clubs committing to live music." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 2/06

"Lunch might include something a little more exotic, like the Spicy Peanut Wrap served at The Quiet Storm... This healthful, burrito-like sandwich gets its protein from natural peanut butter, and its raisins are rich in antioxidants as well as a good source of fiber." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1/06

"Let's rename this dish Yummus." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 12/05

"It was just a little coffee shop at first, but it has radically changed the dynamics in that part of Penn Avenue..." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12/05

City Paper readers recently voted us one of the best coffeehouses and best places not to eat meat in Pittsburgh! >> City Paper poll, 12/05

"...the panini (a pressed Italian sandwich), prepared with tofu-scramble, tomato, spinach and mushrooms in a homemade garlic aioli, could very well turn any carnivore into a vegan..." Pittsburgh Magazine, 10/05

"...a popular gathering spot, local stage and "town square" that serves creative vegetarian dishes and provides play space for children while parents share their neighborhood visions – or just plop in a chair for a cup of joe." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12/04

"Quiet Storm Friday October 22, Bands, Beers, Bodies with faces, some with not... I look around to make sure Warhol is not staring at me, this is not Max's Kansas City, it's another weekend in the Iron City." Deek Magazine, 12/04

"Usually, you have to pick one or the other: Be all things to all people, or make your appeal so specialized that your target audience will have no choice but to accept you. Somehow, the Quiet Storm on Penn Avenue in Friendship/Garfield does a good bit of both." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 9/04

"For the vegan bored with endless plates of brown rice and stir-fried vegetables, or for anyone who has ever appreciated the wholesome, homey aesthetic of the Moosewood Cookbook, the Quiet Storm is cooking up something good for you." Pittsburgh City Paper, 2/04

The Quiet Storm's Ian Lipsky: "As far as I know, no vegetarian restaurant has succeeded here for very long, but that's what I want to do." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2/04

"With clubs closing all over town, Garfield coffeehouse the Quiet Storm is trying a novel approach to staying in business: selling itself to the neighborhood." Pittsburgh City Paper, 2/04

Quiet Storm proprietor Ian Lipsky is interviewed in the articles "Future uncertain for Pittsburgh's live music scene," Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 12/03; and "Winds of change brewing in Garfield," Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 12/03.

"Only a few years after its founding, the Quiet Storm is a touchstone of Pittsburgh's ever-emerging youth culture, an integral source of cutting-edge local bands, visual arts and the harbinger of the much-rumored pinball machine revival." Digital City Pittsburgh, 10/03

"The place has sprung into motion with every age group, the kind of place you can cruise into in your slippers and no one will notice. Hang around all day, write your novel, study or be by yourself with things happening around you, bring your two-year-old on a rainy afternoon and read a book." Pulp, 3/03

"An unpretentious hipster hangout (strange but true) that makes a bid for the most comfortable coffee shop/concert venue in town. " Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 11/02

"Quiet Storm turns out one of the most diverse crowds in Pittsburgh (in terms of race, age and occupation), making it a great place to hang." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12/01

"The Quiet Storm... offers a welcome respite to the loud-rock-bands-and-smoky-bar music scene. An acoustic performance sounds just great with a cup of coffee." Pittsburgh Magazine, 6/02

"[The] Quiet Storm [is] on the cutting edge of slicing through Pittsburgh's lingering racial barriers." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12/01