text: I have passed Take a Break everyday on my commute and I am glad I finally took a walk over to it last night in the unseasonably warm weather I have to say I was surprised with what I found Take a Break has great character with a fair share of pros and cons nnThe pros This place has massive mugs for beers on draft I ordered a Blue Moon and went with the large which is LARGE MUG It was comically big and I am glad I walked over Did I mention it was under nnWhen the weather is nice the doors are kept open and there as a great breeze going through the bar The space is surprisingly large I had no problem sitting and watching a few games of pool The place is decked out in Steelers curtains and was in full Halloween mode with cobwebs assuming they were fake I am told the place can get a bit crowded on the weekend but like I said it is pretty big in there nnThe cons Like most of the best dives in Pittsburgh you can still smoke inside I imagine this can get painful on a smokey night for an asthmatic like me You will come out of here reeking of cigarette smoke Also they do not have much variety on tapbut that is coming from a selfproclaimed beer snobnnIn terms of the dives around Pittsburgh I find this one pretty approachable I am sure I will be back again