Vietnamese Buddhist Temple: on Braddock avenue.

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Jimmy’s: “Tired of Starbucks frozen ‘pastries’ or assembly-line Krispy Kremes...? Jimmie’s is a true neighborhood doughnut shop. For over 45 years, Jimmie’s Donuts has been throwin’ down in Braddock with quality homemade doughnuts and a smile.”

Lucky Frank’s: “Archtype ‘Dive Bar’, Lucky Frank’s is NOT to be confused with those nancy establishments in Lawrewnceville or South Side. Come in, shut up, order a giant Yuengling draft and relax. Parking, of course, at your own risk.

Braddock Elks Lodge 883: “Next to the mayor’s residence, with $4 spaghetti dinners on Wednesday, and Brother Pete’s $4 breakfasts Thursday-Sunday mornings...and always cheap beer. Oh, and we promise not to let this happen”

In a cheesy and fabricated world of James Frey and JT Leroy or the annoying hipster pretense of a McSweeney’s where “pockets are filled with sand and sewn shut with yarn” - there was a factual biography written about the hardship of immigrant life in Braddock and brutal working conditions in the steel mills: 

Out of this Furnace by Thomas Bell