Pittsburgh Has a 3-day Pickle Festival—and You Can Ride a Mechanical Pickle, Eat Pickled Cannoli, and Enter a Pickle Juice Drinking Contest

"A festival vendor known for an over-the-top creation called the 'Meat Monster'—a hot dog stuffed into a hollowed-out pickle and wrapped in bacon—that exemplifies the festival's embrace of bold, indulgent, and novelty bites." - Angela Lian Angela Lian Angela Lian was the editorial intern at Travel + Leisure. She studies English at Brown University, where she edits and writes for The College Hill Independent. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines