Homestead gastropub Blue Dust is closing

After nearly 15 years of delivering diners made-from-scratch meals and craft beers, a beloved Homestead gastropub is calling it quits.

Blue Dust will be closing later this month, the restaurant announced on Facebook. The homey joint on Amity Street in Homestead will hold its last day on Sunday, Sept. 17.

“It is with a heavy heart to make this announcement,” reads a Facebook post from the restaurant. “Thank you for all of the years of support. Please stop in and support our staff in our final days of being open.”

First opening in 2009, the family-run bar and restaurant is known for its inventive dishes and extensive beer list. It opened at a time when craft beer and elevated pub food was hard to find in Pittsburgh, especially in the Mon Valley.

Blue Dust sits at the site of the old entrance to the U.S. Steel Homestead Works, and it has always honored the borough’s industrial history, with a mosaic bar picturing the works. The name Blue Dust is a reference to the color of dust that often covered steelworkers’ clothing after a shift.

The restaurant is at 601 Amity St. in Homestead. It is open from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Tuesday through Friday, 1 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday.