Pgh: Conflict Kitchen Project serves the food of adversary nations to bring people together

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It's a take-out window for a $5 sandwich, but, like baseball and "The Wizard of Oz," Conflict Kitchen offers consumers an experience more intricate than what's on the surface.

Jon Rubin, the man behind Waffle Shop: A Reality Show at Baum Boulevard and Highland Avenue in East Liberty, sprung the new public art project in the same building three weeks ago. With partners John Peña and Dawn Weleski, he opened the kitchen door, wrapped a colorful facade with huge Farsi letters around it and began selling on the sidewalk kubideh, a national sandwich in Iran.

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Every four months, Conflict Kitchen will feature one take-away item from a different country in conflict with the United States.

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In the fall, Conflict Kitchen will wear a new facade featuring a favorite food from Afghanistan. Next up may be North Korea and after that, maybe Venezuela.

The hours are now 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, with late Friday hours of 11 p.m. to 3 a.m.; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. on Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday.

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What a cool idea. I definitely have to get down there & try it.