Category: default || By jt3y

As promised, the Tube City Online phantom diners have been out and about, checking the new Downtown sports bar Enzone and other places where the elite meet to eat around the Mon-Yough area.

The verdict on Enzone? It's worth your time. In fact, the owners have done an admirable job of updating the old Sam's Superior Restaurant while keeping much of the old charm intact, and the food is pretty good, too. (They also deliver.) That and more at the newly revised restaurant page in our Visitors section.

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Colleagues and former cow-orkers Dave Copeland and Jonathan Potts have given their blogs new looks.

If your Internet tubes aren't too clogged, make sure to read Jonathan's discussion of privatization, which is not (as some people seem to believe) the be-all, end-all of solving problems of government waste and inefficiency. As he points out, private companies can be rife with fraud and corruption, too (and we're looking at you, Phar-Mor).

Elsewhere, Professor Pittsblog is tired of the Penguin pandering: "Does the team provide jobs for young people? No. Are the Penguins a major draw for young professionals who might choose to move elsewhere? For the number who fill the Igloo night in and night out, maybe; for most, no again. And even for those drawn to stay by the Pens and by nothing else, why, again, should you feed at the public trough?"

That goes double for me. And Jonathan says his offer to help the Penguins move still stands. If they need someone who can drive a stick-shift truck, I'll help too, and don't let the door hit you on the way out of town, Mario.

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To Do This Weekend: McKeesport Little Theater, 1614 Coursin St. near Carnegie Library, presents "The Curious Savage," a comedy by John Patrick, 8 p.m. tonight and Saturday night and 2 p.m. Sunday. (Daily News preview here.) Call (412) 673-1100 ... City of McKeesport presents a community expo at The Palisades, Fifth Avenue at Water Street, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. More than 50 organizations and groups will have exhibits on display and prizes will be given away.