It’s a miracle

The holiday pop-up bar, this year called Miracle on Market, will debut on Friday in Market Square at The Original Oyster. Look for over-the-top holiday decor along with holiday-themed cocktails like the Bad Santa, a mulled wine and port cocktail. Drinks are served in custom glassware available for purchase, with 10 percent of sales going to Action Against Hunger.

The pop-up from Spencer Warren and Carrie Clayton (of the soon-to-open Mr. Roger’s Bar Downtown) is one of 50 “Miracle” holiday bars nationwide and beyond — there’s even one in Athens, Greece — so named for the holiday movie “Miracle on 34th Street.” The original launched in New York at Mace, an East Village cocktail bar, in 2014. It’s the second year for a Pittsburgh Miracle bar, with the one last year held on Liberty Avenue, Downtown.

In coffee news. . .

Following the one in Bellevue, the second location of Muddy Cup Cafe has opened in Dormont at 1412 Potomac Ave., with a vast menu of specialty coffee drinks and flavor options such as toffee cream and

Another location of North Park Lounge from Mark Baranowski will open in Lawrenceville in the former Gus’s Cafe space at 4717 Butler St. at 4 p.m. Monday. Like the sibling spots in McCandless and Murrysville, it’s a sports bar with sandwiches, salads and burgers in a space that offers indoor and outdoor seating for warm weather.

A chocolate pop-up

A chocolate pop-up is taking over the former Mid-Atlantic Mercantile space at 4415 Butler St. for the holiday season from chocolatier Amanda Wright of A519 Chocolate. Look for fall-inspired creations in five flavors such as dirty chai, cranberry caramel, five-spice and pumpkin caramel followed