A conversation with jazz pianist Geri Allen convinced Michael Dorf that Pittsburgh would be a fitting location for his national chain, City Winery. “She’s a jazz great who died a few years ago,” Dorf said. “We were at a dinner party, and she was talking to me about Pittsburgh and how great the jazz scene was, what she saw as a musical community of great musicians and people who appreciate music and that there is an intellectual community. She was pro-Pittsburgh.”