Dutch's

There are two parts to Dutch's: the outside pick-up window and the indoor bar. I'll share a quick word about the window and then elaborate more extensively on the actual bar.

1) window: 
the concept is very cool - being able to walk up to a counter and, based on your generic interests (e.g. blue moon, red stripe) can be handed an all-star 6-pack filled with better versions of your favorite beers.  With that said, I've never used the counter and the above is only what I imagine in my imagination for the counter to entail. 

2) bar:
They stock so many beers inside that it amazes me how quickly the bartender is able to locate your order from within their fridge. It reminds me of my English professors' ability to be able to find a particular passage within a 1000-page novel in a matter of seconds.  

The bar is wide and narrow, which does leave little room to walk through comfortably from end to end.  And the cozy size coupled with it's bright mood-lighting both contribute to Dutch's serving as a watering hole for the neighborhood elite. Specifically, the Hyde Park late 20's through late 30's crowd (and older unmarried couples trying to feel hip) make up the main base here.  In fact, my friends and I played a people-watching game while there called "spot the gentleman who looks most like the face of Hyde Park." We all found winners.

Adriatico's New York Style

My first time at Adriatico's also coincidentally happened to be their first day in their new location. So when they finally feel fully comfortable in their new location, you can thank me for playing the sacrificial lamb.*

*Do consider that I have a flair for the dramatic.  This place is awesome. They have many Samsung flatscreens up and about (and Samsung's are the most expensive TVs right now, so respect). Also, their main projector screen projects in HD, something that most BW3's cannot claim.

But the quickest way to my heart is to understand and appreciate "convenience" as much as I do.  I truly believe that happiness is easily achievable just by making your life as convenient as possible. Adriatico's seems to understand that, since, for people who don't sit close to the bar and its 40 taps, they lined up tap-head duplicates in the middle of the restaurant so anyone can visually see all the beers on tap without having to walk to the bar or read a font size-8 list in which all the beer names blur into a Book Antiqua blob.    

Oh yea, and the pizza's delicious too. Pepperoni's here aren't your average pepperonis; they're huge. And you know what they say about big pepperonis.........delicious pizzas, of course.

They don't, unfortunately, offer red onions as a topping, which just happens to be an automatic ingredient in anything I conjure up in my own kitchen (along with garlic, basil, and pepper).  

Also, the "specialized pizzas" are not as good or as well-designed as Dewey's, for example. Your best bet is to customize the ultimate pizza with ingredients you know are delicious. Plus those tig ol Adriatico pepperonis, if they're not a standard topping for you.

All in all, this place is probably the best pizza place in town to watch a football game (both viewing facilities and food-quality taken into consideration). 
That is if they're full.  And you're not.