Pies & Pints

We have found a new casual date-night favorite.  Pies and Pints:  located in Lincoln's Haymarket.  This is a fun little pizza pub located in the basement below Maggie's Vegetarian Wraps.  They have an excellent selection of beer and the pizza is unique, without being too weird.  Dustin always orders the "Flaming Head" pizza and I get the "Wisconsin's Best," which is about the exact opposite of Dustin's spicy choice.
The atmosphere is different than most places in the Haymarket.  It is sports-themed, but not annoyingly so and has a nice amount of televisions.  We have never been there when it was busy, but I can imagine they run out of table space pretty quickly.  The first few times we went, the service was great; fast and friendly.  But the last time was a different story.  I'm pretty sure our server was stoned He couldn't seem to focus on what we were saying and had to come back to retake our order because by the time he got back to the kitchen, he had forgotten it.
If you are looking for a place that has good, cheap pizza and beer where you can find a tv to watch, try Pies and Pints.


 Read the review from The Lincoln Journal Star

Pizza Wars 2012

We are going having a pizza tournament this summer. We are looking for the "Sweet 16" of pizzas in Lincoln. Here's the suggestions so far.
Please leave suggestions.
 Please no Pizza Hut, Dominos, etc.

Spikes - Buffalo Chicken
Cappy's - Cheese steak
Isle's - Leaning Tower
Grisanti's - Top 10
Davinci's - Chicken Cordon Blue
Blue Mountain - Barbeque Chicken
Piezano's - Potato
Patty's Pub - Fat Pat's Favorite
Valentino's - Special
Yia Yia's - The Mediterranean
Pie's and Pints - Clucking Good

Lincoln's Finest

We love to go out to eat and love it even more when the restaurant is local.  We hope to do several Top 5 Local Restaurant lists in the future.  Today, we’ll start with the capital city. 
Yes, we know we left Lazlo’s and Fireworks are not on the list!  These both were featured on the Brewpubs list, so to mix it up a bit, we disqualified them this time around.  Also, we know there are several House of Hunans around, but none compares to Vincent’s on 56th and Hwy 2.  If  you go, make sure you get a chance to meet Vincent. 
Several of these places have made other lists for certain dishes.  We recommend you try those dishes, ‘cause they must be good to make a Top 5!

Top 5 Nebraska Local Restaurants -  Lincoln

Autumn’s List

1. Brix and Stone Gastropub
2. Vincent’s House of Hunan
3. 9 South Chargrill
4. jtk
5. Misty’s

Dustin’s List

1. Blue Mountain Smokehouse Pizza
2. Spikes Beach Bar and Grille
3. Brewsky’s (27th and Cornhusker)
4. Isles Pub and Pizza
5. Dino's Eastside Grill