This longtime neighborhood pub sports everything a dive-bar aficionado requires: strong drinks, cheap happy hour specials ($3 wells!), an easy balance of hipsters and old-timers, "sports" on the big screen—when I was there, MMA was being featured instead of the Winter Olympics... priorities and all—satisfying pub grub and pizza slices, '80s music on the jukebox, AND FREE POOL. You can either plop down alongside the curved bar, or cram your pals into any of the spacious booths that sprawl throughout the establishment. Don't forget to drink and laugh heartily. Crackerjack's was dropped from the heavens for exactly this. WM. STEVEN HUMPHREY