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Besides the two tiny bars, there are couches, leather chairs, coffee tables, and other randomly accumulated furniture to sit at and have a beer, appetizer or food. There are also tables and chairs, but few (if any) are the same. Its a dark, smoky pub that just screams authenticity.

Now on the other side of the wall is Sports Time Pizza, which is much more family friendly. Its cavernous, with a good mix of booths and counter-style tables. Kids are welcome, there are a few plasma televisions for the sports game, and theres a decently sized bar. And lets not forget about the GIANT chalk board with the beer list, even though they can only fit about a quarter of their massive selection on it.

The food is pizza, pizza, and more pizza! There are other things on the menu, but I dont know why anybody would even bother. The traditional crust (which I had) was simply delicious, and possibly the best pizza Ive ever had. You can get up to 10 toppings, which somehow costs the same as 5. But they also have deep dish, and these are works of art. They truly look like pies with the crust, perfectly baked to a golden brown, sticking several inches above the thickly piled toppings, cheese and sauce. They also have upside-down deep dish, which I didnt see, but it sounds pretty interesting.

Their own brews were the one weak point of this establishment. They typically have four of their own always on tap with a constantly rotating seasonal. The Old-15 B Porter was a decent choice with a complex malty taste and mild hops. The community dark was rather bland, mainly because its a dark ESB (which Ive never heard of) meant to appeal to the masses. Their Elector and Croupier are very hopped, and would please any hophead, which I, however, am not. And they didnt even have their famous Hoptimus, which probably has a hoppiness off the charts. Their seasonal at the time was the Elsa Von Horizon Imperial Pilsner, and this was my favorite. Delicately hopped, slightly sweet, and very complex for a pilsner. My only complaint was the lack of a description for each of the beers on a handy menu, although maybe I just didnt see it.

The service was very prompt and kindly, they never let my beer go dry, and kept me happy even though I was by myself passing through town on a busy night.

Was it not enough that we had waited over an hour for a pizza that had been delivered to another table, but we had to be subjected to a rude server who lacked the common decency to get us a WARM pizza?

I'll probably go back to Rich O's because, as has been mentioned in other reviews, the beer selection is amazing. But you can be sure I'll be checking regularly on any food that I order.

As far as staff behavior and snobbery goes, well, that's just the way it is and they tell you straight up that they don't cater to "the Bud crowd". RichO's tends to be a place for people who have been able to develop their tastes past the mundane norm of mass society. It's a place to go enjoy the drink, the food, the atmosphere, and your fellow patrons, with class and style all its own. There's no other place like RichO's. I've been to other micropubs that have good beer, but the atmosphere is stale and commericialized. I'm glad Roger made RichO's what it is. Thanks Roger!