Tony's is a phenomenal place to go for casual conversation, to watch the big game, to experience true micro-brew heaven, to play pool or darts with your peeps, and lastly, to experience true gastronomical bliss.

The beer: Tony's has a full page of their menu devoted to Caliifornia brewed, craft beers. The selection is terrific, from no fewer than 15 IPA's, to stouts, Irish-style reds, and Belgian-style blonds.They have it all, and the flavors are great. That also have hard ciders and wines.

The food: Oh, the Food! We are vegetarians, and I love to go out and have a beer with my dinner. Unfortunately, very few pubs have food that I can eat. Tony's is not one of them.

We ordered the vegetarian bean chilli as an appetizer that we shared. It was really good! My wife makes a mean veg chilli, and this compared very favorably. She even admitted it. (Shhh!)

My wife had the vegan bahn mi sandwich, which was made with vegan pork. It's also available with real pork, and it comes with homemade potato chips. The flavors were divine. The chips stand on their own, as they were thicker than traditional chips, and not greasy at all. I wish had their recipe! My wife told me that her bahn mi was the best sandwich she has EVER had. I tasted her sandwich, and it was indeed very fresh, and flavorful. But best ever is heavy, and her beer may have been doing some of her talking. (shhh!) Don't let this diminish your chances of trying the bahn mi, as it is fantastic.

I had the Italian Stallion vegan sausage sandwich. You can get this with real meat Italian sausage, too. I added chips and a side salad for $2 extra. This was a really terrific sausage. It was very flavorful, spicy, and the texture was spot on for a sausage. I probably haven't had sausage in a restaurant more than once or twice since I became vegetarian 6 years ago. And let me be frank (no pun intended), they were not good, like, at all. The flavor was bland, the texture was mealy and blah, and they had no spice. You get the picture.

If you're within 62.6 miles of Tony's, you need to do yourself a favor and get your arse over there! Do it, and take your friends! Let's make sure that neighborhood places like Tony's that value their customers by giving them great food and drink and a great place to gather, stick around.