Deerhead Pizza Tavern

User Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

If you are looking for fancy or corporate chain decor, then don't bother walking through the door. If you remember what pizza places used to look like, then step into the wayback machine that is the Deerhead.

Seating is very limited. There are two sections. One that is non-smoking, consists of about 5 tables that are right next to the kitchen. From here you get to watch the cooks making pizzas and hot sandwiches.

The other section is the bar in the next room. From here you get to see the live music selection of the evening. This place was very popular, so there were no tables in that section for us. It was very loud in that room and a bit smoky, so we didn't mind sitting in what the waitress called the "family section". Luckily there were no children present.

The waitress was very pleasant and she patiently told us the beer selection and left out the Bud and Miller as we requested. They didn't have a huge selection, but we found a few gems. The Bell's Two Hearted Ale was a good IPA and the Leinie's 1889 (or something like that) was a tasty surprise as well.

When I stumbled trying to decide what appetizer to order, the waitress suggested the Greek salad. Deciding the skip the deep fried selections seemed like a good idea. We order one and it was huge. She even brought us two plates to share it. (Later, when we got the bill we saw that it was the "small" one.) One thing missing was the anchovies. Greek salads should have anchovies, and this was a pizza place, so I know they have them. There was plenty of feta on it to make up for their absence though.

We had a small pizza. It was OK, but I am not a big fan of the thin crust. My wife is the pizza addict though and she liked it a lot.

Dessert was the real surprise. We like sweets with our beer, so it was nice to find out that they have two kinds of homemade pie. We ordered both, a chocolate and a coconut cream. It was a pleasant ending to the evening.

Because we are from the Chicago area, the prices here seemed very reasonable. After a generous tip, we still ended up around $40 for the night.

The decor is not fancy, but who needs it to be when the food and service are good? I wish the Deerhead was in my neighborhood.

The food was good but not spectacular.

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User Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

Not Impressed at all with this place...Overpriced and dirty gross

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User Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

the food is ok at best. The pizza sauce has too much sugar in it and dine in pizza will cost you bigtime.
I recommend the deli sandwiches,the pork steak or the 2 for 1 pizza drive thru special.
the owners seem smug or just too busy to look at you but the bartenders rock. The Bands are ok but the same ones play there too much. If you like hippy music or Johnny Cash covers you'll hear it there over and over and over again.

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