The Lazy Catfish (CLOSED)

The menu at this rowdy, sparsely-decorated bar-restaurant offers the perfect accompaniment to a night of beer-drinking and pool-shooting. Southern-inflected eats include thinly battered, thickly sliced fried tomatoes and surprisingly satisfying crabmeat puffs stuffed with cream cheese. As the name suggests, catfish makes several appearances: as salty, smoky fried “poppers” with a green-onion rémoulade, or slathered with Cajun seasoning and panfried. Escorting all that Dixie comfort: $2 PBRS.