The Irish Lion is a fine pub and eatery in Bloomington, IN, home of Indiana University. It's been open for about 30 years, hasn't spent a nickel on advertisement, and is packed every night but Super Bowl Sunday (and even then ...) Great beer, great atmosphere, and great food. They also have upstairs dining if you are with kids (since there is some fuddy-duddy state law about kids eating in a place where they can actually see the bar).

I lost many a worthy synapse there in the noble causes of gastronomy and zymurgy appreciation, and to our dieing days, my family will thank me for attending IU instead of Purdue because I introduced them to The Irish Lion.