Piper's Pub

 I'm fond of the food of the British Isles, so I was quite pleased to
 discover that there is a Scottish Pub on the Southside. Piper's Pub is
 located on East Carson Street, next to the Burger King (on the 1800 block).
 They feature a nice pub menu that includes a number of British and Scottish
 dishes, a good beer menu, and a very good Scotch menu.

 For lunch I had the bangers and mash: English-style sausages served on
 half-mashed potatoes (a nice touch; one other British place I went to in
 this area served them on whipped potatoes), with onion gravy. It was quite
 good. The sausages were good and the gravy was very tasty. Laurie had the
 Shepherd's Pie, which also was good.

 Other menu items include Guinness Stew, Toad-in-the-Hole (bangers in
 Yorkshire pudding -- though this one unfortunately is a dinner-only item),
 chicken and wild mushroom pie, and corned beef and cabbage. They had Scotch
 Eggs and Ploughman's Lunch on the appetizer menu. They also have a selection
 of more American bar foods, like chicken fingers, burgers, etc.

 The beer draft list included both some of the better American beers (Sierra
 Nevada Pale Ale and Victory Hop Devil, for example), as well as British
 Beers (Fuller's, Newcastle Brown, Bass, Harp) and nitorgentated draughts
 (Guinness, Belhaven Scotch Ale, Old Speckled Hen, etc.)  They also had a
 good selection of beer in bottles.

 The Scotch menu was very impressive. Like most places, it was expensive,
 though not as bad as some. My desert was a shot of Lagavulin 16 Year Islay,
 which went for $8.

 See www.piperspub.com for more information.