To successfully make pizza, one must toss the proper ingredients into a concrete mixer, wait for the mixture to harden, and then drop in a few sticks of dynamite to blast slices from the drum walls. Today’s deal leaves delicate pie creation to the professionals: for $10, you get $20 worth of pizzas, chicken wings, and more at Mac's Pizza Pub, located just south of the University of Cincinnati in Clifton.

Mac's Pizza Pub supplies mozzarella monomaniacs with scrumptious pizzas and booze enthusiasts with a pirate's treasure cove of cold beers. Voyage into spicy-hot lands by ordering the Mac-Attack pizza, a pie of hot ground beef, jalapeños, double pepperoni, and cheese ($13.79 for 12-inch). Or, create your own cheese circle by artistically arranging toppings of your choice in the shape of a dinosaur or crossing guard. Mac's pours frothy mugs of Bar Harbor's Blueberry Ale and locally brewed Mt. Carmel Nut Brown Ale from the tap, and the extensive beer list boasts a solid selection of bottled brewskies.

Colorful lights and neon signs bask Mac's TV-laden abode in a cheerful glow, and sports memorabilia and band posters on the wall give it a fun, down-to-earth vibe, like a friendly neighbor's garage but without a nest of baby opossums. Mac's sometimes hosts rock shows, an ideal opportunity to ask the lead guitarist to shred the cheese on your pizza.

Must purchase at least one food item; dine-in only.

Reviews

Though reviews on service are polarized, diners dig the pizza and bar food. Six Yelpers and three Citysearchers give it an average of three stars, and five Yahoo! Locals give it an average of four.

• It's great pizza and it's [sic] kind of reminds me of pizza back on the East Coast. The sauce is great and flavorful. The cheese is really great and not the cheap stuff. – East Coaster, Yahoo! Local
• This is a quintessential college pizza joint. Lots of sports, plenty of good beer, all the greasy fried pre and post drinking snacks you could want. – Mike D., Yelp
• Eat, drink, and be merry at Mac's, and tomorrow you won't be broke. – Christoffer M., Yelp