Prairie Tap House lives up to its name with a selection of more than 35 draft beers, plus 55 additional beers in bottles and cans. With all those brews at your fingertips, it'd be easy to forget about the food—and that would be a huge mistake.

Prairie Tap House specializes in pit beef, which is a slow-cooked type of meat that originated in East Baltimore. At the tap house, chefs rub it with a special blend of spices and let it rest for three days. Then they char-grill it, slice it paper thin, and build a number of different dishes around it, including the classic version served with creamy horseradish sauce. Here are a few other dishes to consider when you stop by:

• Starter: medjool dates stuffed with house-made chorizo, goat cheese, polenta, and romesco sauce
• House specialty: the meatloaf, which is made with a mix of ground beef and pork sausage and topped with a sweet pepper glaze and crispy onions
• Weekend brunch: Try the Tap House benedict featuring two house-made herbed buttermilk biscuits, a poached egg with pit-spiced hollandaise, and your choice of pit beef, pit ham, smoked salmon, or black bean mushroom burger