Food & Drink in Winchester

The brick walls of Woody's Sports Bar and Grill showcase large, wall-mounted flat-screen TVs to broadcast multiple sporting events while sheltering burger-bearing wait staff who serve patrons steaming entrees and frosty beverages from the menu. Crackers, crispy celery, and crunchy carrots lounge around a dish of signature beer cheese dip ($3.99) to gossip about the potato skins' designer sour cream purse ($6.75). With the 8-ounce prime rib dinner, choose a cut of tender prime rib and two sides such as a fresh salad or golden fries ($13.95). Slices of roasted turkey, bacon, juicy ham, and tomato cozy up under a rich cream sauce and melted cheese blanket in Woody's hot brown platter ($10.45). The kitchen team exercises one of its most useful assets—patience—to slow cook the pork that bathes in Herschel Walker's #34 barbecue sauce in the pulled-pork barbecue sandwich ($6.25). Meander out to the patio during a pick and jam night, where talented locals tickle eardrums with singing, guitar strumming, and ear-shaped feathers.

The iconic comic-strip character and namesake of Dagwood’s Sandwich Shoppes peeps out from the first “o” in the deli’s logo, embracing not his wife, Blondie, but the signature Dagwood sandwich. With its four meats and pair of cheeses, the delicious (if slightly intimidating) sandwich represents the more than 20 signature subs and clubs that grace Dagwood’s menu. Meats ranging from premium roast beef to tender pork loin share slices of bread with cheeses, crisp pickles, and all the condiments one might expect of an old-fashioned deli. Those too young to appreciate the shop’s Sunday-paper references will at least enjoy kids’ meals such as the classic grilled-cheese sandwich. Aside from their in-store selections, the deli caters events with colorful trays of meats and sack lunches served by a curiously cartoonish wait staff.

Cooks at Back Yard Burgers grill third-pound Black Angus beef patties and crown them with an array of toppings including american cheese, bacon, and sautéed mushrooms. In addition to the beef patties, the cooks also grill turkey burgers and chicken breast sandwiches.

Saul Good Restaurant & Pub combines a comfortable, yet elegant, atmosphere with hearty pub entrees. Chefs festoon third-pound burgers with eclectic ingredients such as blue cheese or pineapple, and they assemble equally inventive pizzas topped with thai, parisian, and argentine sauces. Servers also shuttle regional favorites such as chicken and waffles and bourbon-slathered sirloin to dark hardwood tables surrounded by red velvet booths and chandeliers. Fine spirits, craft beers, and decadent desserts are also available to cap off meals or add a sweet epilogue to your hard-to-finish memoir.

• Two entrees of $6.99 or less (guest may upgrade for more expensive entrees from the menu) • Two drinks (a $1.79 value per drink) • S'more dessert for two (a $6.89 value)

Bolstered by a consistent stream of media praise, including a spotlight in the Daily Bruin in 2011, Extreme Pizza's thrill-seeking founders channel their penchant for outdoor adventure into a menu of healthy, creative pizzas. Their chefs slice veggies and twirl dough each day before molding pizzas such as the Paia Pie, a smorgasbord of hawaiian pineapple, canadian bacon, and mandarin oranges atop a bed of mozzarella and cheddar. The website conveniently displays approximate calorie counts to accommodate diets and phobias of eating foods containing prime numbers.

Patrons can carryout take and bake pizzas, or kids can blow through excess energy in the game area while adults scrutinize incoming broadcasts on TVs in the dining room.

Cold Stone Creamery's ice cream, which is made fresh in stores every day, inhabits a quantum flux between soft-serve and traditional ice cream, with a rich, creamy texture that whispers tales of its superpremium quality as it glides over taste buds. Choose your favorite ice cream from among dozens of silky flavors, such as cheesecake and sweet cream ($3.39–$3.99 for ice cream only). Each serving generously welcomes dozens of mix-in toppings as traditional as crumbled cookies and chopped nuts or as quirky as granola, black licorice, and pieces from magnetic poetry sets ($0.69 per mix-in). If you're suffering from premature brain freeze and can't come up with your own sweet concoction, try a signature sundae creation ($4.39–$4.99), such as the Birthday Cake Remix, which spins birthday-cake ice cream layered with tracks of brownies, fudge, and sprinkles. The Frankencream you desire will be scooped cold off the grill into a freshly made waffle cone or bowl ($0.69). Like the moon's fluctuating mood ring, certain ice-cream flavors and toppings vary between seasons.