Industry Public House is a few blocks from my residence in Lawrenceville so my fiance and I like to stop in here when we don't feel like cooking and looking for a quick bite to eat.
Industry sort of has this Jekyll and Hyde persona. On weekdays and nights it is sort of low key, not too crowded, with people sitting at tables quietly eating dinner and some guests at the bar watching whatever game is on one of their 20 or so TVs. But on the weekend its an entirely different story. Industry is sort of following the trend of what I like to call the Butler Street weekend; tons of young drunks flocking in to the neighborhood from the universities and other nearby neighborhoods looking for places to party. On the weekends places like Industry pack them in and keep the party going.
That being said, my fiance and I prefer the former, but understand the Industry's need for the latter.
The food here is really good. Think bar food themes, but amped up with top notch ingredients. You can't go wrong with the Mac and Cheese, Pot Roast, and most of the sandwiches are top notch. The only entree that I have been slightly disappointed with has been the IPA battered fish sandwich which was slightly too salty.
On the bar side of things the beer list is top notch with lots of local brewery selections and the whiskey list is one of the better ones I've seen in the city.
The only issue that keeps Industry from getting 5 stars is the service always seems to be so-so. Nobody ever seems too excited to take your order and the waitstaff isn't always prepared to answer questions about the menu. Some of the bartenders are very personable while others not so much. By no means is the service terrible, but making a little extra effort on this front could raise Industry to a 5 star sorta place.