Stumbled upon this place during a weekend trip to Pittsburgh. We had a less than stellar experience with another bar down the road and yelped our way to Nico's Recovery Room. Super divey atmosphere, in a comforting and welcoming way. Ordered some IC lights and a Sam Octoberfest on draft. It was apparently karaoke night which was pretty entertaining.
We ordered small fries with gravy which was only $3 (food menu was very decently priced). We were surprised when they came out with a large basket of handcut fries and delicious chunky gravy. Our bill came out to $19 for 4 beers and fries...can't beat that.
Only downside was that we came out of there reeking of cigarette smoke. Otherwise, we had a great time at Nico's and would definitely recommend for a local feel.