The Mid Town Pub has basically become my local for three reasons: it's the closest to my apartment, it has free WiFi, and it has good food & service. It will never be the fanciest or trendiest place even in Middleton, but what they do they do well and overall the Mid Town Pub is just a friendly place. It is located at the end of the smaller of two strip malls on Allen Blvd. I like the location because I can actually walk there from my place, though attempting to do this in winter with cranky Chicagoans is not advisable. There's parking in the lot too, if your friends from Chicago can't be arsed to walk down the street. Seriously, it was not even half a mile and not even cold out at all - I guess when you go to small liberal arts colleges or Iowa you don't walk to the bars if you can't see them from your front door. They'd have never cut it at UW. But I digress... There's a little patio outside in the summer months, which is nice especially since smoking is allowed inside (at least until next March). Even so, the Mid Town Pub is better ventilated than most places. The place gets pretty packed on Friday and Saturday nights but generally has a good vibe. During the day there are lunch specials and always a few games on the tvs.
I especially like food here. The menu is surprisingly broad and contains a lot beyond the standard bar fare. My personal favorite is the buffalo chicken wrap, because it's made with diced cucumbers and is just delicious. I also recommend the turkey reuben and turkey californian sandwiches, and I recently tried the porta-bleu sandwich which is a portabella mushroom cap with fried onions and artichoke hearts with bleu cheese - amazing. They serve "MTP Gyros" until bartime but I've never been in the right frame of mind, let's say, to try one. The appetizers are also well done, and most of these are served up to bartime as well. Standards like cheese curds and and mozzarella sticks are good, but my favorite are the spicy chicken bites, which are great for sharing around a table with your friends.
The Mid Town Pub calls itself a "WiFi Bar and Grill" and I would say that half of the times I've been here I've brought my laptop. It is a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon, sitting at a table doing a little work while having a beer and watching the game. The last time I stopped in I was editing a few reports while watching the Cubs dispatch an opponent while the Crew simutaneously lost. I got the stink-eye from some other patrons due to my enthusiasm, but the bartender revealed that she too was a Cubs fan and said, "Don't take any guff from these swine." Cub-friendly bartenders and HST references will make me a devotee every time.