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ALL BOTTLED UP: Medici
The spot: Medici doesn't always win raves for its service, but that's not why we come here: Rare is the BYOB spot that offers both decent get-your-drink-on type food-pizza, sandwiches and burgers-and near-perfect outdoor seating. Grab a table on the spacious upstairs deck and order the popular thin-crust or pan pizzas. Sure, you can get all healthy with a spinach-and-goat cheese pie ($7.95-$21.95), but when you see a pizza with a name like The Garbage (sausage, ground beef, pepperoni, Canadian bacon, peppers and mushrooms, $9.25-$25.95), you just have to give it a try. Seeking a sandwich? Try the grilled portabella with ginger-sesame mayonnaise ($7.50) or the house burger ($7.25) atop a homemade potato bun.
The bottle: The combination of pizza and summer temperatures makes a light Italian red like Coltibuono's sangiovese ($10) a good pick, says Russ Peters, a manager at nearby Binny's Express. If it's really a scorcher, though, chill with a bottle of Tiefenbrunner pinot grigio ($13.99), a citrusy, stainless steel-fermented white. -- Allison Knab, metromix special contributor
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