Brickyard Hollow Brewing Company in Freeport, Maine

Brickyard Hollow is a casual brewpub in Freeport where the pizza menu swings between straightforward and unexpected. You order at the counter, grab a seat in the rustic-chic room, and drink their house beers while you wait. The sausage, mushroom, and onion pizza shows the kitchen's respect for basics. But then there's a blueberry pie and a mac and cheese pork pizza that prove they're willing to play.

• Sausage mushroom pizza with a perfectly baked, flavorful crust.
• Unexpected pizzas: blueberry, mac and cheese with pork.
• House craft beers plus local sparkling water options.
• Generous roasted Brussels sprouts as a side.

Start with the sausage, mushroom, and onion pizza. The blueberry and mac and cheese pork pizzas are worth trying if you want to venture into riskier territory. Order the Brussels sprouts on the side. Pair it with one of their house beers or a sparkling water.

Casual counter-service setup, rustic-chic but not fussy. Unpretentious neighborhood feel with enough space that it doesn't feel cramped.

The kitchen treats vegetables seriously. Brussels sprouts arrive plentiful (when they're nailed, they're a reason to come back). Pizzas land with crispy, well-baked crusts. The beer list leans local, and they'll have seasonal specials like Bricktoberfest. It's the kind of place where you might stumble on a Seoul Bowl if you're craving something beyond pizza, and it might surprise you.

Guests praise the sausage mushroom pizza for its fresh, flavorful crust and the restaurant's willingness to experiment with unexpected flavor combinations on pie. One recent visitor called the Brussels sprouts "plentiful," and another stopped mid-meal to review because the food left them that impressed.