I got an email last week from Fritti (the little brother of the swank Italian Sotto-Sotto on the edge of Inman Park), promoting their HDTV World Cup coverage and decided to hit it for lunch and the France v. Switzerland game at noon. They’ve converted their front open air area into a big screen soccer haven with a 100″ HDTV projector and have a smaller 50″ or so in the main dining room. It wasn’t crazy/insane, but there were a half dozen tables that seemed to all be knowledgeable fans and their most excellent pizza beats the bejeebers out of sports bar fare.

The Brewhouse Cafe in L5P is still probably the best bet if you want the full on World Cup experience, but I’m thinking Fritti may be the place to be for Italy v. USA next Saturday at 3:00.