You have to dig a little deeper for the hole-in-the-wall type places. I much prefer Arnold's, Madonna's, Tina's, In-Between, Head First, O'Malley's, etc to any of the places you mentioned.
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Taps in the middle of the table, eh?
Loved the hell out of that concept while I was in Prague:
http://heartofeurope.co.uk/slovakia/80/prague-the-pub/