Best Pizza in Iowa?

[MrApathy]

Pizza on Dubuque St in Iowa city has some good pizza. I forget info about the crust its made from scratch daily is similar to Great plains in taste but it is no where near as thick or tough dont believe they have a thick crust like Great Plains. Sams pizza in Cedar Rapids can be good though its in a hole in the wall of a bar and in a back corner of it. Sams pizza last few years has been hit and miss on quality. The recipe has been unchanged for 30+ years despite changing ownership and employees. Sams is a thin italian style last few months I have gotten a pizza from them it has been acceptable and great tasting recommend the sams special.

 

[Gtown25]

1. Jerry's Pizza in Sioux City - best regular crust
2. Great Plains in Ames - best thick crust
3. Wig & Pen in Iowa City - best Chicago Style
4. Pagliai's (Iowa City, Grinnell, Des Moines) or Town House Sioux City best thin crust.

Fify

 

[im4isu]

We used to go to Borderline after roller skating. Good times & really, really good pizza. Did not know about the B & K connection or it possibly resurfacing at a gas station. Need a good pizza place in Osage again, or better yet in New Haven.

 

[wolverine68]

That is an awful rule to have, IMO.

Fong's Crab Rangoon Pizza FTW.

About time someone brought up Fong's. If you are looking for something different, they are the best! Although personally I prefer the Thai Chicken pizza.

 

[dahliaclone]

The correct answer to this is Fong's in Des Moines. Several awesome choices there.

It was nothing special, but I ate Da Vinci's ALL the time in college. I miss that place.

 

[wolverine68]

I always felt bad for the females that worked at Pizza Pit when they had to wear the t-shirts with the logo on it.
"Free Fast and Hot"
There would always be that one guy who would make a joke about it, as if they hadn't heard it a million times already.

 

[Erik4Cy]

I always felt bad for the females that worked at Pizza Pit when they had to wear the t-shirts with the logo on it. "Free Fast and Hot."

Yeah, I can't imagine that ever got old for them.

 

[MartyFine]

Falbo's - Iowa City
Pete's - Indianola
Bordenaro's - South Side Des Moines

Also check out Something Italian in Des Moines on skywalk

 

[NWICY]

1.Fuel in Clarion is like Vesevius in Ames super thin crisp crust coal fired oven .
2. Happy Joes miss the one in Ames loved their sauerkraut and Canadian Bacon.
3. Great Plains love all that cheese.
Heck I like all kinds of different pizza.

 

[Wesley]

1.Fuel in Clarion is like Vesevius in Ames super thin crisp crust coal fired oven .
2. Happy Joes miss the one in Ames loved their sauerkraut and Canadian Bacon.
3. Great Plains love all that cheese.
Heck I like all kinds of different pizza.

Pitch is coal fired pizza in Omaha.

 

[reaCY]

I used to love it when I lived in Ames but once you get out and start experiencing other good pizzas, you tend to think GP is a tad overrated.

Having lived in Chicago and now New York City...I can verify this statement as extremely false!

My Pie & Little Guys is the best in Chicago and in NYC for a thin slice of cheese head up to Arthur Avenue (not that many Iowan's would mind you).

 

[CycloneErik]

Other than deep dish pizza that's just a bunch of tomatoes thrown on a crust I don't think I've come across too many people places that I don't like. Even bad pizza is still pizza, Great Plains, Jeff's, Little Caesar's, Casey's, whatever.

People places? That sounds like a disturbing appetite?

 

[HFCS]

So what place is more overpriced: Happy Joe's or Godfathers?

Unless whoever ran Happy Joes used it as a reason to run for president of the United States I'd say Godfather's is more overrated by a mile.

 

[ruflosn]

Pickles Pub in Kamrar

 

[StClone]

Happy Joes in Dubuque or Davenport

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Decorah!

 

[StClone]

Great Plains is terrible

Terrible sushi.

 

[MeanDean]

Tried Mabes in Decorah for the first time last summer. Don't get up that way very often. Wanting to try something different, I had, I think, Chicken Cordon Bleu Pizza. Fantastic!

 

[bigsexycyclone]

Gun to my head and had to choose one: http://gustopizzaco.com/

 

[RING4CY]

Jacks. Straight from the freezer.

 

[MeanDean]

Jacks. Straight from the freezer.

So frozen? No, I don't think I'd care for that. At all.