I need a good place to eat in marion/ cedar rapids

[Boxerdaddy]

I'm driving back from visiting my grampa and want to stop somewhere in the cedar rapids or marion area to grab a quick bite to eat. Any recommendations? I'm not looking for just fast food but should be fairly quickish. I'm coming in from 151 from anamosa and heading to des moines so pretty much anywhere can be on the way.

 

[Rabbuk]

Starlight room, burgers and American food.

 

[dmclone]

I'm not from there but I liked Zoeys pizza the one time I went.

 

[Rabbuk]

Zoeys is good but pretty slow.

 

[cmjh10]

There is a pretty good Maidrite in that area.

 

[IceCyIce]

Zio Johno's Great italian Great bread

 

[Boxerdaddy]

thanks guys!I think I'm going to try Zoey's though. I appreciate all the info though and the heads up on slow times Rabbuk. hard to pass up trying a new pizza joint

 

[Boxerdaddy]

I just ordered a large chicago style zoey. Should have plenty of leftovers! (I'm dining alone). I'm sitting kitty corner from a girl with a cyclone country sweatshirt. Love seeing that in eastern iowa!

 

[geburgess]

I just ordered a large chicago style zoey. Should have plenty of leftovers! (I'm dining alone). I'm sitting kitty corner from a girl with a cyclone country sweatshirt. Love seeing that in eastern iowa!

Go talk to her and then story time on CF?

 

[ruxCYtable]

thanks guys!I think I'm going to try Zoey's though. I appreciate all the info though and the heads up on slow times Rabbuk. hard to pass up trying a new pizza joint

Zoey's is a good choice but it will NOT be fast, so be prepared.

 

[CtownCyclone]

There is a pretty good Maidrite in that area.

I love, Love, LOVE that loose meat goodness!

 

[Boxerdaddy]

Lol. .. she looks young. .. and not my type haha.

 

[JSmoove]

I just ordered a large chicago style zoey. Should have plenty of leftovers! (I'm dining alone). I'm sitting kitty corner from a girl with a cyclone country sweatshirt. Love seeing that in eastern iowa!

There are more of us on this side of the state than you think. Ive been to Zoey's a lot and more often than not there is some one in addition to my girl friend and I wearing cyclone gear.

 

[Judoka]

Cedar Rapids has a lot of ISU alumni. We are just outnumbered by all the tavern hawks. I've noticed a lot more ISU gear being worn in the past 2-3 years though.

 

[Boxerdaddy]

I love, Love, LOVE that loose meat goodness!

I'm glad you quoted what you were referring to. Thought you were talking about the girl...

 

[erikbj]

I just ordered a large chicago style zoey. Should have plenty of leftovers! (I'm dining alone). I'm sitting kitty corner from a girl with a cyclone country sweatshirt. Love seeing that in eastern iowa!

Haha.....i got carry out from there 90 min ago, it was great as usual

 

[Boxerdaddy]

Haha.....i got carry out from there 90 min ago, it was great as usual

I think I walked in 90 min ago lol. Paying now. Great pizza. Anyone know of anything close to this in des Moines? Seems close to authentic Chicago style.

 

[Judoka]

I think I walked in 90 min ago lol. Paying now. Great pizza. Anyone know of anything close to this in des Moines? Seems close to authentic Chicago style.

The Chicago Style always takes a long time to cook. It's like a pizza casserole.

 

[explorer]

I think I walked in 90 min ago lol. Paying now. Great pizza. Anyone know of anything close to this in des Moines? Seems close to authentic Chicago style.

It is authentic Chicago style. The owner purchased the recipe from a deep dish pizza place in Chicago. I have eaten a lot of Chicago area pizza and place Zoey's as good or better than any of them.

 

[00clone]

Well, looks like you've solved it, but if you're making the trip again, you can scoot down either highway 1 to 80, or 151/13/30/380 and then back over to the Coralville 1st avenue exit...backpocket brewery...is <2 minutes off I-80, they serve pizzas. Not deep dish, but stone oven pizzas. Pretty good, had it for lunch today. Good beer too, got a half-gallon of their Dunkel that I'm working on right now. Sounds outta the way, sure, but not too bad compared to a 90 min wait for a deep dish.

Interestingly, I noticed that one of their seasonals (an ESB) was named AIRBHG. I told my wife I should be drinking the **** out of it with that name. Gotta support AIRBHG.