What does Incubus have to do with a QC Pizza blog update? This song is called Stellar. Stellar is the pizza we had just a short while ago. The def of Stellar is "exceptionally good,outstanding.
A small digression if I might. We finally went to my daughter Zoey's name sake pizzeria in Marion Iowa today. A pic of my beautiful daughter.
Okay on with the show. Zoey's Pizzeria has long been on my radar. Probably before there was an internet I was aware of Zoey's but for some reason just have never gotten my crap together enough to make the drive.
A few pics. The old part of Marion has a real nice small town vibe and I was shocked at how big the Cedar Rapids area has gotten!
Some pics from inside.
The menu. Pretty small,but it doesn't matter. We came for the zza.
Now. Onto the star of this show and I "DO" mean star!!!!!!!
We ordered a large double sausage and pepperoni. I knew before I took a bite this was gonna be a great pizza. I could see some coming out of the kitchen and oh boy. Taste bud's watering.
The real star of Zoey's pizza is the crust. Yeah I said the crust. The best crust yours truly has ever had and I've had a lot of pizza over my 52 years. So crunchy. Such a good nut flavor too. The sausage,pepperoni and cheese outstanding. My only real nit is the sauce. Could have used just a little more on the pizza,but just a small thing to not keep me away.
I'm gushing like my tweenage daughter does. I give this pizza a 9.8. There is no perfect pizza although this is as close as I have come to pizza perfection.
Moll gives it a 10 !
Not sure what Sher thinks although she will will surely chime in, in the comment section.
Two pieces left and we decided we needed more of this heaven on earth. So we ordered a small sausage to go. Now that's love.
Guess what's for a late night snack and or breakfast? Yes please.
Final thoughts. If you are ever near the greater Cedar Rapids/Marion area and even if you aren't. Do yourself a favor and hit up Zoey's Pizzeria in Marion Iowa. I'll say this. This is probably in my top 3 of all time pizza's. I've had a lot of good pizza. I've had a few great pizza's. Had quite a few crappy ones too.
Just go!
And now time for a cocktail.
Cheers.
Scotty
Better than QC style?
ReplyDeleteIt is different than Quad City Style, a thin and crispy crust, with a yeasty flavor. I haven't ever had a crust like this, very hard to describe. You just need to try it. Go early, we got there before 4:00 pm and within an hour, people were lined up waiting for tables.
DeleteTorb? The crust is the best I have ever had. If I could meld Zoey's crust with QC Style sausage I'd be in heaven. They even had anchovies on the menu too.
DeleteSounds good. I'll try it next one I'm up there.
ReplyDeleteGet there early. I read a lot of reviews to get there early. I'm not joking. Get there before 4 pm. Otherwise be prepared to wait.We got seated and after that it was a bunch of people rolling in and then standing outside. Zoey's is really small inside. I'd say no more than 50 peeps can be seated inside. Football Fridays and Saturdays will tough.
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