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Food Fight, Food Fight!

So it's not really a food fight. Your Quad City Pizza blogger lives in Eldridge. The city of Eldridge put on a food truck soiree in the high school parking lot tonite.

Summer is here with a vengeance after the last few months of flood level rains. Let me just say the wife,kid and I worked up a sweat in the parking lot along with probably another 500 or so  people. Our next door neighbors Jay and Brenda showed up too!

So this event had ice cream,coffee,ribs,tacos,pizza,brats,burgers,macaroni and probably a few things I missed.

This update isn't really much of a critique as it is more of us eating our way thru the trucks and having fun!

Pic heavy enjoy.

The last pic taken. I was sweaty and took a big bite out of Sher's butter brickel ice cream  cone. It was tasty.

So what did we all get?

A wood fired pizza.
Baby back ribs.
Tacos.
Water.
A slushy.

These type of events are a lot of fun. A bunch of people showed up too! My retired eye doctor. A few friends we know and mostly citizens that I think are drawn to these types of events. Everyone was pretty chilled even tho it was hot.

I actually talked to people I didn't even know. We were all hot and sweaty,but no one was complaing.

Good times. I gotta give the city of Eldridge some love. They are moving forward with good things like this.

While 1973 was a long time ago and I was only nine years old. But the vibe was the same. I think we all hunger for coming together. I know I had a good time tonite.

Cheers

Scotty

Something new & Something old

 Good to be back. Seems we got busy with regular old life for a bit. Life has a way of doing that. We have been out for pizza,but weren't worth the effort for a blog post.

That said. I've had a place over in Silvis tickling my taste buds and it's time to check it out.

Also while putting this together. Ever had a catchy tune stuck in yer head and then find a video that just totally reinvents the song?

I think I did. For those of us of a certain age who kinda grew up with the golden age of MTV. Some  songs seems to stick.

Enjoy!

I could do a whole blog post of 80's video too just because the 80's was the best ever.

Okay. But Scotty. Where are we going?

Room 222. Remember that show? Never mind we are going to Tap 22 in Silvis Illinois. It's been on my radar for awhile,but like everything else dollars and time and the ole push pull means we are finally getting around to a visit.

https://tap22grill.com/

I'm on vacation so lets have some fun.

One more awesome song before we leave. The fire in your eyes.

Yours truly getting in the mood.

A quick aside. We are truly astounded when cruising over the I-74 bridge and watching the new bridge take shape. I try and grab a few pics each time. A Billion dollars and change gets you 8 lanes and whatever else. I am really enjoying watching this bridge being built.

Okay. So Tap 22 is right across from Green Chevrolet in Silvis.

The mens bathroom was fairly clean. I give it a 7.

Pics of the menu. We were kind of shuffled off into the far corner. It wasn't very bright and was rather dark. I didn't care for that. The bar area would have been a better place for us. Oh well,live and learn.

Let's get to the chow. The gals ordered water. I got a Coke(tm). Tap 22 looked to have an impressive tap beer selection. Go see for yourself. I stick to rum.

Now. The food. Moll ordered her usual chicken strips. Sheri got the breaded Tenderloin and I ordered the double pepperoni pizza.

So how was the chow? We all agreed the pizza was actually the star of this show. Hand tossed crust had a good yeasty flavor and had a good crunch. What really made this pizza was the sauce. Yeah. I said the sauce. I can't remember the last time we had a pizza this saucy.

It was saucy!

The let down was the chicken strips. They were okay,but a bit under cooked. The tenderloin had good flavor. I wouldn't go back for it tho.

So. Final thoughts. Tap 22 is well worth it for the pizza. I can't say we will be back anytime soon,but I give it a solid 8.

While I'm on an 80's kick .I'll leave you with some Del Fuegos.

As always faithfull readers. We do this for the fun.It's a long slide,for an out!

Scotty