Been awhile hasn't it? Life got pretty busy since our last blog update from Spoonie's in London Mills last fall.
The holidays rolled in with family visiting. Then my better half had knee replacement surgery mid December and then Christmas came along.
So the wife is back up to speed and it's been way too long since we have had a weekend kid free. Not that we don't include the chicken strip whisperer on our visits,but she's a high school junior now and well girls.
A little pick me up song.
On with the show.
There has been a newer pizza place in downtown Davenport that has been open for over a year now. They hyped up their pizza and for some reason we had not taken the time to check them out.
Lopiez Pizza.
They are located in downtown Davenport that has really come to life in the last few years. Craft breweries.Some nice restaurants. Live music venues. And the best reason for me to visit down there? Ragged Records no doubt about it.
The are no Skyways downtown either.But.
So lets get to it! Lopiez's Pizza is on east 3rd St right across from the Quad City Times. It is attached to another place called Ruby's. Beer Bikes and Brats. We will be checking that place out sometime too.
Yours truly with a pre trip 7n7 cocktail. I'm not sure who this old man is. I don't recognize him anymore,I digress.
Some inside pics. We got there around 5ish and it was pretty quiet. When we left it was starting to fill up. I'm pretty sure our daughter Moll would have played some pinball. Full disclosure we used the restrooms but I forgot to take any pics. The bathrooms were shared with Ruby's in a common hallway.
My better half enjoying a Modelo. Lopiez's bar area looked like mostly Tequilla drinks and beer. Otherwise I would have had some rum. We both had a beer.
Working our way there now. The menu. Pretty much just pizza and calzones. I think they have some sort of garlic knot appetizer.
So here it is. We ordered a 20" double sausage,pepperoni and onion pizza. The pictures do not do this pizza justice.
This zza was huge. Let me be honest here. My wheelhouse is more Quad City style pizza. This bad boy was a New York style through and through. Had to fold this sucker in half to eat a piece.
I only had one piece.
This is why we love doing this. Dripping down my hand.
I have to ask myself why we haven't been to Lopiez's before now. As I said. This is a New York style pizza. The toppings were the star of this show. The sausage being A plus. Could have used a little more sauce for my taste. The cheese and the crust were on point.
I'm going to say we will be back. I give Lopiez a solid 8.5. If nothing else the whole vibe of the place was cool.
The cardboard pizza boxes are frickin huge!
There are so many pizza joints in the entire QC area. They all have reasons to visit. Lopiez Pizza is a totally different type of pizza and to be honest a type of pizza I'm not real familiar with.
That said? Go and get some pizza at Lopiez's. It is legit awesome pizza.
Would I lie to you all?
Scotty
