Don't we all need some silliness in our lives? Silliness has been in short supply with our last few QC Pizza blog outings. Matter of fact the last three postings have been about as bottom of the barrel as I will tolerate.

That said and I hope crappy pizza is in our rear view mirror for a while. We were thinking of traveling for a pizza and tossed around a few places to go. We decided Wig and Pen Pizza in Iowa City was the place today. Some Cedar Rapids pizza joints are on our radar,but we stayed a wee bit closer to home. Plus it gave me an excuse to hit up Fin & Feather also!

On with the show. The Wig & Pen I have been by quite a few times although circumstances never really worked out for a visit until now. Truth be told it will most "def" not the last time we go there.

Yours truly drinking my fave minus the rum. Way too early in the day for the  Sailor.

The Wig & Pen. Located on the Coralville Strip right next to The Vine.

A few crappy indoor shots. It was pretty dark inside and well my camera sucks too. After the horror of Van's Pizza's bathroom, I couldn't bring myself to document the restrooms. The Wig could not have been near as gross as Van's.

The pizza menu.

The pizza. A large thin crust double sausage and red onion. Moll got a chicken strip basket cause she's a kid.

I can finally say that we have finally had a decent,no I daresay "awesome" pizza. The crust was thin and had a nice malty crunch to it. The sausage was chunky and just the right amount of spice to it. The red onions,cheese and sauce nicely complimented the meat and crust. My pizza jones has always been more towards a crunchy thin crust. The wife likes her deep dish and we did see some deep dishes coming out of the kitchen that would have looked good in my belly.

I'm going to give this pizza a 9.5 on the Scotty scale. It was that good and I will be going back at some point.

Bye Wig & Pen. I'll see you again.

Oh. And I forgot. Some leftover zza. It won't survive Saturday night!

As always. The wife and I do this for our love of pizza and ,well it's fun too! Days like today the Pizza God's smile on us.

Cheers
Scotty

What does this song have to do with my pizza blog? Other than we had some pizza at Van's, not much. I figured some of you had never heard of this craptastic 70's cheese, but I digress. Enjoy the tune. Lol.

I wish I could say our experience was better than the song,but alas it was not to be. I seem to be in a pizza rut.

So we went to Van's Pizza in Davenport right by Duck Creek. I have been by there a zillion times,but for some reason we decided today of all days was a good time to check it out. The worn out and crappy sign was a harbinger of things to come.

The menu and a few other pics. They did have The Candymakers playing on stage which did drag up our visit a wee bit

As for the pizza? A small taco and a large sausage and cup and char pepperoni. The pizza's were the best part of our visit. And the pizza would be the only thing to bring me back. For all of my pessimism the pizza was good.

The service sucked. Our waitress took our order and did a fade. Said her car got hit in the parking lot. I don't doubt her story. Van's building and the bathrooms were just truly sucky. I am a steelworker so I can overlook a lot of suckitude.But seeing this dude wandering the parking lot for cans just truly cemented my thoughts about Van's.

Final thoughts. Save your money and go elsewhere. I could read some other patrons body language. They were as grossed as I was.

A Wise Guy Quickie!

The last time I blogged was a crappy pizza from Vinnies in Dubuque. Today is much better. We didn't venture forth.

We put some chicken wings in the oven and called Wise Guy's. Why do we get Wise Guys often? Well when we are in a hurry Wise Guy's hits the spot.

A few pics.

Sheri picked up a Wise Guys Pizza.

We will be heading north next weekend.Wise Guys Pizza in the QC is awesome!

And we tripped to Dubuque

Yeah.It's been a while since the last blog update. I wish I had a little more enthusiasm for this post.Alas. For reasons that are not in my control. We are going to Dubuque for pizza tonite.

The wife and her sisters wanted to visit Vinnie Vannuci's in Dubuque.We have dined at both Vinnie  locations. Galena and Dubuque have rather interesting restaurants.

On with the show. Yours truly getting in the mood.

 Lucy,not so much.

Bob Dylan doesn't have shit on us. Neither does Gene Stillmunke.Whoever he is. But on up north we go by his farm all the time,I digress.

Some downtown Dubuque pictures. Let me just say.I love Dubuque.I could live in that town.My sister does.I love her too.

Okay.On with the Vinnie pics!

The pizza.

The only good picture I took.Do not waste your money getting a pizza at Vinnie Vannuci's. The sausage was good. The cheese rocked.alas the crust was limp and there was no sauce taste at all.

I should have listened to my cousin Terri Carter. Although the pasta at Vinnie's is awesome!

Hopefully your's truly will get out and start eating some kick ass pizza.Tonite wasn't it.

Wish I could say the pizza was good. It wasn't.

Scotty.

Ooh Ooh Mr Kotter! On that note we are back. It's been a long time since we have had the time to sally forth for pizza.
I've been waiting a long time to say sally forth,but I digress.

Where to begin? Besides the frozen pizza throwdown,we haven't had an honest to goodness pizza roadtrip since last October.. Holidays and all that drain on the cash haven't left yours truly with a flush checkbook. But anyways.

It's now time and today I went to a pizza joint that is on the west end of Davenport and opened a second location in Rock Island.

Gunchies. On with the show. Yours truly with Ms Lucy.

Gunchies opened up a second location in the old Hunters Club in downtown Rock Island. Sheri and I had been there about 10 years ago. Gunchie's has extensively remodeled the old place and it is nice on the inside.

Over the river yada yada.

Some ambience pics.

The menu.

I've had blue,but not Gunch

The pizza's. We ordered a large Taco and a large sausage.

My sausage was tasty.I don't much care for taco.

A few misc pics.

So. How do I rank Gunchie's on my first visit? Sheri and I give them an 8. Pretty good.Not the best and certainly not the worst. Service was okay and the building was really remodeled better than I remembered. So if you are in the area and hankering for a pizza,you should check Gunchie's out.

Now. I have permission for some good news.
Me and some of the family.

We are going to be grandparents! Mollie is so excited to be an aunt at age 12.Lol.

My middle daughter Ellie will be having a future pizza fanatic.


Ellie and Ryan.

Hopefully our pizza reporting will get back on a some what better track.As always we do this for fun.

My pizza opinion is just that.Take it with that proverbial grain of salt.

Cheers!


Scotty