Harris pizza – Rock Island Illinois

August 6, 2016

I kept reading about Quad City-style pizza, so I did a little more research and found out that these pizzas have malt in the crust, usually the sauce has chili flakes and is a tad spicy, the sausage is ground and goes under the cheese, and these pizzas are typically cut into strips instead of slices.  I also found that there were many places that have Quad city style pizzas.  So since this seemed like a popular thing to get in the area I figured we ought to try it out. From what I found it looked like Harris pizza has been around for quite a while so I figured it was the one to try. When we arrived they seated us pretty quickly and took our drink orders which mom and I both ordered Pepsi’s and dad got a Hanks root beer in a glass bottle which they also brought out a cup with ice. We looked at the menu for a little bit, but since a Quad cities pizza seemed like sausage was the most common type we quickly decided to just order a large sausage pizza. So soon after when our waitress returned that’s what we ordered. As we waited I thought this place seemed like it’s probably a very popular local pizza place.

 

We waited for a while and then our waitress brought plates and then not too long later our pizza was delivered.  It was quite big probably a 16 inch and cut in strips like Quad city style pizzas should be. Some of the strips were long which made them a little bit harder to eat but it was doable. The sausage was ground and under the cheese.  The sauce didn’t seem too different to me but tasted alright.  I thought my first try at a quad city pizza was good and we had a decent pizza, but I don’t think it was as different as it sounded, it basically tasted like a good pizza and it was just cut differently. I won’t exactly go out of my way for a quad city pizza, but I would be alright with eating another.

 

3903 14th Ave, Rock Island, IL 61201

Machine shed – Davenport Iowa

August 5, 2016

When we arrived the place was absolutely packed and they said a 30 to 45 minute wait so we figured we might as well wait. So we waited out front and checked out their tractors they have parked in front and watched them shuck corn. Eventually our buzzer went off and we headed in. When we finally got to our table we had quite a bit of time to look at the menu. I decided to get the two-piece fried chicken dinner with mashed potatoes and gravy ($9.99) and so did mom. Dad ordered the meatloaf dinner ($13.49). We had a waitress and a waitress in training. When we ordered the waitress in training made it sound like just me and mom got our choice of family-style sides.  The choices were coleslaw, cottage cheese or apples we chose coleslaw and apples. But they didn’t really ask dad what he wanted even though his dinner came with the same things, but I don’t think he wanted any of them anyways.

 

 

Soon after our waitress in training delivered a bowl of coleslaw and apples along with basket of bread was to our table.  I really enjoyed all of these, the bread was warm and homemade and I also enjoyed the apples which we had warm.  After we ate all this we were offered more, but we declined.  In a bit after this our meals arrived along with corn on the cob. 

 

The fried chicken was good, but I’ve definitely have had better.  The mashed potatoes and gravy were very good to go along with my meal.  The corn was very fresh and tasted very good, which you would expect in Iowa.  Mom I think thought about the same as I did. 

 

Dad’s meatloaf was piled high and he really enjoyed his meal.  At Machine shed you’ll get a good meal and won’t leave hungry all at a reasonable price.

Address: 7250 Northwest Blvd, Davenport, IA 52806