Goldie's Ice Cream Shoppe– Prairie city Iowa

August 9, 2016

This is my second stop for a pork tenderloin sandwich in Iowa, this time on our drive from Quad cities back to Omaha we stopped in Prairie city which is east of Des Moines. This was quite late for lunch and really in the middle of the afternoon around 2 o’clock. The building was rather small and they did have seating outside. Even though it was 2 o’clock it was still pretty much full. I wanted to try another version of a pork tenderloin sandwich before we got out of Iowa. So we all three ended up ordering a small Pepsi $1.90 a pork tenderloin sandwich for $7.27 and an order of Goldie’s fries for $2.90.

  

A bit after we ordered our food was delivered and the lady that brought it asked me if I was sure I could eat the whole thing and I wasn’t sure after seeing how big the thing was, but I said I was gonna try. The sandwich had a huge piece of pork that was breaded and crispy and fairly thin, topped with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise with a regular sized hamburger bun. I ate and ate and ate and eventually throw in the towel.  I probably ate a bit more than half of it. This was good pork and I really liked how crispy it was and the mayonnaise was perfect on top. A few pieces of the pork were a bit tough and chewy but most of it was pretty good. The fries I really liked too, they were battered and crispy and I thought were very good. After eating I was absolutely stuffed, but my parents both had enough room left to try their ice cream. They both picked the flavor of the day which was mint chocolate chip for $1.87. This was all right my sample anyways, but wasn’t the best ice cream I’ve ever had. I also enjoyed this place because it being a small town type place.

 

 

 

TC's Point After DeWitt, IA

 

 

I very much enjoyed my second attempt at pork tenderloin sandwich and thought it was interesting how different the two in Iowa I had were. Both very good in different ways.

 

 

Goldie's Ice Cream Shoppe– Prairie city Iowa










Goldie's Ice Cream Shoppe

Address: 304 W 2nd St, Prairie City, IA 50228

 

 

Bierstube – Le Claire, IA

August 7, 2016

 We arrived here for dinner just after six after a day of exploring the Quad cities. When we arrived we were seated right away and had our drink orders taken; we all three ordered a Pepsi ($2 45). Then we had some time to look at the menu. After looking online previously at their menu I was intrigued by their Ruben rolls. So I kind of had an idea what I wanted, but still wanted time to look at the menu. Eventually we were ready to order and when our waitress was back I ordered the Ruben rolls ($13) with Spätzle and a side salad with creamy garlic dressing as my sides. Dad also got the Ruben rolls and mom got the salad and soup ($7). Then we had a little bit of a wait for our food to arrive.

 

The first thing that arrived was my side salad which I thought was pretty good; with red onions, cucumbers, a little bit a cheese and croutons. I had the creamy garlic dressing with it and it had some kick to it from the garlic and so did the onions in the salad for that matter.

 

 Before I got too far along with this the rest of our food arrived. The Ruben rolls were cut diagonally in half so there were six pieces and some thousand Island on the side along with my side of Spätzle. The Ruben rolls I thought were a great idea and these were pretty good. These were an egg roll wrapper filled with corned beef and Muenster cheese and some sauerkraut, but I thought it could’ve used some more sauerkraut, but it still tasted very good. And the thousand Island on the side was good and perfect to dip these in. My side of Spätzle was all right, but not the most exciting thing. This place was kind of a German place although probably not authentic, but I was glad we ate here and got to try out Ruben rolls and had a pretty good meal.

 

 

Address: 1001 Canal Shore Dr SW, Le Claire, IA 52753

 

 

TC’s point after – Dewitt Iowa

August 7, 2016

Apparently pork tenderloin sandwiches were a huge thing in Iowa so I had to make sure to try at least a couple of them out. So this day we drove up from Davenport which is about 20 miles. This was a Sunday morning and when we arrived fairly early sometime after 11, the place was completely empty. We were able to sit wherever we wanted. We checked out the menu, but didn’t need too much time because I already knew what I was going to get. When our waitress was back to take our orders we all three got a pork tenderloin sandwich which came with fries and coleslaw. We sat there for a bit, me with great excitement for my first pork tenderloin sandwich. Right before our sandwiches came, coleslaw arrived in little dishes for me and mom, dad told our waitress he didn’t want his coleslaw when he ordered.

Soon after three plates arrived filled with a pork tenderloin sandwich and a pile of fries. The Sandwich came with lettuce, tomato, pickles and onion or whatever combination you wanted. Everyone else had a packet of mayonnaise on their plate except for me. I didn’t care so much, but it might have been good on this sandwich. This was a really good sandwich although it wasn’t as big as most pork tenderloin sandwiches are but it was still really good. It was breaded and the breading was tasty and salty and it was almost perfect with the pork. The one problem with this was the breading quickly got soggy so it wasn’t so crispy of a pork sandwich. The fries were all right kind of a bit thin and needed a bit of salt, but they were all right. I was very happy with my first try at a pork tenderloin sandwich, but I still wanted to try at least another one or two to see how this stacks up against other pork tenderloin sandwiches.

 

719 6th Ave, DeWitt, IA 52742

 

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

 

 

 

Cellar 19 Wine & Deli – Council Bluffs Iowa

August 5, 2016

On the second day of our trip we were driving from Lincoln, Nebraska to Davenport, Iowa and we stopped at this place in Council Bluffs, Iowa for lunch. At lunch this is an order at the counter place and I guess a sit-down place at night, but since we were there for lunch we went up to the counter.

 

 I ordered the cellar club which had oven roasted turkey, tavern ham, hickory smoked bacon, mild cheddar, lettuce, tomato, red onion and mayo on white bread with potato salad as a side,

 

Mom ordered the BLT on toasted wheat bread with potato salad

 

 

and dad ordered Mike’s melt which had tavern ham, Swiss, jalapenos and mustard on toasted marble rye bread with chips. After waiting for a bit our sandwiches were delivered. My sandwich was all right and it had everything you would expect in a club sandwich. This was a good sandwich but not much more than that. I really did enjoy the potato salad and thought it was one of the better potato salads I’ve had. It was a red potato salad with some bacon in it.  I thought it tasted really good. Everyone else thought their sandwiches were pretty good to.  This day we had a pretty good lunch although I most definitely had better sandwiches and I also thought it was a bit pricey for just sandwiches.

928 VALLEY VIEW DRIVE
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA 51503

Machine shed Urbandale Iowa

September 16, 2011

We enjoyed our meal the before so much that we decided to come here for breakfast.   

I had the basic breakfast with bacon, a English muffin, over easy eggs and home fries.  Itwas a very good breakfast and very delicious nothing out of the ordinary just really good. My mom and dad both had the same but made different choices of potatoes meat and the bread item.  We enjoyed our breakfast  as much as the dinner the night before.

11151 Hickman Rd  Urbandale, IA 50322-3741

machine shed Urbandale Iowa.

September 15, 2011

 We walked here from our hotel the sleep inn it was across both parking lots.

 It was a little chilly and I was starving so I thought something nice and hot will be good so I got the turkey pot pie and it was delicious.  It had a flaky crust was excellent and all the ingredients were very good, it was very creamy and it was just great. 

Before the meal  they brought a bunch of stuff out family style; bread with real butter,  spice cake as well as cottage cheese and coleslaw. My dad had the chicken fried steak and he thought it was very good. My mom tried the famous baked potato soup and really like it as well my dad also wanted a piece of cherry pie which I tasted and I was very good too.   The food was excellent, the portions were big and the service was good.  This place reminded me of a cracker barrel, but with a lot better food.

Country Junction Dyersville Iowa

9/9/2011

We were in Dyersville to see the Field of Dreams movie site and had read about this restaurant online and thought it sounded good. First they brought a plate of bread with real butter, which is always a plus.   The bread was actually pretty good.   

I ordered the hot roast beef sandwich and so did my mom.  my dad got the chicken fried steak. My hot roast beef sandwich for looked pretty good, but when I started eating I figured out it wasn't so good.  It was kind of dry and I didn’t think the meat was very good.   The mashed potatoes and gravy with it were okay and I think the best part was the gravy on the bread underneath.   

My dad didn’t really care for his chicken fried steak either, but he ate it since he was pretty hungry.  

My parents both decided to get a piece of pie, one piece of peach and one cherry.  I sample both of them which were okay, but not great.  This was kind of disappointing since their menu says their regulars order pie first, which made me think the pie would be better.  

Overall this place is not very good, their food and was kind of disappointing after reading about it online.  I thought it sounded pretty good but oh well maybe next time I'll find a better place.

Country Junction

913 15th Avenue Southeast

Dyersville, IA 52040-2315