Anthony’s pizza and pasta – Denver Colorado

February 28, 2017

My parents and I stopped here for a pretty early dinner at about 4 o’clock. So as you would expect the place was empty, but a view people came in while we were there. We went up to the counter to order and we had a coupon for five dollars off if you bought two one topping 18 inch pizzas. So we figured we would just eat what we could and take the rest home. So we ordered a 18 inch sausage pizza ($18.10) and a 18 inch pepperoni pizza ($18.10). Along with three fountain drinks ($1.79 each). So we went to fill our drinks and sat and waited a little bit and then out comes

a huge pepperoni pizza which covered a large amount of the table along with some paper plates. I was really surprised at how big the pizza was and knew it definitely wasn’t an 18 inch pizza and was quite a bit bigger. They also said the other pizza would be out in a bit, but I was wondering where they were going to put it. Then we started to try to figure out how to eat it since the slices were so big and way bigger than your plate so it was kind of interesting and I ended up having to cut off the end off to make it easier to eat and then had to definitely fold the rest and it worked okay. A little bit into eating this they brought the other pizza out and just sat it on the next table. I ended up just having two slices of the pepperoni and mom and dad both had some of each. This pizza I thought was all right, but not really that special it was nice and thin and the crust tasted all right. The cheese and pepperoni on top was all right the cheese and toppings weren’t piled on too thick but the slices were just so big that you got plenty of cheese and toppings. There was also a decent amount of sauce which tasted all right too. Everything about the pizza I thought was just about average or slightly above. The only thing I thought that stood out was just the size of it. I was expecting the pizza to be an 18 inch pizza but it was definitely bigger than that, so I did an Internet search the next day and found straight from their website that they stretch their pizza out to 22 to 24 inches for their eat in customers. So we ended up quite a bit more pizza than we could handle, but there’s always tomorrow and maybe the next day to eat the rest.  The leftovers turned out pretty good and maybe even better than the first night. Anthony’s pizza might not be the greatest pizza ever but you can get a decent pizza that is even bigger if you eat in the restaurant and had a very good price for that much pizza.

 

 

 

 

 

 http://www.anthonyspizzaandpasta.com/location/gateway-park

 

16221 E 40th Ave C, Denver, CO 80239

Jerico’s restaurant – Omaha Nebraska

August 11, 2016

Last time we were in Omaha we stopped here for a delicious prime rib and we decided to stop in again this time. We were here for a pretty early dinner so we could get the early bird prime rib special for only ($14.99). This came with an 8 ounce prime rib, a salad, soup, a roll and a baked potato.

I really enjoyed this prime rib. It was very tasty and was salted and well-seasoned along the edges. Before the prime rib cage our,

salad came it was a rather plain salad but I did enjoy the ranch dressing very much.

The soup this day was beer cheese with bacon and green onions on top this was very good I thought.

Address: 11732 W Dodge Rd, Omaha, NE 68154

Werner Park – Papillion, NE

August 10, 2016

 

This was a Wednesday night so it was Wiener Wednesday and quarter hot dog night which was sponsored by Hebrew national. The condiment station only had a few things; ketchup, mustard, relish but you can’t beat a quarter hot dog especially when it’s a decent brand like Hebrew national.

Dugger’s Café – Omaha Nebraska

August 11, 2016

We were here for rather late breakfast, but they serve breakfast the whole time they’re open. Mom and I ordered the lemon pancakes with bacon ($7.95) and dad ordered the lemon pancakes and sausage also ($7.95). Mom and dad both ordered coffee as well ($2.25).

These lemon pancakes were not huge in size. They were very good and had a good lemon flavor. These also came with homemade raspberry syrup which I thought were excellent and went very good with the lemon pancakes. The bacon I thought was all right.

Address: 4950 Dodge St, Omaha, NE 68132

Big Mama's Kitchen & Catering – Omaha Nebraska

August 10, 2016

Big Mama's Kitchen was featured on Diners Drive-ins and Dives years ago; the episode where big Mama made pig ear sandwiches and Guy didn’t know if he wanted to eat it. They also made fried chicken on that episode. They are located in an old school cafeteria which you can either go up the stairs to get to or take the elevator. We arrived for a little bit of a late lunch and I think, but I’m not 100% sure the waitress was big Mama’s granddaughter. She right away took our drink orders my dad ordered a Coke ($1.25) and mom a unsweetened iced tea ($3.50) and I just ordered a water so shortly she was back with the drink cart and delivered my dad a can Coke and a glass with ice and poured my mom’s Iced tea. Then she took our orders; dad ordered the meatloaf lunch ($10.99), I ordered the two-piece oven fried chicken with two sides ($11.99) and mom got the two-piece oven fried chicken with one side ($9.29). After we ordered I noticed big Mama was sitting down with the next table and seemed like she knew the people for a long time, but eventually when they got up to leave they were saying it’s nice to meet you so we found out quickly how friendly of a person big Mama was. Eventually our food arrived

my plate of fried chicken ended up with two thighs and mashed potatoes and chicken gravy and a piece a cornbread and my other side of fried okra was in a dish and had a little cup of raspberry preserves to dip the okra in I guess. I really liked this fried chicken it was fairly crisp but not really crispy and I’m not sure what all was in the breading but it had a bit more seasoning than a lot of fried chicken and it tasted very good. Also it didn’t seem to be quite as greasy as a lot of fried chicken is. The mashed potatoes and gravy were real good to and I really enjoyed the fried okra. I’m not so sure about it in the raspberry preserves but I liked them very much how they came. I used to not be big cornbread person, but now I’m starting to like cornbread a little bit more and this was really good cornbread. Mom really enjoyed her fried chicken as well and was happy with one side and glad you had the option of less sides.

Dad liked his meatloaf and he had mashed potatoes with brown gravy and mac & cheese to go along with this and thought his whole meal was pretty good. During our meal big Mama herself came by and sat down for a while. And she asked who’s idea it was it to come and wondered if we had seen her on TV. We did and it was one of the main reasons we came. And she also wondered what we thought of the food and I was really impressed with it. And she also made sure to tell us that they were going to be moving to a new location in the near future and if we’re ever in Omaha again to make sure and come back and stop in and see her again. Soon after our waitress returned and asked if we wanted dessert so dad ordered apple crisp ($3.50) and mom ordered the sweet potato pie ($4.25). They both really enjoyed their desserts, I tried the apple crisp and really enjoyed it and I didn’t bother trying the sweet potato pie because I really don’t like sweet potato anything. But mom did enjoy it. Soon after we also met big mama’s daughter number two as she called herself who said she helps big Mama with the jams. The whole experience at big mamas was a rather interesting one, from it being in an old school cafeteria which was kind of weird but kind of neat at the same time, how much of a family business it is and that big Mama took so much time to sit and visit with their customers and make them feel welcome was very neat and made lunch even more enjoyable. And the fried chicken you can’t forget about that.

 Address: 3223 N 45th St, Omaha, NE 68104

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

 

 

Lemongrass Café – Moline Illinois

August 8, 2016

After a day visiting some of the John Deere attractions around the area including the harvester works factory and the John Deere pavilion, which was a couple blocks away we stopped in here for a bit early of a dinner. We parked back behind the restaurant and walked around to the front door which when we got there we found out it wasn’t wheelchair accessible. So we went back around to the back where they had the wheelchair accessible door. So we went in and were seated right away. After looking a bit at the menu we all three ordered a Coke $2.50 and I ordered the pad woon sen with chicken for $11.95 as did dad and mom got the pad Thai with chicken for $11.95. Then we sat and waited for a while and watched some of the staff interacting with a couple little kids that were there. They were very excited to see kids including our waitress carrying one of them around for a bit. Eventually our food came.

  

I thought my pad woon sen was pretty good. It had a glass noodles and vegetables and some sort of sauce. All of this tasted pretty good, but I have had better similar dishes. Dad seemed to like his too.

 

 

Mom enjoyed her pad Thai and I sampled it and I think it was better than when I got. I enjoyed this Asian place and wish I could go back and try some of their other things. Since they had many different Asian items from Thai to Korean to Chinese to Japanese and Vietnamese items that sounded good when reading the menu.

 

 

 

 

Address: 1419 5th Ave, Moline, IL 61265