Sad news in Davenport

[torbee]

It appears the Rona pandemic has forced the closure of Fat Boy’s, the best purveyor of QC Style pizza in the Dirty D.

Not that surprising as they were a tiny shop and I think like a 3-person operation in a relatively sketchy location.

Ts and Ps. The Hell Pizza they made was the GOAT.

 

[Bro D]

Sad to hear a local company going out of business. Luckily for you, there are 7,642 of the same exact pizza places around town

 

[torbee]

Sad to hear a local company going out of business. Luckily for you, there are 7,642 of the same exact pizza places around town

They were definitely a cut above though. You might have even liked their pie- it was a bit more sauce-intensive than others and had a marginally thicker crust.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

Even before the upcoming 2nd wave, the Restaurant Association in Iowa was predicting over a 1,000 closures.

Going to be interesting how the industry changes after all of this.

 

[runkpanole]

Can someone explain to me what QC style pizza is?

 

[torbee]

Can someone explain to me what QC style pizza is?

Quad City-style pizza

Quad City-style pizza is a unique pizza style[1]that centers around the Quad Cities region of Iowa and Illinois in the United States. Characteristics of this style of pizza include a pizza crust made with malt, tomato sauce sometimes made with cayenne and red chili flakes, toppings placed under the cheese, and strips being cut instead of slices.[2]

Quad-City Style Pizza

This style of pizza usually has most of the toppings under the cheese[1]
Type Pizza
Place of origin United States
Region or state Quad Cities
Created by Tony Maniscalco Sr. of Tony's Pizzeria (1952)
Main ingredients Pizza dough with malt, tomato sauce with red chili flakes and cayenne, sausage, cheese

• Cookbook: Quad-City Style Pizza

Location of the Quad Cities

Sausage pizza from Fat Boy's Pizza of Davenport, Iowa.

Sausage pizza from Harris Pizza (Davenport, Iowa location)

Quad City-style pizza dough contains a "spice jam", which is heavy on malt,[4] which lends a toasted, nutty flavor.[1] The pizzas are hand-tossed to be stretched into an even quarter-inch thin crust with a slight lip ringing the edge. The sauce contains both red chili flakes and ground cayenne, and the smooth, thin tomato spread is more spicy than sweet. The sausage is typically a thick blanket of lean, fennel-flecked Italian sausage[5] sometimes ground twice and spread from edge to edge.[6][7] The pizzas are cooked using a special gas oven with an average cooking time of about 12 minutes. The pizza is cut into strips,[1] as opposed to being cut in slices. An average 16-inch pizza has about 14 strips, and a 10-inch pizza has about 10 strips.[5]

 

[runkpanole]

I don’t know about the malt, but I can get behind the cayane and red pepper.

 

[torbee]

I don’t know about the malt, but I can get behind the cayane and red pepper.

All the malt does is make it a touch sweeter than typical crust. That sweetness is nicely balanced by the spices.

 

[swagsurfer02]

The sausage on QC style pizza looks like wet cat food

 

[WorldSeriesChamps2015]

Quad City-style pizza

Quad City-style pizza is a unique pizza style[1]that centers around the Quad Cities region of Iowa and Illinois in the United States. Characteristics of this style of pizza include a pizza crust made with malt, tomato sauce sometimes made with cayenne and red chili flakes, toppings placed under the cheese, and strips being cut instead of slices.[2]

Quad-City Style Pizza

This style of pizza usually has most of the toppings under the cheese[1]
Type Pizza
Place of origin United States
Region or state Quad Cities
Created by Tony Maniscalco Sr. of Tony's Pizzeria (1952)
Main ingredients Pizza dough with malt, tomato sauce with red chili flakes and cayenne, sausage, cheese

• Cookbook: Quad-City Style Pizza

Location of the Quad Cities

Sausage pizza from Fat Boy's Pizza of Davenport, Iowa.

Sausage pizza from Harris Pizza (Davenport, Iowa location)

Quad City-style pizza dough contains a "spice jam", which is heavy on malt,[4] which lends a toasted, nutty flavor.[1] The pizzas are hand-tossed to be stretched into an even quarter-inch thin crust with a slight lip ringing the edge. The sauce contains both red chili flakes and ground cayenne, and the smooth, thin tomato spread is more spicy than sweet. The sausage is typically a thick blanket of lean, fennel-flecked Italian sausage[5] sometimes ground twice and spread from edge to edge.[6][7] The pizzas are cooked using a special gas oven with an average cooking time of about 12 minutes. The pizza is cut into strips,[1] as opposed to being cut in slices. An average 16-inch pizza has about 14 strips, and a 10-inch pizza has about 10 strips.[5]

So, basically, it is like eating ass???

 

[hawkeye54545]

Can someone explain to me what QC style pizza is?

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[QChawks]

That’s too bad, I’ve had their pizza and thought it was decent. Not my style of course but it wasn’t total shit.

 

[hawkeye54545]

The sausage on QC style pizza could be wet cat food

Fixed

 

[BigDelHawk]

All the malt does is make it a touch sweeter than typical crust. That sweetness is nicely balanced by the spices.

Yep, salty, sweet, spicy. Not a greasy pizza unless you order pepperoni. The sausage is very lean and crumbled fine so it drains well.

Personally, my favorite QC style is the Garden Pizza.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

I'd take a slice right now.

 

[torbee]

I'd take a slice right now.

Was preparing to get the Hell Pizza Sunday as a nice treat (was even going to venture into the ‘hood despite the civil unrest!) but when I went to get their number online, saw they’d closed down.

 

[torbee]

So, basically, it is like eating ass???

When I eat your mom’s it is more sweet than spicy.

 

[GOHOX69]

Quad City-style pizza

Quad City-style pizza is a unique pizza style[1]that centers around the Quad Cities region of Iowa and Illinois in the United States. Characteristics of this style of pizza include a pizza crust made with malt, tomato sauce sometimes made with cayenne and red chili flakes, toppings placed under the cheese, and strips being cut instead of slices.[2]

Quad-City Style Pizza

This style of pizza usually has most of the toppings under the cheese[1]
Type Pizza
Place of origin United States
Region or state Quad Cities
Created by Tony Maniscalco Sr. of Tony's Pizzeria (1952)
Main ingredients Pizza dough with malt, tomato sauce with red chili flakes and cayenne, sausage, cheese

• Cookbook: Quad-City Style Pizza

Location of the Quad Cities

Sausage pizza from Fat Boy's Pizza of Davenport, Iowa.

Sausage pizza from Harris Pizza (Davenport, Iowa location)

Quad City-style pizza dough contains a "spice jam", which is heavy on malt,[4] which lends a toasted, nutty flavor.[1] The pizzas are hand-tossed to be stretched into an even quarter-inch thin crust with a slight lip ringing the edge. The sauce contains both red chili flakes and ground cayenne, and the smooth, thin tomato spread is more spicy than sweet. The sausage is typically a thick blanket of lean, fennel-flecked Italian sausage[5] sometimes ground twice and spread from edge to edge.[6][7] The pizzas are cooked using a special gas oven with an average cooking time of about 12 minutes. The pizza is cut into strips,[1] as opposed to being cut in slices. An average 16-inch pizza has about 14 strips, and a 10-inch pizza has about 10 strips.[5]

Probably the only thing I learned on hrot thanks to @torbee is the deliciousness of qca pizza. Frank's in Sylvis for me.

 

[LuteHawk]

The real sad news in Davenport:

There will be no River Bandits games
in one of the top minor league baseball
stadiums in America this year.

 

[davenporter]

Is that the one on Washington street? Think I heard pizza schack was maybe opening up there

 

[artradley]

Napoli’s in Burlington was making their pizza that way in the 60’s and 70’s.

 

[Tenacious E]

Quad City-style pizza

Quad City-style pizza is a unique pizza style[1]that centers around the Quad Cities region of Iowa and Illinois in the United States. Characteristics of this style of pizza include a pizza crust made with malt, tomato sauce sometimes made with cayenne and red chili flakes, toppings placed under the cheese, and strips being cut instead of slices.[2]

Quad-City Style Pizza

This style of pizza usually has most of the toppings under the cheese[1]
Type Pizza
Place of origin United States
Region or state Quad Cities
Created by Tony Maniscalco Sr. of Tony's Pizzeria (1952)
Main ingredients Pizza dough with malt, tomato sauce with red chili flakes and cayenne, sausage, cheese

• Cookbook: Quad-City Style Pizza

Location of the Quad Cities

Sausage pizza from Fat Boy's Pizza of Davenport, Iowa.

Sausage pizza from Harris Pizza (Davenport, Iowa location)

Quad City-style pizza dough contains a "spice jam", which is heavy on malt,[4] which lends a toasted, nutty flavor.[1] The pizzas are hand-tossed to be stretched into an even quarter-inch thin crust with a slight lip ringing the edge. The sauce contains both red chili flakes and ground cayenne, and the smooth, thin tomato spread is more spicy than sweet. The sausage is typically a thick blanket of lean, fennel-flecked Italian sausage[5] sometimes ground twice and spread from edge to edge.[6][7] The pizzas are cooked using a special gas oven with an average cooking time of about 12 minutes. The pizza is cut into strips,[1] as opposed to being cut in slices. An average 16-inch pizza has about 14 strips, and a 10-inch pizza has about 10 strips.[5]

Don’t forget the chewy as f&ck crust.

 

[Tenacious E]

It appears the Rona pandemic has forced the closure of Fat Boy’s, the best purveyor of QC Style pizza in the Dirty D.

Not that surprising as they were a tiny shop and I think like a 3-person operation in a relatively sketchy location.

Ts and Ps. The Hell Pizza they made was the GOAT.

That is surprising. Because from what I understand pizza places have been killing it. Were they depending heavily on alcohol sales to make ends meet?

 

[torbee]

Don’t forget the chewy as f&ck crust.

Good for ya! Exercises the jaw and makes you better at cunnilingus. That’s why Quad Cities women are so happy.

 

[torbee]

That is surprising. Because from what I understand pizza places have been killing it. Were they depending heavily on alcohol sales to make ends meet?

I think they were struggling even before. Also, they don’t do delivery.

 

[Tenacious E]

Quad City-style pizza

Quad City-style pizza is a unique pizza style[1]that centers around the Quad Cities region of Iowa and Illinois in the United States. Characteristics of this style of pizza include a pizza crust made with malt, tomato sauce sometimes made with cayenne and red chili flakes, toppings placed under the cheese, and strips being cut instead of slices.[2]

Quad-City Style Pizza

This style of pizza usually has most of the toppings under the cheese[1]
Type Pizza
Place of origin United States
Region or state Quad Cities
Created by Tony Maniscalco Sr. of Tony's Pizzeria (1952)
Main ingredients Pizza dough with malt, tomato sauce with red chili flakes and cayenne, sausage, cheese

• Cookbook: Quad-City Style Pizza

Location of the Quad Cities

Sausage pizza from Fat Boy's Pizza of Davenport, Iowa.

Sausage pizza from Harris Pizza (Davenport, Iowa location)

Quad City-style pizza dough contains a "spice jam", which is heavy on malt,[4] which lends a toasted, nutty flavor.[1] The pizzas are hand-tossed to be stretched into an even quarter-inch thin crust with a slight lip ringing the edge. The sauce contains both red chili flakes and ground cayenne, and the smooth, thin tomato spread is more spicy than sweet. The sausage is typically a thick blanket of lean, fennel-flecked Italian sausage[5] sometimes ground twice and spread from edge to edge.[6][7] The pizzas are cooked using a special gas oven with an average cooking time of about 12 minutes. The pizza is cut into strips,[1] as opposed to being cut in slices. An average 16-inch pizza has about 14 strips, and a 10-inch pizza has about 10 strips.[5]

Those pics show the pizza should be 20% smaller. All that exposed chewy gross crust. The part covered with cheese is okay.

 

[Tenacious E]

I think they were struggling even before. Also, they don’t do delivery.

You’d think they could make it work with door dash or whatever. Already a premium priced pizza so the people ordering shouldn’t mind a few extra shekels for the convenience...

 

[naturalbornhawk]

I look forward to trying out this style of pizza someday. However, the pics provided make it look like there is a poor cheesetoppingssauce : crust ratio.

 

[timinatoria]

Sports Fans > all other QC local pizza.

 

[IowaHawkeyeFBnBB4Life]

Pizza Hut

 

[torbee]

I look forward to trying out this style of pizza someday. However, the pics provided make it look like there is a poor cheesetoppingssauce : crust ratio.

That’s one of the benefits of the rectangle cut- if you are more a cheese and topping guy, take an interior piece - tiny slice of crust, lots of cheese and toppings. If you are a crust guy - eat one of the corner pieces with lots of crust.

Win-Win!

 

[Hawki97]

It appears the Rona pandemic has forced the closure of Fat Boy’s, the best purveyor of QC Style pizza in the Dirty D.

Not that surprising as they were a tiny shop and I think like a 3-person operation in a relatively sketchy location.

Ts and Ps. The Hell Pizza they made was the GOAT.

Fat Boy's was the little joint in the middle of nowhere and Bad Boy'z is the place downtown, right? Bummer if so. I had Bad Boy'z a couple months ago in my Quad City Pizza discovery tour and hadn't hit Fat Boy's yet.

 

[lucas80]

The sausage on QC style pizza looks like wet cat food

Many years ago a friend and I were being driven back from the QC and his dad stopped to get a pizza for the drive home. "Jesus Christ, it looks like cat turds", is how he described the sausage.

 

[lucas80]

I feel bad. For months I was telling myself when the kid came home for Spring Break I'd drive everyone over to the QC and have some pizza. Well... That never happened. I have been waiting for things to chill out, and was wondering if some of the places Trobee has posted about might not make it through the Covid19 crisis.

 

[Tenacious E]

I feel bad. For months I was telling myself when the kid came home for Spring Break I'd drive everyone over to the QC and have some pizza. Well... That never happened. I have been waiting for things to chill out, and was wondering if some of the places Trobee has posted about might not make it through the Covid19 crisis.

You gotta get busy living or get busy dying.

 

[lucas80]

Good for ya! Exercises the jaw and makes you better at cunnilingus. That’s why Quad Cities women are so happy.

Your wife certainly doesn't have any complaints.

 

[Hawkeye_311]

It appears the Rona pandemic has forced the closure of Fat Boy’s, the best purveyor of QC Style pizza in the Dirty D.

Not that surprising as they were a tiny shop and I think like a 3-person operation in a relatively sketchy location.

Ts and Ps. The Hell Pizza they made was the GOAT.

Coronavirus is over a per BLM and Antifa mobs. Did you not get the memo?

 

[Tenacious E]

Coronavirus is over a per BLM and Antifa mobs. Did you not get the memo?

Can we keep politics out of a gottdam pizza thread? Even if the pizza dough is made from the tears of satan’s minions?

 

[Tom Paris]

It appears the Rona pandemic has forced the closure of Fat Boy’s, the best purveyor of QC Style pizza in the Dirty D.

Not that surprising as they were a tiny shop and I think like a 3-person operation in a relatively sketchy location.

Ts and Ps. The Hell Pizza they made was the GOAT.

Pizza Shack, torbee. I'm telling you!

 

[Tom Paris]

I don’t know about the malt, but I can get behind the cayane and red pepper.

It's different. The first time I had it as a kid, I was kind of "What the hell is this?" There are people on here who hate on it, but it really is a unique pizza and delicious. The sausage is ground up so you get the taste of it in every bite, and whatever they do with their mozzarella is crazy good. Ignore the people who try to be trendy saying it's garbage. It's different, but in the end it's crust, sauce, cheese and toppings. It's almost impossible to be bad.