Totally agree with a couple things here:
Large thin pepperoni from the Need window is top tier late night drinking food. Not as overrated as Roscoe’s Motown is underrated. It’s a former Tomaso’s that the franchisee left when they altered ingredients. Hence Roscoe’s is more like the original Tomaso’s.
I like to frequent both, live about a 3 minute drive away.
Big fan of that place. I've had it a few times.
I just assumed it was crap since it looked like a yuppie shithole. I’ll have to drop my prejudices and try it.
The voters of this poll have crappy taste. It’s actually a great foodie town for its size.
I'll have to check that out. Won't lie, I've never even heard of Bari but just checked out the menu. Looks like a solid "date night" spot.
After a deeper dive, turns out there are some more categories.
| Platinum | Bari Italian |
| Gold | Napoli's Italian Restaurant |
| Silver | Zio Johno's Spaghetti House Restaurant |
| Bronze | Biaggi's Ristorante Italiano |
| Bronze | Olive Garden Italian Restaurant |
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To say Zepplin's Menu is inspired by the ID's is an understatement, down to the cheesy wontons. Not an exact copy, but one of the partners that opened Zepplin's came from the ID.
Not my cup of tea, burgers are too greasy/juicy? I always end up with indigestion after I eat there, but I know most people love it.
Not sure about yuppie in CR, it was full of people in shorts and jeans when we were there, it is at the top end of CR restaurants from a $$$ perspective, but our meals were legit.
Hmmm. I mistakenly thought this was an @Moral pornopaint close up of OP's mom being rump rangered...
We had a bad experience there.
Come to my joint in Coralville. My Indian food is better and I got lots of booze.
My wife (no pic) loves Indian food so she’s taken me all over the place. There’s a couple in the IC/Coralville area we like.
The mecca of Cedar Rapids steak:
No, I'm a medium guy across the board, love bloody red meat, it's more the buns are soggy with grease or something?
Exotic is a small spot and doesn't look like much from the outside, but good food and good people working there.
Good to hear it's still around. I haven't been there since GWB was president. The old guy would ask for your spice level and would say "One or two tears?" and mime tears coming from his eyes. Nice dude.
I have said it many times that we should have a HORT gathering. You know, just the cool kids and geezeballs like me. I'd bring a spread and much alcohol. Someone with a keen mind like @torbee should plan this out. I'm game. What's the worst that could happen? Please don't answer that. That's rhetorical.
