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OT: Fungal infection

Focker
Focker Posts: 8,364
edited May 2016 in EggHead Forum
Decided to hit up IA's first Mellow Mushroom in Coralville after some fun at the VA hospital.  
As a pizza snob, I must confess, the red skin potato was a pretty damn tasty chain pie.  It could even pass as a breakfast/brunch pie.  And to top it off, Fat Tire pints were 3 bucks


Now this is still a distant second to Fong's Crab Rangoon pie.....but MM is a bright, funky, cool place that puts out a respectable product.  Glad they have finally spread to IA.
Brandon
Quad Cities
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    MM is a cool joint w/ a great staff locally. When I was doing the hot side I commissioned a few of their pizza ovens. I'll also add their kitchen's were always clean. That says a lot about an establishment. They make a mean pie. 

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  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
    edited May 2016
    NPHuskerFL said:
    MM is a cool joint w/ a great staff locally. When I was doing the hot side I commissioned a few of their pizza ovens. I'll also add their kitchen's were always clean. That says a lot about an establishment. They make a mean pie. 

    https://youtu.be/Nt4S_O-FVw8
    They are definitely engaged. The owner came up to our table to ask about things, and we chatted for a good 15 min about QC style pie and MM.  Was really impressed with our lunch experience.  We will be back for sure.
    Brandon
    Quad Cities
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  • blasting
    blasting Posts: 6,262

    @NPHuskerFL   that is a clean kitchen.  

    That damn gordon ramsey has me thinking all restaurants are a toxic cesspool beyond the swinging doors.

    Phoenix 
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,792
    We've had one in Durham forever.  Our favorite is a pesto pizza with chicken, red onions, and tomatoes.
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  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
    edited May 2016
    JohnInCarolina said:
    We've had one in Durham forever.  Our favorite is a pesto pizza with chicken, red onions, and tomatoes.
    It was hard to pick.  They have some nice topping combos on the menu.  The IA beer cheese breakfast pie looked solid too.   
    Brandon
    Quad Cities
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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490
    edited May 2016
    We love the shroom.  I am pretty sure the esperanza dressing has crack in it. Here in GA every Sunday Sweetwater is $2.22 a pint. 

    I have ordered a pie to go "half baked" and finished it on the egg.  It was really good. 


    Which came first the chicken or the egg?  I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. 

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  • minniemoh
    minniemoh Posts: 2,145
    Sure wish we could get one in MN. I used to frequent MM when the SE was in my sales territory. That looks very tasty @Focker.
    L x2, M, S, Mini and a Blackstone 36. She says I have enough now....
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  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
    SmokeyPitt said:
    We love the shroom.  I am pretty sure the esperanza dressing has crack in it. Here in GA every Sunday Sweetwater is $2.22 a pint. 

    I have ordered a pie to go "half baked" and finished it on the egg.  It was really good. 

    Now we're talkin'.
    Brandon
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  • tarheelmatt
    tarheelmatt Posts: 9,867
    We have a few around here, Burlington,  Greensboro,  Durham, Boone, Winston Salem are the few I've been too. The one in Boone being one of my favorites.  
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    Daughter manages one in Chatanooga.  Good organization trying to offer quality product.  I find their food to be good.  Pizza is pretty good, not what you guys can turn out.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • tarheelmatt
    tarheelmatt Posts: 9,867
    bgebrent said:
    Daughter manages one in Chatanooga.  Good organization trying to offer quality product.  I find their food to be good.  Pizza is pretty good, not what you guys can turn out.
    Think what I like about Boone is the surroundings really. There's other restaurants I'd go to first.  MM being a great place for lunch. 
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  • Spaightlabs
    Spaightlabs Posts: 2,349
    edited May 2016
    Focker said:
    It was hard to pick.  They have some nice topping combos on the menu.  The IA beer cheese breakfast pie looked solid too.   
    Because Iowa is famous for their beer and cheese? =)
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,461
    None here in IL yet, so looks like I'll pass. Got a different question though for you, Brandon. You brought up the term QC (Quad City for you folks elsewhere) pizza. What sets a QC pizza apart? BTW there is a family owned pizza parlor that offers a QC pizza here but I have yet to hear anything good or bad about the place and I think they are only open 2 days a week...not a bustling business venture!
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  • Spaightlabs
    Spaightlabs Posts: 2,349
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quad_City-style_pizza 
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  • Lit
    Lit Posts: 9,053
    MM is really good pizza but fairly expensive. Over $20 a pizza for anything good. Haven't been in awhile but one of the better pizza places around last time I was there. 
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  • Dyal_SC
    Dyal_SC Posts: 6,542
    MM 's Holy Shiitake pizza is mind blowingly delicious. :D  
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,461
    Spaightlabs said:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quad_City-style_pizza 
    Thanks! Sounds like a pizza with a regional charm or an acquired taste maybe. I don't think it has caught on here in spite of just being 90 miles from the QC. Maybe some Saturday lunch I will try it for kicks and giggles for a small pie.  I highly doubt Pat will like it due to her aversion to most everything described there.
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    Have one here in Louisville, 6 blocks from my house. Go there a lot, Never had a bad or even mediocre experience yet. Last time there, they had Sequoia Grove Cab, BY THE GLASS! Wine bill: $160.00, food including Za: $32.40.
    Just sayin'. Cool joint. 
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,461
    YukonRon said:
    Have one here in Louisville, 6 blocks from my house. Go there a lot, Never had a bad or even mediocre experience yet. Last time there, they had Sequoia Grove Cab, BY THE GLASS! Wine bill: $160.00, food including Za: $32.40.
    Just sayin'. Cool joint. 
    HOLY SH*T! 
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  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
    Spaightlabs said:
    Focker said:
    It was hard to pick.  They have some nice topping combos on the menu.  The IA beer cheese breakfast pie looked solid too.   
    Because Iowa is famous for their beer and cheese? =)
    In all seriousness, I will be ripping this style of bechamel off.  Bacon, taters, ernyin, calabrians, maybe some whole or even scrambled eggs.  Damn skippy.
    Brandon
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  • Focker
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    Dyal_SC said:
    MM 's Holy Shiitake pizza is mind blowingly delicious. :D  
    My sister is squeemish with the fungi, we would've ordered that one up.  Next time though.
    Brandon
    Quad Cities
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  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
    edited May 2016

    RRP said:
    None here in IL yet, so looks like I'll pass. Got a different question though for you, Brandon. You brought up the term QC (Quad City for you folks elsewhere) pizza. What sets a QC pizza apart? BTW there is a family owned pizza parlor that offers a QC pizza here but I have yet to hear anything good or bad about the place and I think they are only open 2 days a week...not a bustling business venture!
    Ron, it isn't bad.  Sausage and mushroom Harris.  Knife and fork style pizza, heavily topped.  Good eats.
    http://chicago.seriouseats.com/2011/04/is-there-a-quad-cities-style-pizza.html

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  • Focker
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    YukonRon said:
    Have one here in Louisville, 6 blocks from my house. Go there a lot, Never had a bad or even mediocre experience yet. Last time there, they had Sequoia Grove Cab, BY THE GLASS! Wine bill: $160.00, food including Za: $32.40.
    Just sayin'. Cool joint. 
    Yukon, I like who you roll.
    Brandon
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  • RRP
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    Focker said:

    Yukon, I like who you roll.
    LMAO...I'm sure you really meant "how" you roll, but the "who" you roll sounded hilarious! Like with that restaurant tab "let's go roll......"
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  • YukonRon
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    RRP said:
    Focker said:

    Yukon, I like who you roll.
    LMAO...I'm sure you really meant "how" you roll, but the "who" you roll sounded hilarious! Like with that restaurant tab "let's go roll......"
    We did not mean for that to happen. Just a good cab and good Za with friends. I will admit, wine bills frequently surpass the food bill, though.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,461
    YukonRon said:
    RRP said:
    Focker said:

    Yukon, I like who you roll.
    LMAO...I'm sure you really meant "how" you roll, but the "who" you roll sounded hilarious! Like with that restaurant tab "let's go roll......"
    We did not mean for that to happen. Just a good cab and good Za with friends. I will admit, wine bills frequently surpass the food bill, though.
    LMAO...might want to grab a big cardboard box of wine with a long flexible tit in the future! Oh never mind... =)
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    RRP said:
    YukonRon said:
    RRP said:
    Focker said:

    Yukon, I like who you roll.
    LMAO...I'm sure you really meant "how" you roll, but the "who" you roll sounded hilarious! Like with that restaurant tab "let's go roll......"
    We did not mean for that to happen. Just a good cab and good Za with friends. I will admit, wine bills frequently surpass the food bill, though.
    LMAO...might want to grab a big cardboard box of wine with a long flexible tit in the future! Oh never mind... =)
    Um, thanks for the suggestion, but I think I am good. :s
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  • Jupiter Jim
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    tarheelmatt said:
    bgebrent said:
    Daughter manages one in Chatanooga.  Good organization trying to offer quality product.  I find their food to be good.  Pizza is pretty good, not what you guys can turn out.
    Think what I like about Boone is the surroundings really. There's other restaurants I'd go to first.  MM being a great place for lunch. 
    Matt next time your in Boone please let us know and we can meet ya for lunch or dinner. J&K

    I'm only hungry when I'm awake!

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