Brooklyn, IA: Poweshiek County

The Community of Flags just might have one of the greatest sandwiches you need to get to. The Classic Deli is on historic HWY 6 which is one of our favorite roads for, lets call it road tripping. This route winds through countless small Iowa towns and one of them is Brooklyn with a must visit destination restaurant.

You know you’re in a great place for made-from-scratch food when you walk in and see a crew that pumps out freshly squeezed lemonade and jars their own mustard varieties. We hit The Classic Deli on a Saturday and we couldn’t have been more lucky. Not only did we manage to get through a plate of homemade biscuits and gravy but the special is what made our list for what could win The Iowa Gallivant sandwich championship in December!

You want this juicy house smoked brisket sandwich with homemade BBQ sauce that is quite possibly the best bite of beef you’re going to have all year? Well, you’ll need to plan to head to Brooklyn on the weekend because Saturday’s are the only day you’re getting one or several of these. And they WILL sell out! What will you road trip for? You can find many reasons to hop on old HWY 6 and tasty BBQ is always a good reason. Your weekend just got a big smoky reason to travel your gallivanting booty off!

Be sure to read about the other Best Between Bread contenders in the communities of….

Algona, Amana, Bettendorf, Brooklyn, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Center Point, Charles City, Cherokee, Clear Lake, Conesville, Coralville, Crawfordsville, Cresco, Creston, Decatur City, Decorah, Dubuque, Eldridge, Elkader, Ely, Fort Madison, Grinnell, Gunder, Hale, Hiawatha, Hills, Humboldt, Indianola, Iowa City, Keokuk, Lake View, Lansing, Long Grove, Marion, Marshalltown, Montrose, New Albin, Nichols, North Liberty, Oakland Mills, Okoboji, Orange City, Paullina, Pocahontas, Robins, Rowley, Sheldon, Shueyville, Sigourney, Spencer, Storm Lake, Sutliff, Tiffin,  Vinton, Walcott, Waterloo, Waukon, Waverly, Webster City, West Branch and Wilton!

Habanero’s-Bettendorf

Lynn’s BBQ-Eldridge

Old 218 Tap-Hills

Mishmash-Indianola

2 MIT Burgers-Elkader

Walk Er Drive-Thru-Sigourney

The Udder Cow-Pocahontas

Her Soup Kitchen-Iowa City

Smack Shack-Okoboji

Newton’s Paradise Cafe-Waterloo

Weasy’s-Spencer

Village Meat Market & Cafe-Cedar Rapids

I Love Pho-Coralville

Mexico Lindo-West Branch

Joensy’s-Center Point

Hale Tap & Supper Club-Hale

Pool 9-New Albin

Dinky Diner-Decatur City

Prairie Canary-Grinnell

Teluwut-Cresco

Hatchery Restaurant & Lounge-Orange City

Junction Grill & Bar-Wilton

Kathy’s Korner-Lake View

Bryant’s Off 6-Tiffin

Millstream Brau Haus-Amana

Gasthaus Bar & Grill-Cherokee

River Rock Cafe-Oakland Mills, IA

The Pub on the Cedar-Charles City

Off The Beatn’ Path BBQ-Crawfordsville

Dubuque Dawgs-Dubuque

Starboard Market-Clear Lake

QDog’s-Marion

The Lunchbox Market-Webster City

BeerBurger-North Liberty

Whiskey Road-Cedar Falls

Newt’s Cafe-Nichols

Magpie Coffeehouse-Decorah

Nutmeg’s-Lansing

Shuey’s Restaurant & Lounge-Shueyville

Bottoms Up Pub & Grub-Rowley

East Bremer Diner-Waverly

Deese’s Thirsty Camel-Conesville

Mulligan’s-Waukon

CR Whiskey Sauce Co.-Ely

Lebowski’s Bar & Grill-Robins

Billie Jo’s Bar & Grill-Algona

Pita’z-Hiawatha

Mario’s Sports Bar & Grill-Creston

The Irish Shanti-Gunder

Baxa’s-Sutliff

Gramma’s Kitchen-Walcott

Ron-Da-Voo Lounge-Vinton

Sub-Arena-Fort Madison

Be sure to read about the other Best Between Bread contenders in the communities of….

Algona, Amana, Brooklyn, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Center Point, Charles City, Cherokee, Clear Lake, Coralville, Crawfordsville, Cresco, Creston, Decatur City, Decorah, Dubuque, Eldridge, Elkader, Ely, Fort Madison, Gunder, Hale, Hiawatha, Hills, Indianola, Iowa City, Lake View, Lansing, Marion, New Albin, Nichols, North Liberty, Oakland Mills, Okoboji, Orange City, Pocahontas, Robins, Rowley, Shueyville, Sigourney, Spencer, Sutliff, Tiffin, Vinton, Walcott, Waterloo, Waukon, Waverly, Webster City, West Branch and Wilton!