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… Continue reading The Best Between Bread-Iowa’s Sandwich Masters: Locale 13, Brooklyn
Dubuque, IA: Dubuque County When Italian hunger strikes, you must never put it off. Even if you’re not Italian. Which I am not. That being said Dubuque Dawgs has one of Iowa’s best mouthfuls of what Chicago calls its own. However, we Iowans are partial to this combination and Illinois isn’t big enough to keep this completely on… Continue reading The Best Between Bread-Iowa’s Sandwich Masters: Locale 12, Dubuque
Algona, IA: Kossuth County We had the pleasure of visiting Algona a couple weeks ago during our annual Scouting RAGBRAI Series and once again we plowed right into another legendary sandwich that was prepared by the folks at Billie Jo’s Bar & Grill. The music, beers, and atmosphere was set just right for this Best Between Bread contender… Continue reading The Best Between Bread-Iowa’s Sandwich Masters: Locale 11, Algona
Cedar Falls, IA: Black Hawk County Downtown Cedar Falls is loaded with great places to eat and have yourself flippin’ great time. And don’t we know it! This isn’t our first time here or our last. Not even the first time at Whiskey Road and it will NOT be our last. The Iowa Gallivant is crowning a sandwich champion, in December,… Continue reading The Best Between Bread-Iowa’s Sandwich Masters: Locale 10, Cedar Falls
Indianola, IA: Warren County We’ve had a lot of sandwiches on this journey and we finally found a breakfast destination worthy to be on The Iowa Gallivant search for the best sandwich in Iowa. You like Elvis? Want something spicy? Have a hankering for some homemade biscuits that would get the largest army in the world to surrender… Continue reading The Best Between Bread-Iowa’s Sandwich Masters: Locale 9, Indianola
Webster City, IA: Hamilton County (Our 43rd County!) When one is on a road trip, one must stop at establishments with professionals that know how to prepare legendary sandwiches and masters of the traditional Iowa comfort food. We sniffed out just the place when traveling through North-Central Iowa and put it on The Iowa Gallivant’s roster for the championship… Continue reading The Best Between Bread-Iowa’s Sandwich Masters: Locale 8, Webster City
Coralville, IA: Johnson County Like French Dip sandwiches. I’ll answer for you. Yes, you love them. The crusty French bread stuffed with juicy beef and served with a rich beef broth for dip’n. What if I told you of a magical place that serves something similar but Vietnamese style. That culinary wonderland exists and It’s called… Continue reading The Best Between Bread-Iowa’s Sandwich Masters: Locale 7, Coralville
Marion, IA: Linn County If I could borrow a line from one of my favorite movies, Apocalypse Now…”You smell that? Over there in the trees! You smell that? It’s BBQ! I love the smell of BBQ in the morning! It smells like….QDog’s….” And boy did we pick-up on the scent like the hungry pack of hounds… Continue reading The Best Between Bread-Iowa’s Sandwich Masters: Locale 6, Marion
Iowa City, IA: Johnson County When the sandwich shakes start one must never let them go too long without getting them taken care of. I’ve had this ailment many times and I’ve obviously turned to the sandwich masters for help. Her Soup Kitchen has amassed quite the following in Iowa City and they know how to work… Continue reading The Best Between Bread-Iowa’s Sandwich Masters: Locale 5, Iowa City
Oakland Mills, IA: Henry County Just down the road from the city of Mount Pleasant is the small unincorporated community of Oakland Mills, right on the mighty Skunk River. Up from its banks is plenty of camping, disc golf, picnic areas, a historic walking bridge, and one of Iowa’s best destination eateries. You can’t have a… Continue reading The Best Between Bread-Iowa’s Sandwich Masters: Locale 4, Oakland Mills
