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The Venue
129 Main Street
Ames, IA 50020-6388
(515) 232-426337
Since 1979 the
Great Plains Sauce & Dough Company has been baking pies for Ames,
Iowa. Iowa State college students often
remark about trying their pizza, and we happened to be in the area to give them
a try. The restaurant itself seemed a
little cramped, with a small upstairs, bathrooms downstairs which felt like an
old basement due to the limestone walls.
The prices were a little high compared with Cedar Rapids, but that is
expected in a college tow-pizza is quite popular. The thing that stood out to me was the varieties
of dough! You can have the same pizza
prepared over 6 different ways dough types for thin and 3 for thick). You can check out their menu here: http://www.greatplainspizza.com/menu.html.
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| The Prairie Special, Large 14", New Orleans Style Crust, $20.55 |
The Pizza
Chicago Style: No
Crust Thickness: Thick, Average, and Thin
Types of dough:
1.
Denver
Style - Rolled-edge whole wheat crust
2.
Sam's
Recipe - Classic thin, white crust
3.
New
Orleans Style - Thick, white crust
4.
Oat
Style - Rolled-edge oat flour crust
5.
Thin
Denver - Whole wheat twin to Sam's
6.
Idaho
Style - Thin, Softer texture potato flour crust
Our group
consisted of 6 participants, so we ordered three
large (14") pizzas; two one topping and two specialty.
The Prairie Special - Pick a crust style and we'll top it with
sliced pepperoni, our own special pork sausage, fresh diced onions, and fresh
diced green peppers (large 14", New Orleans style crust, $20.55)
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| The Buffalo, Large 14", Thin Denver crust, $22.20 |
The Buffalo - We load sliced pepperoni, our own
special pork sausage, fresh diced onions, fresh diced green peppers, fresh
sliced mushrooms and sliced ripe olives on your choice of crust. (large
14", Thin Denver crust, $22.20)
Meat - Cheese, sausage, pepperoni, bacon bits, Canadian bacon (large
14" Thick Oat crust, $22.20)
The Verdict
The pizzas served and you have
to deliver it to your own table, along the red pepper, cheese, silverware and
napkins. They were cut into triangular-shaped
pieces. They take about 20-30 minutes to
prepare, so it might be wise to either call ahead if there isn't a line. Meat was the clear favorite amongst the
participants scoring over 60% of the votes.
The pizza's crust was excellent, we performed a 'lift test' on the slice
of meat and the toppings did not slide off nor did the crust buckle. Pretty much everyone loved the flavor of the
oat crust, its heartiness and unique taste helped the meat pizza rise in
popularity among out group. The pizzas were excellent after a long day, I would
highly recommend it if you are in the area!
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| Meat, Large 14", Thick Oat Crust, $22.20 |
Here are our ratings,
where 1 = worst and 10 = best.
Overall 6.33
Overall 6.33
Cheese 6.78
Sauce 6.44
Topping 5.44
Crust 7.00
Venue 7.89
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