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The
Venue
405 B Ave.,
Kalona, IA 52247
405 B Ave.,
Kalona, IA 52247
(319)
656-3335
As
seen on Travel Iowa, the Kalona Brewing Company has existed since
2012 serving beer and pizza. The clean restaurant, has a drinking
lounge to the right and a restaurant area on the left side along with
an outdoor seating area in the rear. There are booths as well as
tables, and it is kid friendly. A stone oven cooks up the pizzas
while the chief tosses the dough up into the air, like you see in the
movies.
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The wait staff is incredibly friendly and easy going. It is a
good idea to call ahead of time for weekend nights with a larger
group. Forty-five minutes in advance on a Friday night and they
still found room for a group of nine.
The Pizza
Chicago
Style: No
Crust
Thickness: Thin
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Menu:
http://www.kalonabrewing.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Menu-Aug-2018.pdf
Participants: 5
(plus 4 children)
Pizza Ordered: 6
Sizes
Offered/Ordered: Standard 12” pan
Crusts Offered/Ordered: Standard Thin Crust
Crusts Offered/Ordered: Standard Thin Crust
Pieces Cut:
Triangular
Meat
Lovers - House-made sausage,
beef, pepperoni, mozzarella, red onion, parmesan ($16)
Pesto
Prawn - Shrimp, roasted peppers,
tomato, red onion, feta, mozzarella ($15)
Sausage
& Fennel - Sausage,
caramelized fennel, grapes, red pepper flakes, mozzarella ($14)
Bacon
& Scallion Pesto - Bacon,
onion, scallion pesto, crème fraîche, mozzarella ($14)
Buffalo
Chicken - Chicken, buffalo
sauce, blue cheese crumbles, mozzarella, roasted peppers,
pepperoncini, caramelized onions ($15)
Pepperoni
- ($11)
The Verdict
Sauce:
Good flavor and well placed.
Cheese:
Wonderful cheeses that were fresh and unique. The meat lovers had
large slices of a dryer mozzarella that was very tasty.
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Crust:
The rim was bready. The middle was slight soggy, but held up well.
Toppings:
High quality with a great unique flavors.
Final
Comments/Considerations: Everyone, even the kids, loved this place.
No wonder it was on Travel Iowa.
The
wait took some time, but the dough was fresh and homemade, while the
pizza toppings were fresh and unique. For a thin crust you couldn't
ask for a better one. In fact, it rates the highest to date for the
toppings category,
and the fourth highest for the overall category.
If you can spare the time to drive out to this lovely town, its worth
the effort!
Here are our ratings, where 1 =
worst and 10 = best.Overall 9.00
Cheese 9.20
Sauce 9.00
Topping 9.80
Crust 8.20
Venue 9.00
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| Bacon & Scallion Pesto, $14 |
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| Buffalo Chicken, $15 |
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| Meat Lovers, $15 |
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| Pepperoni, $11 |
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| Pesto Prawn, $15 |
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| Sausage & Fennel, $15 |
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