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| - I really have to laugh at all the angry people leaving reviews on here. They're probably the sort that rant and rave about how "amaze-balls" Pizza Hut's trendy new crusts are, or who take shots of Papa John's florescent phosphorescent garlic sauce for breakfast. I see a lot of comparisons to Totino's frozen pizza too, and really, that should tell you all that you need to know. You obviously can't trust the culinary judgement of somebody who has willingly ingested a Totino's frozen pizza.
Like many on here, I grew up in Dubuque (And yes, I will party 'till I puke. Thanks for asking!), and I have many fond memories of birthday parties at that location, all the way up through high school first dates. It's a community fixture in a sleepy Iowa town, and for some people that is enough to sing the praises of the chain. For those of you that feel differently, you should try to calm down, be nice, and not be so quick to defecate on a business in the nascent stages of its existence.
When I go to the location in Dubuque, I'm genuinely looking forward to the pizza--and I don't even go for the taco, the old fashioned garden, or the Canadian bacon and sauerkraut. I just get plain old pepperoni. The nostalgia is on the side, but I can take it or leave it.
No, what keeps me coming back is the sauce. It is a great combination of the perfect amounts of sweet and spicy. I love the crust, which kind of has a slightly bubbly saltine cracker pattern on the bottom that is perfectly crunchy, yet with just the right amount of give near the top. I like how the toppings don't stop, they just kind of fade into the airy, pliable, and slightly chewy end crust. I don't know what blend of cheese they use, but it is unique and delicious, and doled out in perfect proportion to the amount of sauce and the other toppings. Put a Happy Joe's pepperoni pizza in front of me, and my mandible goes on auto pilot. I'll eat the whole thing, or possibly die trying.
So yes, some of us DO love this pizza for what it is. Do you really think if it was as awful as you claim, it would inspire such far-flung brand loyalty? Would we really crave it out here in the desert just because we fondly remember all the crazy detritus on the walls inside the Eastern Iowa location?
Perhaps the rest of you should take a lesson from the Hawkeyes on this board. Calm down. Be nice. Stop pretending to be Yelp's 895,334,234,234,432,434th digital incarnation of Gordon Ramsay. You probably won't be any worse off for abstaining from another anonymous tirade, and as an added benefit, you just might stop yourself from ruining it for the rest of us.
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