Wig and Pen - Ankeny
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It’s been like 10 years but if it’s ran the same as the one by Iowa City yes.
Only been to the one in Coralville, I have always been impressed with everything I've had there.
Some people rave about their "flying tomato" deep dish. It's, eh. They have good thin crust though. The union jack is our go to if we get pizza from there
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Our family definitely likes it.
Their flying tomato crust is very good.
Last time I was there it made me sick. I went at about 2:30 guessing something sat out at the prep table.
It’s a bit cheesy for me, but know others who love it. The crust is very flaky
It used to be Autograph's. That J. Michael McCoy (?) guy's place.
The original is in Iowa City- I grew up between CR/IC so I went there a ton, and despite the town it’s amazing pizza.
I lived in Ankeny the last 4 years and visited that Wig and Pen all the time- it’s also excellent! Someone who worked at the IC location in undergrad moved back to DSM and opened it up here.
The Chicago deep dish is incredible, the best deep dish in the area.
Their regular crust pizza is good, but so are a lot of places around (in Ankeny, my wife loves leaning tower).
The sandwiches/pastas are also really good, but we just always get deep dish pizza.
I lived in Ankeny the last 4 years and visited that Wig and Pen all the time- it’s also excellent! Someone who worked at the IC location in undergrad moved back to DSM and opened it up here.
The Chicago deep dish is incredible, the best deep dish in the area.
Their regular crust pizza is good, but so are a lot of places around (in Ankeny, my wife loves leaning tower).
The sandwiches/pastas are also really good, but we just always get deep dish pizza.
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They also have good onion rings.
One time, we went there with another couple, and ordered the onion rings as an appetizer. My wife ordered an extra side of ranch (because she's a double dipper)
When the bill came, it listed the side of ranch as a separate line item: "monkey ranch: 75 cents"
When the waitress came, I asked her "what is this item 'monkey ranch'"?
She said "Oh that's just what we call our sides of ranch"
And then I tried to be as serious as I could, and said "But it doesn't have monkey in it, right? Because I can't have monkey."
The look on her face was absolutely priceless, as she appeared to decide that I was the stupidest person on the planet, but had to maintain some level of professionalism. She assured me "Oh, absolutely not, sir. There's no monkey in our recipe." And she took my credit card to go charge us. As soon as she left, my wife elbowed the **** out of me for being an idiot.
We tried the one in Iowa City a month ago, average at best, onion rings were decent, service was beyond poor. Only good thing about the dinner was spending time with the daughter and she picked up the check.
I am not a double dipper, you dip ****.
