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Iowa Tenderloin Trail - LSGiant - 05-08-2019 08:52 PM Just when you thought you had every T-shirt you ever needed. https://www.iowapork.org/tenderloin-trail/ RE: Iowa Tenderloin Trail - Cruzin - 05-09-2019 10:16 AM I bet Frump has already finished this challenge a few times RE: Iowa Tenderloin Trail - Frump - 05-09-2019 05:47 PM I've been to a few of those. #7 is my favorite. If you go to #2, go hungry and order the "Pork Tenderloin Royal", and maybe bring a couple friends to help you eat it. In Elk Horn #12 is supposed to the be the gold standard of Iowa Pork Tenderloins, but the half dozen times I have stopped there they were not open (the owner's apparently just open when they want to - they are old). Darrell's Place in Hamlin, IA and the Red Barn in Exira's Cheese Hog and Heifer are also very good. The Red Barn isn't s pretty place, but there is a certain level of anticipation after a lady with the thick German accent takes your order and goes to back, and the next thing you hear is someone hammering away on a piece of pork. Look at top 5 finishers the last few years - https://www.iowapork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/T-loin-Winners-List.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pork_tenderloin_sandwich There were a lot of good places along the Mississippi River too. Some of the ethnic Bohemian and Belgium bars in Davenport and Moline are pretty good too. RE: Iowa Tenderloin Trail - LSGiant - 05-09-2019 08:02 PM One of the ADVrider guys has asked them to make stickers as well as T-shirts. She said they would work on it. One is only and hour or so from the Bonzai so I think we will begin the quest. RE: Iowa Tenderloin Trail - Lapchik - 05-10-2019 12:42 AM #7 is a must! RE: Iowa Tenderloin Trail - Sleddog - 05-10-2019 05:29 AM I think the only one, on the list, I've been to is #7....it was pretty darn good! RE: Iowa Tenderloin Trail - Frump - 05-16-2019 09:10 AM Last night a group of us rode a round about loop over to to Dunlap. The owner of the Dairy Sweet asked us to vote for the Dairy Sweet on the 10Best website for the best Iowa Tenderloin - https://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-breaded-pork-tenderloin-in-iowa/ (Upper left corner is missing because I started tearing into it before I remembered to stop and take a photo.) RE: Iowa Tenderloin Trail - Frump - 05-27-2019 10:31 PM Picked up 2 more this weekend. So far Dairy Sweet is still my favorite, but Breitbach's is a close second. Big Jim and Original Randy liked Belmond best. #14 Belmond Drive-In Tenderloin. The owner asked if her's was best, I had to tell her the truth... it was good, but I liked somone's better. #5 Breitbach's Tenderloin, Balltown, IA. Waitress said they pound these out with their fists with plastic gloves on, no hammers or pounding machine used. RE: Iowa Tenderloin Trail - theemightyorbit - 02-05-2024 12:46 PM Food for thought... 1) Best breaded pork tenderloin contest winners, all the way back to 2003... https://www.iowapork.org/filesimages/Tenderloin%20contest/T-loin%20Winners%20List.pdf I've had the 'Big One' in St. Olaf. It was pretty darned good. 2) The Tenderloin Trail thing has a v2. It started last October. https://www.iowapork.org/community/contests/tenderloin-trail RE: Iowa Tenderloin Trail - Lapchik - 02-15-2024 01:40 PM Jones County Local in Anamosa is my favorite. I don't think they ever won. It was a destination while the motorcycle museum was open, but it [museum] closed in September 2023. There's a lot of Grant Wood stuff out that way also, and some short caves and hikes to explore in Wapsipinicon park right on the edge of town.