Iowa Tenderloin Trail

[Frump]

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/uplo...s-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.