I’ll be there. Any food recommendations in Iowa City?
As ILL in IA said, it depends where you are staying. The arena is in kind of an odd spot between downtown and Coralville? Hard to explain, LOL. Anyway, here are a few random suggestions:
- If you are staying in Coralville by the I-80 exit as many visitors do, there is a fairly new wood-fired pizza place in the Iowa River Landing area called Marquee that I really like. Great beer selection and good pizza. 30hop is a cool experience and pretty good food, too, but I am not quite as wild about it as others.
- If you are staying downtown, I would make your way over to Big Grove on Gilbert St. It doesn't look like it should fit in Iowa City (in a good way), really cool place. Pretty good food and great beer. Places for dinner downtown that aren't too fancy or expensive that I would recommend would be Pullman, St. Burch Tavern (kind of a weirder menu) or Basta (Italian). Plenty of other places, though! I encourage you to do your own research if dining out Saturday is going to be a thing for you (weather permitting).
- I have to agree with others that you should hit up Wig and Pen, but get the THIN crust pizza. Being from Illinois, you're going to be disappointed by most imitations of deep dish, but their thin crust pizza is amazing.
- For a pregame spot, The Vine is always good (and pretty close), and Stella is pretty close to the arena (and my house!) and good for an early lunch.
Hope you get to see a W!