Knuckles Pizza Review

Being from the Quad Cities, Quad Cities style pizza has a near and dear spot in my heart. When I think of Quad Cities style pizza, I think strips of pizza that have a toasty and sweet crust. I also think of a nicely seasoned sauce and my favorite toppings.

Since I go to school in Peoria, IL, true Quad Cities style pizza is hard to come by. One recommendation that I received was a pizza place called Knuckles. Knuckles advertises Quad Cities style pizza, so I thought this food review would be centered around comparing “real” Quad Cities style pizza to “fake” Quad Cities style pizza.

One of my favorite pizza places at home (the Quad Cities) is a place called Harris Pizza. Harris Pizza is known as being the original Quad Cities style pizza. They do a great job at creating my favorite pizzas such as: taco pizza and sausage pizza. The taco pizza is piled high with sausage, lettuce, tomatoes and taco chips. The sausage pizza is loaded with finely grated sausage layered with cheese on top.

Harris Taco Pizza

Harris Sausage Pizza

With high expectations of Quad Cities style pizza, I ordered a half sausage half taco pizza from Knuckles. I paid something like $27 for the pizza. I opened the box and I was automatically disappointed. The taco pizza was topped with wilted lettuce, not many tomatoes, and NO CHIPS. I thought to myself "What kind of taco pizza is this???" The sausage was not piled high and

Knuckles Pizza (Sausage on the left and Taco on the right)

the crust was not toasty and sweet. The sauce tasted like it had no spices added to it. For $27 I received a pizza that I didn't even eat half of.

If you want good Quad Cities style pizza, travel to the Quad Cities. Please

don't waste your money at Knuckles.