Rene G wrote:After admiring the life size chocolate moose (and of course the butter cow), we left the Fair and drove a couple miles to Kelly's Little Nipper. The Nipper is more bar than restaurant but their tiny kitchen puts out some awfully good chow. The drunk but friendly pool players seem drawn by cheap booze but we'd come for the tenderloins that impressed so much
a year ago. Things have changed a bit.
It's still a good tenderloin (and a good deal at $8, including onion rings) but the surface area is at least double what it used to be and the thickness has decreased. It's getting close to the ridiculous dimensions I've come to dislike in giant tenderloins ("My loin is bigger than yours"). The excellent fried onions are unchanged (definitely choose rings over fries or chips). KLN is still a worthwhile stop but I wish they hadn't given in to the pervasive tenderloin inflationary pressures. It was a better sandwich a year ago.
Kelly's Little Nipper
1701 E Grand Av
Des Moines IA
515-265-2031
Hi,
A year ago, I liked this sandwich. I believe I ate the whole thing.
I was not as fond of this year's sandwich, because it was more like eating a breaded pork chop rather than a pounded thin schnitzel. I barely ate half a sandwich. If I had known how grandiose this sandwich had become, I might have suggested one sandwich for the three of us.
My pork tenderloin sandwich in at the
Wheel Inn in Sedalia, MO was perfect in thickness and breadth. I did quiz them before ordering, because I wanted it fresh and not fresh from the freezer:
I had really looked forward to visiting Kelly's Little Nipper, though I will ask a few questions before ordering next time.
Regards,