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In't Veld Meat Market

820 Main St, Pella, IA - (641) 628-3440
Posted By Michael Stern on 8/29/2008 8:09:00 PM
The small town of Pella is known for a large number of products, from high-quality windows and beautiful tulips to oversize pastries baked in the form of the alphabet (“Dutch letters”). One of the most delicious Pella specialties is ring bologna, a taut tube of salami-type meat curled into the shape of a horse shoe, smoked and cured and ready to slice, to be eaten cold as a snack or hot as a meal.

In’t Veld is a full-service meat market on the town square that makes its own ring bologna, as well as dried beef and bratwurst. Most customers come to buy meat for home – ham, turkey, fresh-ground hamburger – but for those of us just passing through, In’t Veld offers a nice menu of sandwiches that can be eaten here (or taken on a picnic). Among them are a hot ring bologna sandwich and, better yet, a bologna Reuben, which piles sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and sweet dressing atop the discs of bologna inside a couple of slabs of rye bread. The sandwich menu also lists dried beef (hot or cold), hamburgers and pizza burgers, and an excellent “Double Dutch,” which is five large pieces of warm Pella bologna with slices of partially-melted Gouda cheese on a good bakery bun.

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A small sandwich with that excellent Pella Bologna will only set you back a couple of bucks.
"A small sandwich with that excellent Pella Bologna will only set you back a couple of bucks."
Cliff Strutz





Totally unlike thin-sliced bologna you get in the supermarket case, Pella bologna has a rich, smoky flavor and is customarily sliced into bite-size discs. It is always made in a ring shape, which makes for easy carrying.
"Totally unlike thin-sliced bologna you get in the supermarket case, Pella bologna has a rich, smoky flavor and is customarily sliced into bite-size discs. It is always made in a ring shape, which makes for easy carrying."
Michael Stern


Besides a menu board of daily specials, In't Veld offers other sandwiches everyday. This is a very popular lunch spot in Pella. (Click on the photo to read the menu.)
"Besides a menu board of daily specials, In't Veld offers other sandwiches everyday. This is a very popular lunch spot in Pella. (Click on the photo to read the menu.)"
Cliff Strutz


The air inside In't Veld has an alluring meaty scent. Note the miniature butcher block on the shelf next to the sign.
"The air inside In't Veld has an alluring meaty scent. Note the miniature butcher block on the shelf next to the sign."
Michael Stern


In't Veld is where locals shop for meat and visitors to the town square can sample unique Pella specialties.
"In't Veld is where locals shop for meat and visitors to the town square can sample unique Pella specialties."
Michael Stern



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