October 01, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Lunch With...
Gloria Henriquez is a military nurse turned restaurateur. She also heads up the Iowa Latino Hospitality Council (ILHC) — a spinoff of the Iowa Restaurant Association (IRA) and Iowa Hospitality Association. We asked her to lunch recently and met at her Peruvian café Tullpa on Merle Hay Road. Over bowls
Read More →The 2025 Iowa Blues Challenge at Lefty’s Live Music takes place Oct. 5 starting at 1 p.m. The competition decides who will represent Iowa in the 2026 International Blues Challenge in Memphis. Musicians include Berdo & Jones, The Chuggaluggers Band, Weary Ramblers, The Other Brothers, The Crawling Kingsnake, Izzy Starchild
Read More →“Roofman” R | 126 minutes Based on an unbelievable true story, “Roofman” follows Jeffrey Manchester (Channing Tatum), a former Army Ranger and struggling father who turns to robbing McDonald’s restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs, earning him the nickname Roofman. After escaping prison, he secretly lives inside a Toys
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October 01, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Food Dude
The art of smoking animal flesh came late to Iowa. The Hawkeye state’s climate produced so much ice that our forebearers built ice houses to preserve our perishable foods. Smoking was a southern thing out of necessity. Before electric refrigeration, preservation required ice, salt or smoking, and salt had limited
Read More →If you have not yet decided on a Halloween costume, you might want to hurry up. You can’t wear that Elvis costume every year. In this issue of CITYVIEW, we do our best to help you capture some of that Halloween spirit that you may not have had since
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October 01, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Art News
Change is running amok in the art world. Galleries have reigned as supreme discoverers and arbiters of new and great things since the 19th century. Now, that seems to be changing, at least in cities where street traffic is influenced by crime problems. LA Louver, one of Los Angeles’ most
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October 01, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Belly Up To...
Walking into the 85 Bar West, patrons are greeted with Chicago Bears memorabilia. Signs, team rosters, posters, pictures and pendants line nearly every inch of the bar. Located at 432 E. Hickman Road in Waukee, 85 Bar West opened up in the fall of 2024. Its sister location in the
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October 01, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Guest Commentary
Ned Chiodo could be grouchy and grumpy. He could be quarrelsome and argumentative. And, on bad days, he could be irritable and irascible. And, always, he was stubborn. And he was a really good guy. He was a good guy because he cared about the city and the county and
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October 01, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Walks of Life
Live in a home for a while, and one is likely to start thinking, “If only….” If only the bathroom had a walk-in shower…. If only the kitchen had new cabinets.… If only the old flooring could be replaced.… If only the basement was finished…. If only a room could
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Ode to The Ritual Café, Downtown Des Moines
Bohemian waystation for 20 years — peace symbols, feminist aura, their decidedly granola menu. Smoothies and bars, quiches and cookies, oolong tea and Mayan mochas. Open-air ambience when its oversized, street-facing doors were raised on high. Incense and black candles. Protest posters, upping awareness, on every wall. Gold velveteen sofa
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