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April 15, 2015 by justin
in Belly Up To...
A homerun of a bar
The key to reopening a new bar in a city filled with competition is to be different. Otherwise, why would anyone leave his or her comfortable favorite to try out a new place that might have higher-priced drinks and worse service? Cory and Chelsea Steiner bought the old Fat Tony’s
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April 15, 2015 by justin
in On The Tube
Clone Wars
“Axe Cop” Thursday, April 16 (FXX) Few watched Fox’s failed attempt to take both Adult Swim and “Saturday Night Live” with the late-night Animation Domination High-Def (ADHD — get it?) in 2013; fewer still are aware that the cartoon block moved to FXX in January of this year. Only the
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April 15, 2015 by justin
in Book Review
‘The Children’s Crusade’
“The Children’s Crusade” by Ann Packer is the compelling story of a family growing up in the 1970s in what will become Silicon Valley. In 1954, Bill Blair stumbled on an unimproved property and immediately began to imagine the home and family he would build there. A physician who had
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April 15, 2015 by justin
in Food Dude
This Gateway Market Café is far from a horror story
Knowing that George Formaro’s love of horror stories inspired Zombie Burger + Drink Lab, I assumed that Gateway Market and Café were named after a bloody piece of American cultural history. The LaBianca family, murdered by Charles Manson’s followers, owned a similarly named chain of stores. After all, the store
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April 15, 2015 by justin
in Civic Skinny
The resume inflation of the Regents’ Bob Donley.
Bob Donley, the executive director of the Board of Regents, is a finalist to be chancellor of the North Dakota University system. The list of eight finalists was pared from 21 last month and will be cut further this week. Donley’s letter of application says he is “chief executive officer”
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April 15, 2015 by justin
in Joe's Neighborhood
You have to get in line
The line has only one other couple. Young and bright-faced. The docent takes them under her wing and gently guides them through the exhibit. We follow after. The birth, life and death of Anne Frank are on display for all to see. Made famous by her diary of two years
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April 15, 2015 by justin
in Tech Talk
Can you escape your online ecosystems?
Depending on your shopping disposition, iKEA is either the worst or best storefront in the history of time. Best because it has more options for home decor than any store on the planet; worst because all those options make it the size of three Wal-Marts put together, and it’s built
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April 08, 2015 by justin
in On the Move
First Pita Pit opens in Clive
West Des Moines residents Lexi and Bobby King opened Clive’s first Pita Pit restaurant at 15700 Hickman Road on March 26. Offering a healthier alternative to traditional fast food, Pita Pit is best known for its made-to-order pita sandwiches featuring a variety of lean grilled meats, fresh vegetables, cheeses and
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