Benchwarmers is a Cyclone bar and more
It’s good to, as they say, “Never judge a book by its cover.” Upon surveying the outside of a small, dark joint on Ankeny Boulevard, I wasn’t sure if I’d [...]
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Posted April 16, 2014in Belly Up To...
Posted April 09, 2014in Belly Up To...
Any fellow can enjoy Oddfellows
“Odd.” The word carries a three-part meaning: strange or unusual, an unplanned occurrence, or made of different types. All are true when it comes to encapsulating the feel of this [...]
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Posted April 02, 2014in Belly Up To...
See what they’re whispering about at Secrets
Clive has a new secret — a bar. Of course, it’s no secret that Clive has a bar. Clive has many bars. But, at Secrets, there’s Rufus. As if you’re [...]
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Posted March 26, 2014in Belly Up To...
There’s always more to love at Pounders
One of the most clever euphemisms ever invented is calling a strip club a “gentlemen’s club.” If you’ve ever been to one, the male patrons along “sniffer’s row” are anything [...]
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Posted March 19, 2014in Belly Up To...
Take a Spring Break at Beer Bucket and Burgers
It may not be as pump priming as Panama City, and it’s certainly colder than Cancun, but Spring Break means things are heating up at Beer Bucket and Burgers on [...]
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Posted March 12, 2014in Belly Up To...
If the cliché fits: ‘The Real McCoy’ is a Grimes Bar and Grill
Anyone who knows the city streets only as far as they’ve had to navigate from the interstate to their job is probably unaware that a decade ago the McCoy family [...]
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Posted March 05, 2014in Belly Up To...
Honors Lounge offers unique change to Clive staple
“Oh great. It’s a cop bar.” That was my friend’s first reaction when I invited him to belly up with me at the new Honors Lounge in Clive. And to [...]
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Posted February 26, 2014in Belly Up To...
The Garden, 30 years and growing
Remember that moment in Walt Disney’s animated film “Alice in Wonderland” ─ when the shrunken young heroine finds herself lost in a flower garden and does her best to assimilate [...]
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Posted February 19, 2014in Belly Up To...
No RSVP needed — it’s not that kind of country club
At the Highland Park Country Club, the best seat in the house is one that probably won’t hold your weight. “We’re on our 34th year, and that’s probably been there [...]
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Posted February 12, 2014in Belly Up To...
Count the ways at 34’s
There’s a secret place around an unsuspecting corner, hidden beneath the hubbub of hub traffic between the two mall hot spots in Valley West — Younkers and JC Penney. If [...]
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