The Kee evolved
What does it mean to evolve? It’s a science, a natural occurrence, an inevitability. It means progress and, ultimately, it means survival — survival of the fittest, and that goes [...]
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Posted January 15, 2014in Belly Up To...
Posted January 08, 2014in Belly Up To...
Join The Club Car, a Clive time capsule
The owners of Clive’s Club Car rolled the dice on what turned out to be a lucrative gamble when they bought the bar/restaurant 17 years ago. Compared to present-day Clive, [...]
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Posted January 01, 2014in Belly Up To...
14th Street Tap, a legacy evolved
At 14th Street Tap, there’s no shortage of people to talk to who know everything there is to know about the place. The bartenders are long-timers, and the patrons — [...]
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Posted December 26, 2013in Belly Up To...
A scenic view inside and out at Cityscape Lounge
Very few people of today’s world show enough respect to measure up to the standards of their grandparents. Many young adults prematurely presume, for example, that they are at a [...]
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Posted December 18, 2013in Belly Up To...
My Michelle’s
Like that last present tucked away in the shadows behind the tree on a waning Christmas morning — quietly waiting to be discovered — I unwrapped what turned out to [...]
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Posted December 11, 2013in Belly Up To...
Mad Meatball is fun and funny
It’s a toss up, like an astronomer choosing a favorite star in the night sky or — perhaps more fitting a comparison — like a parent choosing a favorite child, [...]
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Posted December 04, 2013in Belly Up To...
‘Rock Star’ spirit ignites on south side
Confession: The south side has been deliberately neglected by this column, because a reporter has to have her hideouts. Just over the Southwest Ninth Street viaduct is a business stretch [...]
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Posted November 27, 2013in Belly Up To...
Get laid-over at the Iowa Tap Room
Nothing takes your mind off the ridiculous price of airport drinks like… more drinks. “Another Aviator, sir?” asked waitress Chris Tyler to a refined-looking gentlemen named Shawn. “What’s an Aviator?” [...]
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Posted November 20, 2013in Belly Up To...
Welcome to Wedgewood, an east-side secret
Wedgewood Dining and Spirits is a surprising find on the east side. If you’ve never been, it’s tricky to navigate due to its peculiar location on the short diagonal jaunt, [...]
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Posted November 13, 2013in Belly Up To...
Taste your money at The Blazing Saddle
The secret is out of the closet: Gay people know how to party. Although that’s a general statement which does not literally apply to all lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender [...]
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