Posted March 05, 2014in Belly Up To...
“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 be honest, it was my first notion, too, after a quick creep on Honors’ Facebook page turned up the bar’s
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Posted February 26, 2014in Belly Up To...
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 with the budding, blooming ladies who belong there by right of roots? Despite her gifts of beauty and song, Alice
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Posted February 19, 2014in Belly Up To...
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 for 25 of ’em,” said owner Gary Stone as he reluctantly lowered the tailgate from a 1970-ish Ford pick-up that
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Posted February 12, 2014in Belly Up To...
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 the two department stores were entrenched in a heated match of tug-of-war, 34’s Sports Grill would be that soft, squishy
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Posted February 05, 2014in Belly Up To...
Fans of the late comedian John Belushi, college students and adults who love to revel in those college glory days, have found their haven at the new Delta House on East Euclid Avenue where the beloved neighborhood bar Scooter and Bab’s once ruled. A couple years ago, owners of Scooter
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Posted January 29, 2014in Belly Up To...
Jeannie’s Bottle is one of those places that seems like it’s been there forever. Tucked away hiding behind storefront buildings along busy Merle Hay Road, it’s a spot where it seems only people who have been around forever go. But that’s just how it feels. In reality, it’s held its
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Posted January 22, 2014in Belly Up To...
If tell someone you’ve never been to Toad’s Tavern, you’re likely to get that slightly condescending response — like confessing you’ve never been to the ocean or you’ve never seen “Animal House” — “Yooooou’ve ne-ver been to Toad’s?!” So if you’ve never been, just go there. Get it checked off
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Posted January 15, 2014in Belly Up To...
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 not only for nature but for business as well. Steve Stroud seems to understand that. When describing his latest business
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Posted January 08, 2014in Belly Up To...
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, it was in the middle of nowhere then. “There was nothing out here,” said owner David Tasler. “There was nothing
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Posted January 01, 2014in Belly Up To...
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 — many of whom are hanging out on their night off — are “lifers.” “Like they’re in prison,” laughed a former
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