G. Mig’s, a place veterans can call their own
When a bar has been around for as long as three generations can remember, people come to know it for a lot of things depending on their age or tastes. [...]
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Posted November 06, 2013in Belly Up To...
Posted October 30, 2013in Belly Up To...
Founders is a fortuitous find in Bondurant
You know it’s going to be a good time when you walk into a small-town bar just in time for happy hour and the Dropkick Murphy’s are electrifying your hair [...]
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Posted October 23, 2013in Belly Up To...
Quinton’s, an East Village landmark
Des Moines’ East Village is home to a plethora of diverse taverns, restaurants and groovy little mom-and-pop shops. It could arguably be dubbed central Iowa’s hippest place to eat, shop, [...]
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Posted October 16, 2013in Belly Up To...
Up-Down barcade is a nostalgic utopia
Kurt Cobain was a social blessing bestowed upon teens across America in the 1990s. The Seattle grunge-rock movement gave kids permission to be… well, grungy. I have a special gratitude. [...]
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Posted October 09, 2013in Belly Up To...
The price is right at Mickey Finn’s
If America is the melting pot of the world, then it might be safe to say that Mickey Finn’s is the melting pot of the Des Moines metro. The obvious [...]
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Posted October 02, 2013in Belly Up To...
Cattoor’s or The Ridge?
Sarah Cattoor is the owner of three popular west-side watering holes: Cattoor’s on Grand, The Ridgemont and Keg Stand. We told you about the Keg Stand’s newest menu items and [...]
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Posted September 25, 2013in Belly Up To...
Ready for some football, B-Dub style?
Nearly everyone who’s ever had a hankering for hot wings, a tall, frothy beer and a big screen TV to highlight every detail of the weekend’s must-see game has probably [...]
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Posted September 18, 2013in Belly Up To...
Johnny Mac’s is home to charity, good will and bikers
Bikers can get a bad rap — mostly because movies and TV shows paint a rough and rebellious portrait of them as gangsters who spend their lives terrorizing small towns [...]
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Posted September 11, 2013in Belly Up To...
University Tap has voluptuous appeal
I could start off with the big announcement: The beloved Clive bar T.R.’s has reopened, much to the relief of some lost and wandering loyal patrons in the neighborhood; I [...]
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Posted September 04, 2013in Belly Up To...
Valley Junction’s Hawkeye haven, the Longest Yard
Two occurrences exist in life that cause my dad emotions of disappointment: death and the Hawkeyes. I’ve watched him yell, cheer and roll his eyes at the TV screen during [...]
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