Road trip to Snus Hill for a feline wine experience
In the spirit of this week’s cover story, I thought I’d take a little road trip to farm country for a quiet place to belly up. I was in the [...]
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Posted May 01, 2013in Belly Up To...
Posted April 24, 2013in Belly Up To...
Keeping it classy at 515 Brewing Co.
They’re not the Brady Bunch, per se, but the way the 515 Brewing Company was formed was a similar joining of families. Two women became friends while working together. They [...]
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Posted April 17, 2013in Belly Up To...
Hot and spicy at Vision Night Club
Latin culture can be so sexy and addictive, it’s like a drug. After only a week of being back in Des Moines after an exotic stay in Puerto Rico, I [...]
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Posted April 10, 2013in Belly Up To...
Cumming Tap, a happy accident
Every once in a while in Des Moines, you’ll spot someone wearing a T-shirt with the shape of Iowa printed on the chest enclosing the clever sexual innuendo: “I <3 [...]
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Posted April 03, 2013in Belly Up To...
Rehab, a hometown bar no matter where you’re from
Sometimes it’s nice to get out of the bars where everybody remembers what you did last weekend — but you — and spread your wings somewhere new. Be anonymous for [...]
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Posted March 27, 2013in Belly Up To...
Burn one down at Tokers Lounge
At first glance, Tokers seems like a run-of-the-mill hippie bar one might stumble into unknowingly while visiting San Francisco: Bob Marley on the jukebox, bearded, dread-head patrons chilling in their [...]
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Posted March 20, 2013in Belly Up To...
Regress into a night of play at Brecks
Bar staff and patrons care about their health at Brecks. For example: “We drink so our livers have a job to do — we don’t want the little guy getting [...]
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Posted March 13, 2013in Belly Up To...
Doc’s Lounge offers a shot (or two, or three) of fun
The new owners of Doc’s Lounge in Johnston have lofty dreams of generally goofing off — so much, in fact, they’ve made it their business. It’s not that Mary Ann [...]
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Posted March 06, 2013in Belly Up To...
Ladies night out
Last Saturday was girls’ night out. What better way to spend a night out downtown with your favorite ladies than at Raccoon River Brewing Company at a free Bonne Finken [...]
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Posted February 27, 2013in Belly Up To...
Get your day-buzz on at West End Salvage
Combining two of peoples’ favorite things to do, drinking and shopping, West End Salvage offers its patrons a non-traditional bar scene that’s easily missed unless you’re in on the secret. [...]
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