What Other Place?
Here’s a fun game to play with your friends while you’re waiting for your food at the bar. Give ’em the old Abbot and Costello routine with a witty text: [...]
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Posted November 21, 2012in Belly Up To...
Posted November 14, 2012in Belly Up To...
Good things come together at Confluence Brewing Co.
John Martin gets asked a lot of questions when customers belly up to the sleek, blue concrete bar at Confluence Brewing Company — questions about how he came up with [...]
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Posted November 07, 2012in Belly Up To...
Rudy’s, a ‘classy but trashy’ Norwalk staple
Rudy’s Bar and Grill is like a presidential candidate — it changes its image depending on the crowd. By day, it’s a family-friendly, “classy” restaurant touting a menu of ingredients [...]
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Posted October 31, 2012in Belly Up To...
Claxon’s bar has a restaurant around it
Did you know Mitt Romney’s name is actually Willard Mitt Romney? At a barbecue restaurant in Altoona, the longtime bartender and manager Nick Agness likes to entertain folks with tricky [...]
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Posted October 24, 2012in Belly Up To...
Lot 33 offers a bicycle vibe on Ingersoll
Get bruised shins, bloody knees and white knuckles at Lot 33 coffee bar and lounge — the newest member of the Ingersoll crawl. Trust me; it’s more fun than you [...]
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Posted October 17, 2012in Belly Up To...
Get the freshly-squeezed tradition at Charlie’s Filling Station
Like my first step when I was too young to remember; like Graduation Day; like my first time to the election booth; April 4, 2011, was the long-anticipated day that [...]
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Posted October 10, 2012in Belly Up To...
Getting the Vintage Vibe
Vintage Wine and Spirits doesn’t seem like your normal fit for Cityview’s Belly Up feature. It’s a wine store — at first glance, anyway. But, if you’ve ever visited the [...]
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Posted October 03, 2012in Belly Up To...
Stone Brewing Co. Invades Des Moines
My neighbor has hops growing on his backyard fence. He caught the craft brewing fever a few years ago. This has fostered a passion not unlike the one that’s been [...]
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Posted September 28, 2012in Belly Up To...
Chicken Coop thrives in new Urbandale location
Thunderhead beer came into this world in very much the same way as the idea for the establishment that touts it — from Nebraska. The Chicken Coop originally hatched out [...]
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