Posted October 31, 2012in Belly Up To...
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 trivia, clever quizzes and quips. Like Romney, Claxon’s Smokehouse and Grill was coined after the middle name of the owner,
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Posted October 24, 2012in Belly Up To...
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 think. The sound of bruised shins might make you cringe, but you’ll feel no pain after tossing back this Crown
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Posted October 17, 2012in Belly Up To...
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 served as that proverbial rite of passage that is the 21st birthday. For my first legal drink, I chose Charlie’s
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Posted October 10, 2012in Belly Up To...
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 corner shop along Mills Civic Parkway in West Des Moines, you know it’s more than just a store. It’s a
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Posted October 03, 2012in Belly Up To...
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 growing in Des Moines since the ’90s when Stone Brewing Co. threw corporate American beer back into the faces of
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Posted September 28, 2012in Belly Up To...
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 of Kearney, Neb., and its second location came to West Des Moines in 2005. The third opened in Urbandale in
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