Posted November 28, 2012in Featured Story, Food Dude
When my colleagues ask one another what kind of restaurant they think Des Moines needs, answers almost always reflect worldly hopefulness such as Basque, Moroccan, vegan, Brazilian, dim sum, Ethiopian [...]
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Posted November 21, 2012in Featured Story, Food Dude
“Table d’hôte” menus began in 17th century inns. One could rent a room with or without a set meal that was shared by other guests. After modern restaurants developed (as [...]
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Posted November 14, 2012in Featured Story, Food Dude
Two iconic restaurant companies have been moving into the Des Moines metro area after decades of avoiding it. Both provided interesting footnotes in the 2012 election. Pizza Ranch is the [...]
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Posted November 07, 2012in Featured Story, Food Dude
The story of Schlitz is a hubris-laden Greek tragedy taught in the finest business schools. It was the most popular beer in America from the end of the prohibition until [...]
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Posted October 31, 2012in Featured Story, Food Dude
While checking out readers’ choices for Iowa’s ultimate places for steak, I happily discovered that steak dinners need not be a splurge. Chicago Speakeasy, the winner of the Cityview Ultimate [...]
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Posted October 24, 2012in Featured Story, Food Dude
Nothing starts a good argument like food. So two years ago, to determine a consensus about what central Iowans prefer between two slices of bread, Cityview instigated the Ultimate Sandwich [...]
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Posted October 17, 2012in Featured Story, Food Dude
Baseball’s post season was the biggest television event in American sports through the mid 1970s. Today those games are hard to find, even in sports bars, if they conflict with [...]
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Posted October 10, 2012in Featured Story, Food Dude
Recession changes the way we eat. Look at the performance charts of both high- and low-end restaurant chains over the last 10 years. A new McDonalds Era began during the [...]
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Posted October 03, 2012in Featured Story, Food Dude
Wall-to-wall TV screens dominate the new super Hy-Vee’s Market Fresh restaurant. On a recent visit, each was tuned to a talk show, and all were muted. Why? Did restaurant consultants [...]
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Posted September 28, 2012in Food Dude
EBC is already drawing people who want to show off Des Moines to outsiders. Their first two beers are dramatic. Hannah Weiss is a bubbly, unfiltered beer with deep spicy [...]
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