Unrvld and Opa!
It takes a brave heart to open a restaurant business in the reigning realm of fear and seclusion. One also needs a quality product to peddle. Fortunately, the owners of [...]
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Posted November 04, 2020in Food Dude
Posted September 30, 2020in Food Dude
Capriotti’s and La Familia upgrade genres
A friend of mine, who teaches law in France every summer, says the success of Subway in that country baffles her. She asked her French friends “Why?” They told her [...]
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Posted September 02, 2020in Food Dude
Santino’s soars
I drove aimlessly around town during the power outages, mainly because my car was my only place with air conditioning. Restaurants were closing all over town — three Burger Kings, [...]
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Posted August 05, 2020in Food Dude
St. Kilda Collective
St. Kilda is an old town south of Melbourne, Australia, that is quite famous for its restaurant scene, beach and sunsets. The new restaurant named for it in Valley Junction [...]
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Posted July 01, 2020in Food Dude
Wingz on Wheelz and Fiesta
Change is the only constant. The frustrations of quarantine have inspired some people to become seriously cautious and others to become seriously oblivious of caution. I now get as many [...]
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Posted April 01, 2020in Food Dude
Patience on the edge
The Euclid-Douglas corridor was long considered to be on the edge of town, then Des Moines expanded beyond the borders of its city limits. Now the corridor remains a border [...]
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Posted March 04, 2020in Food Dude
The fickle paths of excellence and success
My grandfather, a longtime farmer, said that success was like the morning dew, it could settle just as easily on a rose bud or a cow turd. Epic novelist Larry [...]
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Posted February 05, 2020in Food Dude
Graduation of University Avenue
Restaurants here mostly known for unexpected delights rather than fine-dining superstars. University Avenue is chock full of happy eating surprises. Many of those are hidden away in real estate that [...]
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Posted January 01, 2020in Food Dude
Ingersoll scene still evolving
Bartender’s Handshake and Lucky Lotus add personality to Des Moines’ most eccentric street. No other restaurant neighborhood in Des Moines has changed more, and more often, than Ingersoll Boulevard. It [...]
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Posted December 04, 2019in Food Dude
Noah’s still floats the ark
It’s survived multiple fires, the deaths of two owners, other natural disasters, and the loss of parking lot access from Grand Avenue. Doing interviews lately about the lost restaurant traditions [...]
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