Cozy Café owner Mark Linebach, who opened eight Cozy Café restaurants in six years, has closed one location and will close two more. The Waukee restaurant located at 280 W. Hickman Road was sold to Jasbir Makhija, who has plans to open an Indian restaurant at the end of October.
Read More →Ceviche Bar opened on Sept. 18 at 223 E. Walnut St. in Des Moines’ East Village. Tanya Suarez Tigner opened the authentic Cuban restaurant to share her family’s Cuban sandwich and ceviche recipes with the metro. Everything is homemade in house, including the meats and Cuban bread. Ceviche also sells
Read More →Twisted Vine Brewery currently operates in a small corner of the Madison County Winery in St. Charles, but it will soon move into its own larger space in West Des Moines. Plans are in the works to lease and renovate a building in the Shops at Valley West, which is
Read More →Pho Vietnamese Cuisine has opened in the food court at Kaleidoscope at the Hub, which is located at 555 Walnut St., Suite 307, in Des Moines. Linh Le and husband De Dang — who used to operate Romance Café about 10 years ago on Second Avenue — opened the restaurant. The restaurant
Read More →Fuzzy’s Taco Shop has opened at 2732 S.E. Delaware Ave., Suite 310, in Ankeny. It is the first metro location for the Fort Worth, Texas-based chain, but a second store is set to open in downtown Des Moines in early November. Fuzzy’s Taco Shop is a fast-casual restaurant offering Baja-style
Read More →After a damaging fire, A Dong restaurant will be closed for two to three months while it is rebuilt. Neal Ngu and his wife Ailien Nguyen own the restaurant, which caught on fire on Aug. 16. A passing cyclist saw smoke coming from the building and reported it. Ngu said
Read More →Knapp Properties has begun construction on the downtown Hy-Vee store, installing construction barriers around the 2.3-acre parking lot located at 420 Court Ave. The $30 million project includes a 35,000-square-foot store with 82 apartments above it and a two-story parking ramp. The store is expected to open in November 2016,
Read More →Sidebar is a new coffee and gelato shop opening in the Capital Square office building in Des Moines this month. The restaurant as an ultra-modern theme and will serve coffee, pastries and other breakfast items in the morning; sandwiches at lunchtime; and light items such as meat and cheese plates
Read More →Malisa Mac Nab opened a children’s boutique called Minijoops at 424 E. Locust St. in the East Village on Aug. 1. The clothing store sells international brands for sizes 0 to 8, and the inventory includes tutus, T-shirts, swimwear and trendy play clothes, among other items. Mac Nab is a
Read More →Trostel’s Dish, located at 12851 University Ave. in Clive, has added a patio and a lunch menu on weekdays. The partially covered patio was added to the north side of the restaurant and seats 45 people. It will be open for lunch and dinner. The expanded weekday hours are 11
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