Dogtown rises in chaos
The Dog Days of 2020 began on July 22, but the dawning of the age of Dogtown had already commenced. The Drake neighborhood will spend at least $700,000 in the [...]
Read More →The Dog Days of 2020 began on July 22, but the dawning of the age of Dogtown had already commenced. The Drake neighborhood will spend at least $700,000 in the [...]
Read More →There were more closings than openings for the first period in quite a while. Calamity breeds chaos. The last three months were piled high with a lot of both. Never [...]
Read More →Things got really crazy in the restaurant world last month. With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calling for a two-month ban of congregations of more than 50 people [...]
Read More →And you thought we had a problem with farm-raised salmon? The newest Year of the Rat infested the world with new forms of dread and old ways of spreading them. [...]
Read More →Black Velvet Canadian Whisky, the once and future king of Iowa, was the state’s most popular liquor brand. Wheat exploded to a 16-month high bolstered by potential Chinese demand following [...]
Read More →Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar took the top spot in an annual Iowa cooking competition. This year was a time of Dickensian bests and worsts. Des Moines’ food scene [...]
Read More →Why are there so many songs written about cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin and so few written about food? Food is the subject of at least as many movies as drugs. [...]
Read More →And more good news Taste of New York won the Ultimate Pizza Challenge over the last three months. The Jordan Creek pizzeria has won the hearts of Des Moines’ diners [...]
Read More →There is a lot going on in the restaurant world. The last month was a time of astonishing consequences for third-millennium Americans. After some 12,000 years of invention, ingenuity and [...]
Read More →40 “Women to Watch” in hospitality August was a bitter time for local restaurant lovers. Three beloved, old-school cafés closed. They were Italian American classics and will not be easily [...]
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