Foodies take note: Food trucks and trailers may soon play a more prominent role in the Iowa City food scene. City officials are collaborating with…
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Yacht Club’s ‘Upper Deck’ to celebrate grand opening with free grilled cheese
This Friday, the Iowa City Yacht Club will celebrate the addition of its street level bar, Upper Deck, by debuting a new grilled cheese menu…
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Chicken Little Reviews: Mondo’s Saloon
When you’re allergic to gluten, going out to eat can be a giant pain in the pancreas. While pizza, sandwiches and pasta are clearly off limits for those that can’t eat wheat, the foe of those with this allergy, complex sauces and even the least suspicious salad dressings often contain gluten. I know what you […]
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Interview: Aaron Hall bakes some tasty-ass bread
About six years ago, at the age of 21, Aaron Hall began baking bread. He was inspired by the work of his brother, Austin Hall, and the fact that, in his opinion, there wasn’t any good bread around. He currently makes pizza at the Lincoln Wine Bar in Mount Vernon, where he uses the oven to bake bread for the restaurant and also Salt Fork Kitchen in Solon. He also helped start the Full Moon Cafe and recently began selling his bread twice a week at the Wine Bar.
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April 20-26 is Pizza Week in Iowa City
Download Best of IC Now: April 20-26 is pizza week in Iowa City. Celebrate by downloading Best of IC and showing the app for delicious deals from seven local pizzerias. Available on iOS and Android, Best of IC is a calendar and special offers app that allows you to discover all of the area’s happenings […]
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Get your grub on: Five Days of food in Iowa City
With so much buzz around Mission Creek and the talented musicians and artists visiting our town, it is easy to overlook the stellar line-up of food events that are happening throughout the week. Here’s a five-day guide to feasting through the festivities.
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Chicken Little Reviews: Szechuan House
If you’ve ever had a hangover and you live in Iowa City, there’s a good chance you’ve already eaten food from Szechuan House, which offers delivery service. Their hangover standbys like orange chicken, crab Rangoon and pork fried rice are all solidly comparable to those at other Americanized Chinese places in town; however, there are […]
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Chicken Little Reviews: India Cafe
When I first moved to Iowa City half a lifetime ago I had never eaten Indian food. The first time I fearlessly dove into the buffet at India Cafe would be the beginning of a lifelong love of Indian spices and preparations. I crave those crazy Indian pickles like other people do chocolate, and I’m […]
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Two winter markets keep IC shopping fresh
Little Village would like to take this opportunity to remind local eaters and shoppers: There’s still a Farmers Market in Iowa City! Yes, even in the ice-capped tundra, you can still find local vegetables, knitted crafts, purses, handmade soaps and more every Saturday from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m at the Sycamore Mall (1660 Sycamore […]
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Minor indulgences: Scrooge gets an attitude adjustment
“Eat, drink and be merry” is a familiar holiday toast, but did you know that there’s a second, somewhat morbid half to the saying that explains the reason why we should imbibe and rejoice? In case you were unaware, the phrase in total goes: “Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.” So there: Put that in your holiday pipe and smoke it.
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Chicken Little Reviews: La Michoacana Taqueria
Tucked between a meat market and a physical therapy clinic in Paul’s Discount Strip stands La Michoacana Taqueria, quite a find amidst a typical splattering of businesses in Iowa City. A step inside is a step out of the rush of the day and into a different kind of rush—very friendly bilingual staff hustling around […]
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On the table: For these visitors, writing isn’t the only challenge
While nobody is keeling over dead at the Iowa House Hotel’s continental breakfast or fainting of malnourishment in workshop, the 34 fall writers in the…
