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New book releases for July that you should check out at the library. → Read More
CEDAR RAPIDS - Jerome and Briana Smallwood had to cancel a Philly sandwich research trip to Philadelphia due to the pandemic, but that didn't stop them from going ahead with plans to open their latest venture, Vivian's Express Grill, and making Phillys front and center on the menu. → Read More
CEDAR RAPIDS - When he got a call from the health department, Ali Mason took it as a compliment. That meant people were noticing what he was doing. → Read More
CEDAR RAPIDS - It was about 15 degrees Wednesday morning, and Wachawaseme Ale was watching younger brother Abraham Irakoze climb into a red van that had just pulled up outside their southwest side apartment to give the fourth-grader a ride to Hoover Elementary. → Read More
Willie Ray's Q Shack Willie Ray Fairley is opening Willie Ray's Q Shack 2.0, with a new location coming soon not far from the current drive through Q Shack. He said on Facebook there is no opening date set yet. → Read More
Here's Chew on This, this week's restaurant news in the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City areas: → Read More
After nine and a half years, Ramsey's Wine Bistro is closing in Marion. → Read More
Friends Ashley Riehl and Ashley Blegen didn't mean to start a small business. → Read More
CENTER POINT - Apple Creek Coffee Co. in Center Point is a coffee shop. And a lunch spot. And an ice cream parlor. And a gift shop featuring all Iowa-made products. → Read More
Here’s what’s new in this week’s restaurant news: Cedar Rapids Restaurant Week The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance is making plans for Restaurant Week 2021. The weeklong celebration of local restaurants is set to take place Feb. 20 to 27, and restaurants are invited to apply to participate. Details and a link to apply are at cedarrapids.org/events/cedar-rapids-restaurant-week. All… → Read More
Anna Rosko moved around a lot growing up. Her mom, Jan Rosko, was in the Air Force and so every few years when her mother was stationed somewhere new, Anna had to start over - new school, new friends. → Read More
CEDAR RAPIDS - A Christmas wreath and an evergreen arrangement adorn the gravesite of Judith and Gary Stevens at St. Joseph's Cemetery just southwest of Cedar Rapids. Judith, who went by Judy, had ordered the holiday decorations but never got to put them up. → Read More
CORALVILLE - The team that opened 30hop in Coralville and Cedar Rapids has a new restaurant, just across the street from the Coralville 30hop in Iowa River Landing. → Read More
When Starr Wheeler, 21, walks into her new apartment on Cedar Rapids' southwest side, she smiles. → Read More
For months, the Map Room restaurant in downtown Cedar Rapids has relied on outdoor seating to carry it through the pandemic. 'We expanded our patio quite a bit, added more seating to it at the beginning of the summer,' co-owner Christina Springman said. 'That pretty much is what got us through the summer.' → Read More
In this edition of Chew on This, two popular restaurants are opening new locations, and a food truck opens a brick-and-mortar restaurant. → Read More
Ana McClain was confused when a customer came into her restaurant, Lion Bridge Brewing Company in Cedar Rapids, in March asking why her food was never delivered. The brewery McClain co-owns never got the order - and it didn't partner with any delivery services. → Read More
In this week's Chew on This: Find Iowa's best pork tenderloin in a little town about 40 minutes northeast of Cedar Rapids. Plus, some award-winning beers from nearby. → Read More
IOWA CITY - The Iowa City Farmers Market season is extending into December. → Read More
CEDAR RAPIDS - At Hi Tea in Cedar Rapids, owner Jennifer Dougherty and her daughter Lola Liu want to share two things - delicious tea and desserts and a bit of Chinese culture. → Read More