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The Old-Fashioned Iowa Bakery That Locals Want To Keep Secret
Keeping a good bakery secret sounds easy enough, until someone brings home a box of donuts that everyone suddenly wants to know about. That’s pretty much the problem with this little spot in northeast Iowa, where getting there early can make all the difference. I kept hearing about people...
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TreeHaus to hold ribbon cutting in downtown Waterloo
WATERLOO, Iowa — TreeHaus will celebrate its arrival in downtown Waterloo with a free ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday, Oct. 28. The event is scheduled for 11 a.m. at the coffee shop, 223 W. Fourth St. It’s open to the public, and attendees can meet the TreeHaus team and explore the space.
Cedar Rapids Gazette
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This Iowa Italian Spot Serves Enormous Portions That Keep Thrifty Families Coming Back
Spaghetti arrives in a bucket here. Not a bowl, not a platter, but an actual bucket built to feed the whole family. The meatballs keep the theme going strong. They can measure two to three inches wide, which is closer to a baseball than a garnish. Then there is the...
The Des Moines Register
Meet the Iowa restaurant serving the state's best pork tenderloin
The breaded pork tenderloin is practically Iowa's state sandwich, with every roadside diner, sports bar and even some fine-dining establishments offering their own versions. This year, a casual, family-friendly American bar and grill in Carroll, Iowa, can claim to have the best in the state. On Oct. 15, the Iowa Pork Producers Association named Wasted Grain Bar & Grill in Carroll the 2026 Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin winner, rising above 464 nominated restaurants and four other finalists during Porktober, National Pork Month. Wasted Grain’s winning tenderloin didn’t begin in a kitchen. It began in a memory — one rooted in rural Iowa, in the kind of small‑town diner where the bun barely contains the golden, crisp cutlet beneath it. Co‑owner Cory Handlos grew up eating tenderloins at Darrell’s Place in Hamlin, the inaugural winner of the Iowa Pork Producers Association’s Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin contest back in 2003. That sandwich, he said, set the bar. More than two decades later, the tenderloin inspired by those meals has earned the same title. A hometown favorite, rebuilt from memory Handlos and his wife, Missy, opened Wasted Grain on Mother’s Day 2023 knowing a tenderloin had to be on the menu, and it