Monroe
Monroe, IA · Food & Drink
travelmag.com
9 Iowa Restaurants Offering Thanksgiving Buffets With All The Holiday Favorites
I love Thanksgiving dinner, but the mountain of dishes afterward usually makes me question some of my holiday decisions. And don’t even get me started on trying to fit everything into the oven at the same time. That’s why the idea of celebrating Thanksgiving at an Iowa restaurant sounds...
The Des Moines Register
La Mie Elevate is moving out of the Des Moines skywalk. Here's where
A favorite Des Moines lunch spot will receive grant funding to relocate its downtown cafe to street level from the second-floor skywalk. Des Moines City Council members on Monday, Nov. 2, approved a $200,000 grant to help La Mie, a French-style bakery, patisserie and cafe known for its artisan breads, flaky croissants and European light fare, transition to its new ground-floor home, 319 Seventh St., Unit 101, in the Griffin Building from the second floor of the Two Ruan Building. Council member Mike Simonson abstained from the vote because of a small ownership stake in the Griffin Building, he told the Des Moines Register. Since 2017, the Two Ruan Building has housed the bakery's downtown restaurant, La Mie Elevate, luring lunchtime crowds with an assortment of grain and protein bowls, sandwiches and salads. But as the bakery's lease agreement ends and Two Ruan prepares for an office-to-residential conversion , La Mie's owners have been eyeing a move to the vacant storefront at the corner of Seventh and Locust to maintain a downtown presence. Joe Logsdon, who co-owns La Mie with his wife Christina Logsdon, told the Des Moines Register the project will be a good opportunity to put some new
dmcityview.com
Amest Tribune
Popular fast food chain returns to Iowa State's campus after 20 years
More than 20 years after leaving Iowa State University, Chick-fil-A officially returned to campus Tuesday, Nov. 3, opening inside the Memorial Union in Ames. The restaurant begins serving customers at 10 a.m. and is expected to create about 50 full- and part-time jobs. More: Chick-fil-A is headed back to Iowa State's campus after 20-year absence Chick-fil-A is returns to a location it once occupied before closing in 2005. The Iowa Board of Regents recently approved a proposal allowing the chain to return to the Memorial Union via a 10-year lease agreement. A familiar name for Ames Chick-fil-A selected Tari Thompson to operate the campus restaurant, her second store in Ames. “After 11 years of serving the Ames community, I couldn’t be more excited to bring Chick-fil-A right to Iowa State’s campus,” Thompson said in a news release. “From grabbing a bite between classes to catching up with friends, we look forward to becoming part of students’ routines and creating a welcoming place for the Cyclone community.” The standalone South Duff Chick-fil-A opened in 2015. The new restaurant offers carryout and mobile pickup. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday. More:
KTTC
Midwest Access: Let's Dish! Take and Bake Meals now at Target
travelmag.com
This Iowa Amish Bulk Food And General Store Has A Bakery Worth The Early Drive This Fall
Raspberry cream cheese rolls, Amish donuts, and a loaf of bread with bacon, egg, and cheese baked right inside. That lineup alone deserves a spot on your weekend plans. The bakery shares space with a full Amish bulk food and general store. Spices, flours, jams, homemade candies, toys, and fabric all fill the same small shop.
Iowa State Daily
Mary Jane’s: More than a bar
Hidden away on Main Street, a new bar creates a space for friends to meet, musicians to perform and stories to be made. Inside, the bar has the usual mood lighting and drinks, but the people make it different. Mary Jane’s Bar and Stage opened earlier this year and has since been putting on shows and other events most weekends.
Axios Des Moines
This pizza is cheese upon cheese
We're familiar with the stretchy, milky center of a burrata ball for our salads or charcuterie, but Hugo's in the Drake neighborhood puts it to the ultimate test by putting it on its pizza. What it is: Prosciutto Burrata pizza ($20) with a red sauce, shredded mozzarella, prosciutto, basil leaf, sea salt and a warm burrata ball. What I liked: What's not to like about cheese upon cheese? This takes a fun twist on a typical Margherita pizza by adding the burrata, which adds a creamier, gooey texture to the slices. It's like putting a warm, yolky egg on your toast. Yum. Pro tip: I went during the happy hour (3-6pm, Tuesday-Saturday) and paid only $10 for the pizza. If you go: 11am-9pm, Tuesday-Saturday 3206 University Ave., Des Moines (inside the Meals on Wheels building) Burrata ball pizza ($20) at Hugo's. Gif: Linh Ta/Axios
Axios Des Moines
These Des Moines sandwiches regularly sell out
From melty cheesesteaks to fat-stacked Reubens, The Good Butcher , off Ingersoll, is regularly selling out of its weekly Sandwich Tuesday specials. Why it matters: Food is fun, and these creative sandwiches get the shop's chefs to think outside of the box while also using locally sourced meats. How it started: A year ago, actor Nick Offerman was in town, and in an attempt to get him through the doors, The Good Butcher created a sandwich called The Offerman, chef Aaron Byrd tells Axios. While the celebrity didn't come in, dozens of customers did, prompting the butcher shop to regularly hold Sandwich Tuesday, Byrd says. State of play: The shop's brainstorming often starts with whatever excess meats are available. Sometimes it's extra smoked sausage or chuck eye steak. The sandwich is posted Tuesday morning, and the employees each try a bite to make sure it's good to go. The intrigue: Sometimes the flavors are international-inspired, like Balkan ćevapi sliders or a house-marinated bulgogi banh mi. What's next: Byrd says he's considering a chicken shawarma next week. The shop serves sandwiches from around 10:30am to 1pm.