Food & Drink

It is important to start your day with nutrient-dense meal solutions to help you achieve your health and wellness goals, especially while kicking off the holiday season.

By this time next year, one restaurateur hopes to have 3 or 4 locations in Iowa City or Coralville.

Hamburg Inn, an iconic Iowa City diner, is not closing, an attorney for the owner said Monday. The restaurant will have reduced hours until some building repairs are made, but should reopen full time later this month, Kim Baer said.

This Stuffed Meatloaf Burger can be pan fried, baked or grilled. It is even air fryer friendly if you prefer.

Great Harvest Bread Company’s second location, The Cafe at Westdale, is preparing to open soon.

A hibachi and sushi spot has opened its first dining room in Cedar Rapids after about a year in business as a food truck.

After less than two years in business, The Brass Fountain is closing in Solon.

Iowa City’s iconic Hamburg Inn No. 2 is set to close indefinitely Jan. 8 in part due to strained communications between local management and the owner.

Shelby Smith founded Gym-N-Eat Crickets in 2018 after deciding she did not enjoy a banking and finance career abroad. She now raises common house crickets in what used to be a single-wide trailer she calls the Cricket Castle. She’s also poised for expansion.

There were 10 stories hungry readers couldn’t get enough of as restaurants opened and closed through the year.

Other than the name, the restaurant remains a relative mystery from all details publicly available.

Poulet a la moutarde, braised chicken in a mustard sauce, served over mashed potatoes, noodles or plain rice, is a delightfully cozy winter dish.