Restaurants

Drawing investment and leadership solely from Cedar Rapids restaurant owners, the new venture hopes to take on the outsized power big players like DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats wield over locally owned restaurants.

After 20 years, the Salsa Guy opens a brick-and-mortar with old favorites, new signatures

Luter’s new menu takes inspiration from Cork and Fork, a former favorite in the neighborhood. One sandwich on toasted rye is named after the former restaurant.

Open for lunch and dinner, CityWalk’s tentative menu includes rib-eye steaks, trout, pastas, wraps and sandwiches. They hope to eventually offer brunch on weekends, as well.

The restaurant’s new opening was announced on social media over the weekend with menus featuring “build your own” options for macaroni and cheese bowls and grilled cheese sandwiches.

Bo Mac’s, 219 16th Ave. SE, announced its closure on Aug. 22 — just three days before closing on Sunday, Aug. 25.

Uncertainties with construction east of the Bridge of Lions on 16th Avenue, combined with unusually wet weather, have postponed the annual Dinner on the Bridge to 2025.

Fancy’s Pizza has been offering elusive pop-ups every weekend next to the True Value hardware store. But each Sunday, there’s only one way to catch one of the 70 pies: be one of the first customers to place an order on Instagram.

Upon reopening, the renovated location will offer enhanced digital service for mobile order customers with a second-make line, simplifying online order pickup and streamlining overall operations.

Staff at Edith Lucille’s Bait Shack & Wing Depot — next door neighbors of Lighthouse Inn — launched the fundraiser with a goal of $30,000 for owner Steve McAtee.

New Iowa State Fair dishes and beverages were elected as the best by popular choice.

A passerby noticed smoke and flames coming from the 112-year-old southeast Cedar Rapids restaurant’s roof around 5:15 a.m., and called 911. It was Iowa’s oldest supper club, opening in 1912.