Restaurants

The Bar Room, opened July 19, serves up luxe cocktails like The Drunken Monkey and a salted caramel espresso martini, alongside a full wine list.

Now in a new location, the business that has passed through several owners since the 1980s has a chance to offer a new experience in sweets. Marion Chocolate Shop’s new kitchen is crafting an improved recipe that uses fewer ingredients and preservatives.

See our thoughts on the top 11 new foods this year before you head out to the Iowa State Fair from Aug. 8 to 18 in Des Moines.

Long John Silver’s is making a comeback in Cedar Rapids after a fire damaged the city’s only remaining location.

With steady demand and projected funding changes in the next fiscal year, Meals on Wheels is holding a second fundraiser to help feed older adults in need.

This traveling Iowa blogger isn’t running for office. But the foodie and small town tourist is pressing the flesh with restaurant owners and locals in every county as he seeks his favorite pork tenderloin.

Two Cedar Rapids entrepreneurs are going in together on their first restaurant with three distinct concepts spread over two floors.

The shop, owned by Ben and Katy Davis, celebrated its grand reopening on July 11 at 1060 Seventh Ave.

BurgerFiend is moving to live under the roof of another sister restaurant.

The closure comes two years after it opened in May 2022.

Brugger’s workers at the 708 S. Riverside Dr. location in Iowa City voted 9-2 against forming a union.

In the six years since she moved to the United States, Anh Le has gone from someone with no sense of direction in the kitchen to a busy bakery owner with a unique niche in NewBo City Market.