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Des Moines Openings, Closings, and Such
- Coming Soon
- Basic Bird (from Joe Tripp of Harbinger and Little Brother) is on the verge of opening!
- Guesthouse Tavern + Oyster is opening sometime next year.
- Mullets is opening a location in Norwalk. I don’t know why I find this odd, but I do.
- Best Day Coffee is opening in Altoona. They have so few local coffeeshop options that this is nice to see.
- Tortas la Silla Food Truck is out there somewhere!
- Re-Opened
- Lzaza had been closed since the end of May, but I saw this on Reddit saying they’re back open. Lzaza’s own Facebook page confirms this, but they’ve also added grocery items.
- The Heart and Seoul Kitchen is now operating out of Kitchen Spaces.
- Now Open
- Closing
- Dough Crazy is closing their storefront, but they’re keeping their food truck.
- Beer Can Alley on Court Ave. closed permanently.
- Barbarian, a fine dining establishment operating within Kinship, is permanently closed. But about that:
- Kinship Brewing is being foreclosed upon. They owe an astonishing $5.9 million. However, Kinship itself is not closing.
- The worst part about this story is, not only are the folks at Barbarian out of work, but the Kinship employees aren’t being paid. That is NEVER a good sign. The folks who worked at Tacopocalypse and BAH Brazilian Steakhouse suffered the same fate, and I have no idea if any of those folks were paid.
- Kinship Brewing is being foreclosed upon. They owe an astonishing $5.9 million. However, Kinship itself is not closing.
- Probably Coming Soon but I’m Finding Nothing:
- El Sazon de Lupita (DSM)
- Izumi Sushi and Hibachi (Clive)
- Pupuseria de la Rosa (DSM)
- Cafe Boost (Urbandale)
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- My fam loves Sisters in Cheese for the holidays, and frankly, I love SiC year-round. I popped over to Madrid to pick up holiday grazing boxes for the family, and while I was there, I got my fix of the apple orchard sammie. Easily one of my favorite eats of the year. Plus, Chelsea Johnsen, owner and chef, won Rural Operator of the Year!
- We recently dined (again) at Cooper’s on 5th, and I cannot tell you how happy I am that they take online reservations through OpenTable!
WTF, Iowa
- There’s a lot to dislike in this story, but what gets me are the numbers. A total of “142 churches in Iowa that have left the Iowa Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church over differing beliefs on same-sex marriage and ordaining openly LGBTQ clergy” i.e. 142 Methodist churches in Iowa are bigoted. But that’s only “19% of the churches in Iowa’s conference.” Only 19% of the Methodist churches in Iowa. Tell me again how Christianity is under attack in this country. Because I guarantee you there aren’t 142 mosques or synagogues in Iowa. Total.
- This is why I love this city. You never know what animals will be wandering our streets.
- Do you remember the Fall Drinks Guide I wrote for Des Moines Girl? Well, now I’m looking for local drinks to start your new year! If you’ve got tips, drop them in the comments or email me at seeta lee author at gmail dot com!
