UPDATE Feb. 19, 2024: Brunch pricing at end. By Cindy Hadish/Homegrown Iowan IOWA CITY, Iowa — Two women entrepreneurs are forging a powerful partnership as The Supper Club opens next month at the Highlander Hotel. Angela Harrington, who transformed the distressed Highlander Hotel after buying it in 2019, and Danise Petsel, owner of the Iowa […]
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Fresh pita bread, baklava, chicken shawa...
By Cindy Hadish/for the Corridor Business Journal CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Plans to open a Mediterranean grocery store in California shifted when Mohamed Mahmoud’s cousin invited him to take a look at Cedar Rapids. That invitation led to the opening of Vytyl – a derivation of “vital,” as it’s pronounced – at 365 Edgewood Rd. […]
Iconic Iowa restaurant ends decades-long...
By Cindy Hadish/Homegrown Iowan CORALVILLE, Iowa — Customers will miss the tender prime rib, popular Sunday brunch and to-die-for twice-baked potatoes at the Iowa River Power Restaurant, but memories of anniversaries, birthday parties and other milestone celebrations make the iconic restaurant’s closure especially poignant. “This was her favorite place,” Dave Stauffer, 82, said of his […]
After nearly a century, jewelry store pr...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Ginsberg Jewelers has started a “going out of business” sale, ending four generations of the family-owned jewelry store. Steve Ginsberg, the fourth-generation owner, announced the store’s closure in early November, after 93 years in business. Steve Ginsberg, right, points out jewelry to a customer on the first day of Ginsberg Jewelers’ […]