UPDATE: Jan. 16, 2025, with further comments from the owners, at end. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Known as the “oldest sandwich shop in Cedar Rapids,” Maid-Rite West is closing its doors on Jan. 15, 2025. “It’s Time to Say Goodbye,” the owners posted on Facebook on closing day. “Today, we close the doors of Cedar […]
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Cedar Rapids School Board to vote on $7....
NOTE: Anyone wishing to address the Cedar Rapids School Board at the Jan. 13, 2025, meeting should arrive a few minutes before the 5:30 p.m. start time to sign in as a speaker. Meetings are held at the Educational Leadership & Support Center, 2500 Edgewood Rd. NW. School Board members can be reached by email […]
Demonstrators call for boycott of Hy-Vee...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Just hours after city leaders and Hy-Vee officials released statements regarding short-term remedies for the closure of the First Avenue grocery store and pharmacy in Cedar Rapids, dozens of protesters gathered to demand more. “We don’t want smooth words just for public relations purposes,” said Sophia Joseph, of We Are CR, […]
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 […]
Final photos: Younkers store at Westdale
CEDAR RAPIDS – The final two days of the Younkers store at Westdale represents the beginning of the end for the department store that launched in Iowa more than 160 years ago. Three Polish immigrant brothers opened a dry goods store in Keokuk, Iowa, in 1856 that eventually expanded through the Midwest, with stores in […]
Tribute to Bata’s (Betas) Restaurant in
CEDAR RAPIDS – As I mourned the closing of my favorite retail store in New Bohemia, the New Bo Mercantile and Vintage Shop, I thought, at least the district still has a few eating places with that authentic vibe. Just yesterday, though, word came out that Betas Restaurant, 1006 Third St. SE, which opened as […]
Final photos: Last day of Salvation Army...
CEDAR RAPIDS – A longtime fixture in a historic district of downtown Cedar Rapids has come to a close. The Salvation Army Thrift Store, 717 Third Ave. SE, ended its 35-year run on Oct. 25, 2017. Acting store manager Sarah Celichowski said employees will transfer to the Salvation Army store that opened in April 2016 […]
Longtime garden center closing in Cedar ...
By Cindy Hadish CEDAR RAPIDS – A garden shop and nursery that marked 60 years in business last year will close its doors near the end of this month. Related: Read about the store’s history While the landscaping side of the business will continue elsewhere, Peck’s Green Thumb Nursery, 3990 Blairs Ferry Rd. NE, will […]
Final photos: Last days of the Marion Ma...
MARION – An iconic cafe will close its doors on Jan. 31, 2017. The Marion Maid-Rite has been a fixture at the corner of 10th Street and Seventh Avenue for more than 30 years, selling its signature Maid-Rite sandwiches, piles of thin-sliced onion rings, tenderloins, hand-dipped malts, pies and other favorites. Since the announcement of […]
Final Day: Smulekoff’s closes its doors
UPDATE: See new auction information at end. Time to say good-bye to another homegrown store in Cedar Rapids. Smulekoff’s Home Store, 97 Third Ave. SE, has been a downtown Cedar Rapids institution since 1889; an incredible 125-year run. The riverfront store reopened after flooding in 2008, but management decided to take a buy-out from the […]