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The restaurant's design is a horseshoe-shaped counter-top [2] surrounded by 16 stools. [3] It remains an example of an early to mid-20th-century lunchroom. The Canteen Lunch reflects on this type of eating establishment that gained popularity in the 1920s and 1930s as social and economic challenges were felt by the Great Depression .
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In 2006, Maid-Rite had a ten-year plan to open more than 1,000 restaurants throughout the United States. [2] In November 2007, Maid-Rite announced an agreement with Hy-Vee Food Stores, a Midwest-based grocer, to operate restaurants in their stores. [3] As of January 2025, there are 19 locations in Iowa, and 11 locations in other states. [4]
B-Bop's was created by Bob Johnson in 1988. The first B-Bop's was located at 1500 East Euclid, Des Moines, Iowa, as Johnson saw it as the ideal location to build a double drive-thru. [1] That location has now been demolished after Bob Johnson built a new B-Bops around the corner on East 14th St. [1] The chain began franchising in 1994.
Maybe the bedazzled raccoon hanging next to the bar earned the restaurant the spot on the list. The restaurant inside the Surety Hotel in downtown Des Moines opened in 2020 with a nostalgic vibe.
Downtown holiday festivities underneath 125,000 Christmas lights earned Valley Junction the label of "a Midwestern getaway" by Reader's Digest.
Breitbach's Country Dining is a casual dining restaurant and bar located in the town of Balltown in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States. Breitbach's is the oldest continuously operating restaurant and bar in the state of Iowa, having been open since August 23, 1852. The establishment has been owned and operated by the Breitbach family since 1862.
Prior to this date the resort had 5 generators that powered the lodge. The resort is sold to Fred and Arlene Dreyfus in 1963 and then to Carol and Dick Malmgren in 1981. In 1982 the Malmgrens rename the resort White Birch Village. The restaurant was closed down and full kitchens are built in all the units to become a full housekeeping resort.