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Downtown Des Moines Coffeehouse Review, Amici

August 29, 2007 in amici, cup o joe

by Tammy Bickford
If you are a non coffee drinker then I’ve got the place for you to try out!
[Josh note: I've been told that Amici is hands down the maker of the best cup of coffee downtown too.]
My husband and I aren’t coffee drinkers, but love going to coffee shops every so often and [...]

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Downtown Des Moines Residents Share What They Love Part 7

August 28, 2007 in lifestyle, living downtown

Have you ever wondered where you will take your friends once you move downtown? Do you
live downtown now and want to know the best places you can take people (and impress them)?
We’re back with part 7 in our series showcasing what the people living downtown love about it. This time we want to [...]

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Downtown Des Moines Restaurant Reviews-El Azteca

August 28, 2007 in eating, el azteca

One thing we want to do a better job of focusing on is the great selection of restaurants that downtown Des Moines has to offer. We’ve only covered a few, and the selection of places to eat is huge downtown! A big thanks to Tammy Bickford for writing this review of El Azteca.
El [...]

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Progress At The Davis Brown Tower

August 27, 2007 in construction

Some people might wonder why this project gets any coverage, after all, it’s not a residential project anyway.  This is the tallest building to be built in Des Moines in quite some time, so it’s exciting to those of us that like real estate, development, and changes in the downtown skyline.
So here’s two pictures of [...]

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Another Entry In The Creepy Pic Contest

August 27, 2007 in creepy pic contest

These keep coming in, have you taken any pictures you’d like to submit?

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Gateway Market Cafe and Star Bar Get Reviewed

August 24, 2007 in des moines register, eating

The Des Moines Register has two reviews up for a couple downtown eateries. I’m going to put up the highlights and see if we can’t do a little better here.
First up, Gateway Market Cafe.
Not surprising this joint got rave reviews. I’m going to highlight the most important part, which those of you that [...]

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Are You Taking Advantage Of Our Sponsors?

August 24, 2007 in sponsors

Are you a person that takes advantage of the sponsors we’ve lined up on this site?  Each sponsor we have has been put in place to help make your life easier, and better!
Are you thinking about moving downtown?  Do you have questions about the current market, what’s available, and changes going on?  Brett Fine, Your [...]

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Google Loves This Site

August 22, 2007 in website

I was doing a little research yesterday and entered “downtown Des Moines” into the search engine.  This site comes up #5 out of nearly 3,700,000 search results.  We’re before everything you can look for downtown outside of downtowndesmoines.com, the downtown Marriott and the city of Des Moines.
Basically we own.
People looking to live downtown, come to [...]

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Court Avenue Coming Soon

August 22, 2007 in court ave

In my reading this week I saw that two great items are heading to Court Avenue.  The first is a Pub Crawl to raise money for a good cause. 
The Historic Court District Association and the Des Moines Music Coalition will host a downtown pub crawl Friday, Sept. 7 to raise proceeds for the Central Iowa [...]

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Downtown Art Center Exhibit Grand Opening

August 21, 2007 in art, art center, events, jo hill

by Jo Hill

If you are looking for something new to do next week, you might want to check out the Downtown Art Center.

If you have always wanted to go to an opening party for an Art Show–this is your chance. Thursday, Aug 25, 2007, between 6:00-8:00, is the Grand Opening [...]

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