CEDAR RAPIDS
Biaggi's Ristorante Italiano
320 Collins Road NE (319) 393-6593
quite accommodating...there is smoking in the bar, but we
were seated in very, very non-smoking and it worked fine.
This is a chain with excellent food and good value. You can
get half orders for as little as $7 for dinner. Most entrees
are $10 to $15.
Thanks to Lucy
C.R. Chophouse and Crosby's
200 1st Avenue NE (319) 362-2260
C.R. Chophouse offers fine dining with specialties such as steaks, pork chops and much more. Stop by Crosby's Bar before or after dinner for a drink in this relaxing lounge with great atmosphere.
Bar hours: Open all week - 11 a.m. - 2 a.m.
Dining room: Open all week - 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. - 11 p.m.
No lunch on Saturday and Sunday in dining room, but is available at the bar.
Thanks to Linda Muller
CORALVILLE
Arby's Restaurant
801 First Avenue (515) 351-2729
Specializing in roast beef sandwiches. Also chicken, salads, soups and desserts.
Heyn's Ice Cream
811 South First Avenue (319) 354-1981
Maid Rite Restaurant
Coral Ridge Mall (515) 625-2200
Family-run American restaurant: steaks, homemade soups. Very modestly priced. Has a no-smoking *room*.
Mon-Sat 10am-8pm
Mekong Restaurant
222 First Avenue (515) 337-9910
Vietnamese and Chinese menu. Moderately priced.
Panera Bread Company
1451 Coral Ridge Avenue (Coral Ridge Mall) (319) 341-9252
(a chain)
Sluggers Sports Bar & Grill
303 Second Street (319) 354-4459
Well-established, popular sports hangout (lots o TVs) which went smokefree in 1999. Eclectic menu along with the usual burgers. Moderate prices.
Mon-Th 11am-10pm / Fri-Sat till 11pm / Sunday till 9pm
Weber & Williams Coffee
1451 Coral Ridge Avenue (Coral Ridge Mall) (319) 625-5282
IOWA CITY
Adagio
325 East Washington Street (319) 339-4811
Mediterranean cuisine, very imaginative menu, moderate-to-upscale prices. Devotay management are adherents of the Slow Food movement, so relax! They also run Devotay restaurant in Iowa City.
thanks Chef Kurt!
Aoeshe
624 South Gilbert Street (319) 351-7000
Japanese and Korean cuisine. Busy on weekends. Casual.
Japanese food is generally not cheap, but there are lots of reasonably priced entrees.
Mon-Sat
Apadana Restaurant
320 East Burlington Street (319) 337-8448
Bread Garden
224 South Clinton Street (319) 354-4246
Cafe and bakery. Sandwiches, salads. Very modest prices.
Daily 8am-8pm
Devotay
117 North Linn Street (319) 354-1001
Mediterranean cuisine, very imaginative menu, moderate to upscale prices. Devotay management are adherents of the Slow Food movement, so relax! They also run Adagio restaurant in Iowa City.
thanks Chef Kurt!
Gumby's Pizza
702 South Gilbert Street (319) 354-8629
Open till 2:30am every night except Sunday (till midnight then)
Highlander Prime Grille
2525 North Dodge Street (319) 351-3150
Mon-Sat 6:30am-10pm / Sun till 9:30pm
Linn Street Cafe
121 North Linn Street (319) 337-7370
Highly rated restaurant with a menu ranging from Continental to American Southwestern. Extensive wine list. Reservations recommended. Moderate-to-upscale.
Masala
9 South Dubuque Street (319) 338-6199
Vegetarian indian restaurant. Lunch buffet. Modest prices. Classic Indian dishes from across the subcontinent.
Lunch and dinner daily.
Pagliai's Pizza
302 East Bloomington Street (319) 351-5073
Pearson's Soda Fountain
202 North Linn Street (319) 337-3873
Red Avocado
521 East Washington Street (319) 351-6088
Vegetarian restaurant. They try to buy organic, and they try to buy locally.
Lunch and dinner daily
Sbarro's
201 South Clinton Street (Old Capitol Mall) (319) 351-9919
Italian fast food chain, but more substantial than that sounds.
Clean, big menu, fast.
Sushi Popo
725 Mormon Trek Boulevard (319) 338-2288
Japanese restaurant.
Tu-Th 10am-9pm / Fri-Sat till 10pm / Sun 10am-9pm
Taste of China Restaurant
208 North Linn (319) 356-0983
1705 South First Avenue (319) 338-8011
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MARSHALLTOWN
Arby's Restaurant
2500 South Center Street (515) 752-0321
Daily 10:30am-11pm
Stone's Restaurant
507 South 3rd Avenue 641-753-3626
Completely smoke free restaurant that has been serving fine food in Central Iowa since 1887!
Tremont on Main
22 West Main Street
Smoking is limited to a small area at the end of the bar. We did not have any problem sitting in the other end of the restaurant, and one of us has a
severe reaction to smoke! This is fine dining, but casual. Prices are moderate ($15 to $20) for the level of service and quality of the food.
thanks Lucy!
WATERLOO
Garfield's Cafe
2820 Falls Avenue (319) 291-6742
Panera
1818 La Porte Road
This is a nationwide chain of coffee & sandwich shops, they're nice enough places to hang out, the coffee is just ok but you get refills. Some locations sell the newspaper. Mostly it's the clean atmosphere I like.
Lava Lounge
2401 Falls Avenue (319) 234-5686
Imported beers and mixed drinks. Free jukebox Monday and Tuesday nights. Part of the Rudy's Taco business (smoking allowed in Rudy's Tacos).
Mon-Th 5pm-11pm / Fri-Sat till midnight
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