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  • Double Dipped Ice Cream & Coffee Shoppe (Huxley, IA) Review

    Double Dipped Ice Cream & Coffee Shoppe (Huxley, IA) Review

    Rating: 5 out of 5.

    4.75* (out of 5)

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    Food: 5*

    Atmosphere: 5*

    Value: 5*

    Service: 4*

    08/08/2023 Double Dipped

    Admittedly, we were in town to try the Flight Bar and Grille’s award-winning burgers…but I couldn’t help but notice this beautiful ice cream shoppe on the other end of the building – and I DO like ice cream! This was such a cool place – I just loved the decor (see pictures) and really wish I lived closer to stop back some morning for coffee!

    My wife and I split a scoop of Ripe Raspberry Chocolate Chunk and Pirate’s Treasure (see picture) – both were delicious, but I really liked the Ripe Raspberry! If you like ice cream, you won’t go wrong with a stop here. The hand-dipped ice cream is delicious and the store is just beautiful!

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  • Boxed and Burlap (Delavan, WI) Review

    Boxed and Burlap (Delavan, WI) Review

    Rating: 4 out of 5.

    4.0* (out of 5)

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    Food: 5*

    Atmosphere: 5*

    Value: 4*

    Service: 2*

    07/30/2023 Boxed and Burlap

    We stopped here for brunch after Mass with our friends from Lake Geneva before heading home Sunday morning. I really liked the unique modern decor, friendly service, coffee and food (see pictures)! The Art Class area was another very unique and quality aspect to the building (see attached video).

    The coffee was delivered in a timely manner and was great…this is a great place to stop and relax with your morning caffeine fix. The food delivery (slow, at the counter with a confusing tag identifying whose it was and the order wasn’t complete) was the reason for the 2* rating in Service. They really need to get this figured out if they want to be successful, as there was a waiting line of clearly frustrated customers trying to figure out which was theirs, when the order might be coming, etc. If you don’t want to deal with that frustration, just stick with the coffee and pastries in the display case.

    For our lunch, my wife ordered the Mediterranean Salad with Chicken (see picture) and I went with the Cilantro Lime Mango Salad (see picture). Both of these tasted fantastic – I really liked the Cilantro Lime Mango Salad and the warm tortilla on the side was a great complement! Our friend ordered the Turkey Club (see picture) and really liked it also. His came out much earlier than the rest of the order without a person’s name on the slip…so we believe he picked up someone else’s sandwich as another was delivered later and sat on the counter unclaimed for quite some time.

    This is a top-notch place for coffee and the food options are unique and delicious. Be forewarned though that the counter food delivery is slow, confusing and frustrating. Once they get this fixed, this place will compete with top coffee and sandwich shops in much larger cities.

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    Cilantro Lime Mango Salad
    Turkey Club
    Mediterranean Salad with Chicken

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  • HomeGrown (Des Moines, IA) Review

    HomeGrown (Des Moines, IA) Review

    Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

    4.5* (out of 5)

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    Food: 5*

    Atmosphere: 5*

    Value: 4*

    Service: 4*

    04/01/2023 HomeGrown

    Several friends had great things to say about HomeGrown, so we took the opportunity to go there this weekend with our son and daughter-in-law. The decor is modern and yet country-like (see pictures) and the restaurant had great lighting with glass on 2 sides.

    We started with drinks and an appetizer to share – I ordered the Vietnamese Coffee (see picture) and we shared 2 homemade Pop Tarts (see picture). I really liked the Vietnamese Coffee (how can you go wrong adding sweetened condensed milk to cold press coffee?) and the Pop Tarts were great also.

    For our meals, I ordered the Salsa Verde Pork & Eggs (see picture), my wife ordered the BLTA&E (see picture) and my son ordered the Biscuits & Gravy (see picture). We each tasted each others dishes and thoroughly enjoyed all of them. The pulled pork in the Salsa Verde Pork & Eggs was moist, the eggs were done perfectly as ordered (over-easy) and the potatoes were done just right with some great seasoning. The BLTA&E was tasty and we all commented that the Biscuits in the Biscuits & Gravy were very light and crumbly.

    You won’t go wrong with a stop here for Breakfast or Lunch – but I would recommend that you make a reservation, as they are very busy.

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    Homemade Pop Tarts
    Salsa Verde Pork & Eggs
    BLTA&E
    Biscuits & Gravy
    Vietnamese Coffee

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  • Smokey Row Coffee (Des Moines, IA) Review

    Smokey Row Coffee (Des Moines, IA) Review

    Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

    4.5* (out of 5)

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    Food: 5*

    Atmosphere: 4*

    Value: 5*

    Service: 4*

    12/23/2022 Update

    This place has been on my want to go list for over a year, but I was never downtown in the morning or afternoon and stopping on the way home in the evening seemed too late for coffee.  I was finally downtown helping with a Habitat for Humanity home build, so took the opportunity to stop here for lunch.

    Wow, am I glad that I stopped to see what all they had to offer (a lot more than just coffee) and experience a couple of great items!  I was taken aback with the large selection of breakfast and lunch sandwich offerings and felt that they were fairly priced.

    I started with a Pumpkin Pie Latte and was thoroughly impressed – flavorful, yet wasn’t overly sweet and heavy.  For my lunch I ordered a Rise and Shine (smoked turkey, egg, crisp bacon, provolone cheese and fresh guacamole on toasted ciabatta).  It was fantastic…I highly recommend it.

    Next visit with my son, ordered the Peppermint Mocha (see picture) and it was every bit as good as it sounds. My son ordered the Strawberry Banana Smoothie and really enjoyed it also. For our meal, I ordered the Double Decker Club (see picture) and my son ordered the Smokehouse Wrap (see picture) – both were delicious, but proved too much to eat at one sitting, so we took the extra home to enjoy later.

    You will definitely enjoy your stop here, no matter what time of the day or night it is.

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    Holiday Coffees
    Peppermint Mocha
    Strawberry Banana Smoothie
    Double Decker Club
    Smokehouse Wrap
    Back Room
    Ice Cream counter

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  • Bagel Boy (Sioux Falls, SD) Review

    Rating: 5 out of 5.

    4.75* (out of 5)

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    Food: 5*

    Atmosphere: 5*

    Value: 4*

    Service: 5*

    5/9/2015

    Loved their breakfast bagels with choice of cheese, sauce and vegetables.  I had the 9-grain, which included flax seed and chia seed – delicious.  Just as good as the big names in Minneapolis, but right here in Sioux Falls!  Busy place Saturday morning, but if you like bagels and a great cup of coffee, you’ll want to stop here!

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