Food and Drink

Barn Town Brewing - Restaurant of Week

Each week we bring you the IoB Restaurant of the Week and this week we double down on beer and food with Pete Faber from Barn Town Brewing. This new establishment is already a hit in West Des Moines, Waukee and the entire Des Moines Metro. How did they get started, who is behind it and what does it take to create a successful place where people actually WANT to return? We asked...
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Harbinger our Restaurant of the Week!

Each week our friends at the Iowa Restaurant Association select a member to join us as our Restaurant of the Week and this week it is Harbinger with Chef/Owner Joe Tripp. Here we talk about what inspired his new eatery, the amazing flavors that come from veggies, how food is so different from culture to culture, why he changes his menu (sometimes daily) and so much more. This is a great conversation for foodies and those of us who really enjoy an eating adventure and experience. Now, go!
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Cityview and Stuff to DO with Jeff Pitts

We wrap up the week with our lifestyle contributor Jeff Pitts who writes for Cityview and his list of interesting and, sometimes, off-beat things to do in the Greater Des Moines Metro. Grab your calendar, or smart phone, and check your availability to get out  and have some fun! 
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Stuff to DO with CItyview Starting Friday Night!

On Friday afternoons we have fun with Jeff Pitts our lifestyle contributor from Cityview Magazine. We run though some neat things to do, share some laughs...hey, it's Friday. From a soggy Food Truck Frenzy to the Beast Village Comedy Festival to the Walnut Creek Watershed Festival to an Ankeny Community Theater to Iowa Wild Hockey to Slaughterhouse (Yikes!!) to all kinds of stuff next week!  Listen up!
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.
 

Outlets of Des Moines - New in the Metro with T.J. Just

Opening later this month is Outlets of Des Moines a new shopping area in Altoona. Here we visit with General Manager, T.J. Just about the effort, employment, consumers shopping habits, brick & mortar, promotion and the upcoming charity preview night on the 19th. The back-story of something new in the Des Moines Metro. Have a listen: 
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Dine Iowa Grand Tasting Gala!

This is way too good to keep to ourselves. On Thursday 5 October the Iowa Restaurant Association presents their Annual Dine Iowa Grand Tasting Event. Here to share the details (and what does beef and soy have to do with it?) is the president of the association, Mike Holmes. It's a great time, with great food, great people and...there is so much more. And, at $50 a ticket...what a deal! To register, and get your tickets, click this link! 
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Creme - Our Restaurant of the Week

Where to go in Des Moines for dessert and a drink after dinner or an event? Nowhere...but that was eight years ago and that missing link was all Christina Moffatt needed to know to act on her dream. Enter Creme Cupcake a dessert and cocktail restaurant in the trendy Ingersoll neighborhood. Here we talk about that and more...and it's sweet! 
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

The Foundry - A Media Peek

The media was invited to an event at The Foundry a very unique (for the Des Moines Metro) mixed-use redevelopment project that will transform a 25,000 square foot 19th Century railroad maintenance building into three distinct sections. The Hall - A food and beverage restaurant and beer venue. The Distillery - A commercial production facility and The Kitchen - A non-profit commissary kitchen with a social mission to fight hunger, homelessness and provide skills training. Here we visit with Jorgen Jensen of the Foundry Project about the history behind the building and what they uncovered during the multi-million dollar renovation and then some information from Scott Bush the man behind the Foundery Distilling Company. This is...very...cool with a "hat tip" to Invision the architects of the project. 
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

GMigs - Restaurant of the Week

He has the most interesting life story and we got George Migliero of GMigs 5th Street Pub in the Historic Valley Junction to tell it. From his early training to cooking for Julia Child to upscale dining to a neighborhood restaurant George shares the story. Listen in as GMigs 5th Street Pub is our Restaurant of the Week!
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Stuff to DO with Cityview and Jeff Pitts

Each week Jeff Pitts from Cityview joins us to highlight his top picks of "Stuff to DO in the Metro". This weekend we talk guns, apples, Latino Festival, DSM Social Club and much more. Listen in..and hey, it's  just plain fun! 
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.