During our next road trip along Highway 6 in central Iowa, I must remember to check out:
In Grinnell, Relish, an interesting-looking restaurant in a spruced up old Victorian house at 4th and Park. Apparently it’s brand new and touts its “local foods, global flavors.” Word has it you can find out the name of the farmer who raised the cow you’re eating… (During our visit last Saturday, we had very good coffee and cappuccino in town at Saints Rest coffee. Near closing time at 5 p.m. the nice kid working behind the counter offered coffee on the house.)
In Brooklyn, (Iowa), the Brooklyn Pharmacy building – which appears to be a good antique shop – and SkyDive Iowa– an outfit just outside town with the catchy phone number 522-JUMP.
In Marengo, we found a new antique shop that was open at 6 p.m. on a Saturday night – it’s called Country Arts and Antiques and had some cool stuff including art by local farmers and an ancient leather steamer trunk.
We also drove along the quaint main drag of the small village of Homestead, in the Amana Colonies, which had more tourist draws than I remembered from visits long ago, including an inn, b&b, cider mill and restaurant.
TakeBetsywithyou 