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Back to the Grind

Since opening in 1996, Back to the Grind Coffee House has been a safe haven for coffee drinkers, creative thinkers, students and many others. The Riverside establishment is more than a coffee house. It doubles as a venue for community events, concerts and fundraisers.

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LeeTy Delights

Elisha King and Tyondra Boagard will bag up their delectable home-made cinnamon rolls for customers around Iowa and watch them depart the booths of farmer's markets and events around Iowa.

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Majani Soulful Vegan Cuisine

Emmanuel, known at his restaurant as “Chef T,” and his wife Nasya own and operate Majani Soulful Vegan Cuisine, a plant-based soul food restaurant in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood.

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G.G.’S Chicken and Waffles

Sometimes, all you need is a spark. Garrison Goodlett found it when he and his wife, Monica, ate at a well-known restaurant and found themselves “underwhelmed.” That experience planted a seed that has grown into GG’s Chicken and Waffles, an establishment serving patrons in Des Moines, Iowa.