Eat, drink and play locally.

Iowa City Alive helps you find and share the best locally owned places in Iowa City. If you usually visit chains and franchises, we have those too, but we're going to do our best to convert you to local connoisseurs like us!

Latest Additions

Alex gave Los Portales 1 Star

Their salsa is watered down to nothing. Food is absolutely terrible, except for the cheese dip and the cheesy enchiladas (same cheese sauce I believe). The only things this place has going for it are ... (see full review)

Rachel gave Brothers Bar & Grill 5 Stars

great amostphere, good drinks and good drink specials. A really fun bar to go to on any night of the week! especially on thursdays fridays and saturdays!

Derek Brooks gave Atlas World Grill 5 Stars

Wow. I was honestly not expecting the food to be as tasty as it was at the Atlas. The Blackened Catfish (served on andouille sausage-jambalaya and buttermilk coleslaw) is amazing.

Service was great... (see full review)

 

Status Updates

Cheba Hut: Go-go gadget Cheba! RT @lexijo1: @CHeBAHUT_IC a white widow sounds amazing but im out of town. Build a cheba hut in chitown on the quick.

Cheba Hut: Just merked a White Widow myself. Perfect day for a toasted sub. You da man! RT @hawkrod: About to destroy this panama red from @CHeBAHUT_IC