James Frank’s dream was to own a barbecue joint, and he recently made that dream a reality in Bellevue.
Frank celebrated the move of Bad Ash BBQ to its new home at 301 State St. with a grand opening Thursday.
The business, which involves Frank and his wife, Natalia, and son Christian, serves barbecue and accompanying sides from a food trailer parked at their house. For about three months, the trailer was parked in Savanna, Ill., on land Frank purchased along the town’s main drag. However, it quickly became apparent that its location was not safe for the droves of hungry customers who patronized the eatery due to a lack of parking and water runoff issues. |
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Truth be told, these buttery sandwich cookies with the romantic name had me at “Nutella.”
A culinary Valentine to Italy’s most famous star-crossed lovers, these chocolate-and-vanilla shortbreads are glued together, Oreo style, with a thick and irresistible layer of the addictive chocolate-hazelnut spread. As someone who can (and has) enjoyed entire jars of Nutella by the spoonful, I couldn’t resist taking the recipe for a test drive when I ran across it in Epicurious more than a decade ago.
The original recipe, which I’ve made many times over the years, wasn’t so Nutella-y. I’m embarrassed to admit that when I decided to bake the cookies earlier this week as an early birthday present for my kids, I made the rookie mistake of rushing through the recipe without actually reading it from start to finish.
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Three additional restaurants will participate in a fundraising effort to support Dubuque students.
Happy Joe’s Pizza & Ice Cream locations at 855 Century Drive and 1094 University Ave. and 7 Hills Brewing Co. will join the Dine Out/Take Out For Public Schools event on Wednesday, Feb. 21, according to an online announcement.
Participating businesses will donate up to 10% of their sales that day to Foundation for Dubuque Public Schools.
That donation applies to dine in and take out, as well as delivery at some restaurants. Proceeds from the event will help fund grants for Dubuque Community Schools programs. |
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A local business is opening a new pizza restaurant in Dubuque’s Historic Millwork District this spring.
Backpocket Dubuque, 333 E. 10th St., is planning to open Driftless Pizza Co. later this year in a space in the Novelty Iron Works Building that formerly was home to Gino’s East, a pizza restaurant that closed last year.
Backpocket owner Jacob Simmons said the new pizzeria’s location — which is right down an inside corridor from Backpocket — had been used as an event space throughout the past holiday season, and the intent had always been to transform it into a sit-down restaurant this year.
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