One of our go-to places in Grinnell. The place is classy and funky and unique, the image of its…read moreamazing proprietor and sole server, who will serenade you with her small accordion on request. Wine is good and pizzas are tasty. Don't leave without a doggie sticker or button!

Solera is a wonderful mix of a small town, laid back vibe and a sophisticated wine selection. The…read moreservice is always spot-on. I wasn't expecting the pizza to be so tasty ... BONUS!

This is an AWESOME place! I've been to many wine bars across the country and this is at the top of…read moremy list!!! I grew up in State Center and always come back to visit since 1983. Highly Recommended!!!!! Food-Service and Ambiance is top notch!!!!

Amazing selection of drinks! I had a watermelon wine spritzer, but it is from can! They don't do…read moremixed cocktails! Mostly wine! Had cheesy sandwich, very good, very cheesy! They were out of pasta salad, cause business closed due to vacation next week. Has a musician playing 60's, 70's, 80's songs! Pretty good! Place had a lot of people that knew others in place! Maybe regulars. Had a real enjoyable time! Will definitely be back there!

Celebrated my wife's 60th birthday with a trip from the Chicago area to Cedar Rapids, so much to…read moreoffer. Had our celebration dinner at Cedar Ridge, sat on the patio listening to live music on Sunday, June 28, had a wonderful server. The visit to Cedar Ridge was a great experience, really enjoyed our brick-oven pizzas, flight of wines, peach cobbler dessert and took a bottle of Rose home with us. Highly recommend this winery/distillery, such a great experience and for us a capstone to our trip to Cedar Rapids and Iowa!

I've always loved this place! The views are great. The staff are friendly and accommodating as well…read moreas the facility being clean and easy to navigate even with all the tables. Our last visit was spent on the patio of course. We ordered a couple flights, a few drinks, pizza and a charcuterie board. I always enjoy the presentation of their items as well as the effort that goes into it! This time around I tried the sangria and I really enjoyed it. We don't live nearby so I am sad I won't return for another on a hot day, but well worth it!

This place is adorable, small intimate setting with your faves, now back to the food, everything…read morewas delicious, from the apps to the main dish, it was my first time, but my friends had been previous times and i was impressed to say the least, you won't be disappointed at all!! Also the sourdough bread was delicious, we had a couple rounds, ha ha, and that butter, as the saying goes, smooth like butter baby! ( It literally was) Check this place out and get your reservation now

After experiencing fine dining through living on the West Coast and traveling internationally, I…read morewas excited to learn that the town I grew up in had a restaurant that offered a tasting menu. I knew I had to try it on a recent visit back home. My experience was mixed. The excellent: our table service was next level with each dish being thoroughly explained. We were educated on the thought process behind each wine pairing as well. Between each course our table was cleaned and we were presented with fresh silverware. The great: the food was presented beautifully and our meal looked incredibly impressive. The interior definitely invoked the Brooklyn vibes that inspired the restaurant in the first place. It feels very upscale hipster. The disappointing: though the overall experience was tasty and texturally perfect, each dish we tried had some overpowering element and flavors were not balanced. After the tuna crudo all I could taste was celery, after the morel mushroom pasta all I could taste were the pungent chive blossoms, and the trout skin/asparagus were over-grilled and I felt like I was eating a well prepared charcoal briquette. Maybe I'll give this place another try next time I'm in town and hope the flavors make as much sense as the rest of the experience.

The best pizza in the Cedar Rapids/ Iowa city area hands down. You can taste that the chef actually…read morestudied in Italy. Wood fired with both authentic/ American influenced styles The restaurant is very intimate so get ready to know your neighbors (or at least their gossip). The service was great. Our waitress let us try different wines before committing to a full pour.

Mount Vernon has some fine eateries, this is one of them. We got here before 5 and ordered wine…read morethen waited for our pizza. This place seats about 30 in the restaurant, 10 around the bar. Small place with a fun painted modern chic. The smell of a smoker greets you when you walk in (yum!). My friend loves to sit at the bar and he also loves to sit on the high seats, I hate that. Some high seats in some restaurants don't have the crossbar (these did) to put your feet up on and some bars don't have a step or rail to put your feet up on - this is one of them - I HATE that. There were two servers behind the bar, both friendly and informative and happy to help with questions or requests. They seemed to be very busy with to go orders. My friend ordered the smoked salmon pizza. He thought the salmon was too lightly smoked. Otherwise it was very good. We both agreed the crust was phenomenal, top 5 we've ever had. I ordered what the cook called a corn pizza. My friend thought mine looked better than his, I agreed. My pizza was outstanding. Spanish chorizo, local corn, scallions, tajín - the tajín was the coup d'état, it turned the pizza from good to great and as mentioned before, the crust was amazing. They have a core 4-5 pizzas then rotate another 3 special pizzas at different intervals. It wasn't really busy in the restaurant but we did wait 30+ minutes for our pizza. 4/5 will for sure return. The wait for the food and the high seats keep this from being 5/5, the taste of the food is for sure 5/5.

Great atmosphere and love the vibes here! Good prices too, especially on the weekly deals. Tuesday…read moreis 2fer Tuesday, so BOGO. The only thing to note... We came here with a Pub Pass. A deal where you buy a $25 booklet and get a free beer at about 18-20 bars all throughout Des Moines and Ames. That's the deal. It's well known and an annual thing. We presented it to the bar tender as expected and was promptly told that they do not recognize it and only use it for BOGO's. That's simply not the deal that we paid for. Unfortunate.

DV has a great selection of wines plus spirits, beer and seltzers. The atmosphere is chill and the…read moreowners are very friendly and accommodating to large groups. If you stop by, order one of their delicious charcuterie plates!

Group stopped during Ragbrai along with around 25,000 other participants. All the locals we spoke…read moreto said this is best place in town. They were correct. Because of the deluge of people in town, menu was taken out only and was choice of lasagna and a calzone type sandwich. They ran out of the lasagna just before we got to front so friend ordered food while I secured a cool spot to sit upstairs in bar. ALL of the staff were incredible and friendly. Bartenders were awesome and we put them to task. Several rounds. The "pizone", aka calzone was very good, fresh baked bread loaf with sauce, meat and cheese baked into it.

Planned this stop on my 6,000 mile summer food tour for the "panino" which sounded unique and read…read moresome sites saying it was a must try in Iowa. Arrived excited as I saw the menu had fried gizzards and also deep fried angus steak cubes. I ordered both and the panino. The gizzard breading immediately made me think of long John silver fried clams oddly enough. The steak was flavorful but a bit on the tough overcooked side. The panino ended up being a slightly thinly filled pepperoni roll with meatballs added which was slightly a downer. Had to ask for my refill as the waitress while nice seemed to be working the kitchen as well. Waited about 15 minutes to get my check from the time I took my card out and put it on the table. On paper it was cool...but nothing wowed me enough to recommend.

Great visit to the Chart Room, wonderful selection of bourbon and fantastic discussions with…read moreDillion. He made the whole experience even better!! We will be back again.

If this bar doesn't have the spirit that you're looking for, it's probably not worth having! Tons…read moreof high-end bourbons, rums and wines. Our bartender was extremely knowledgeable and helpful in making suggestions on what we should try, based on what we typically drink. As for the bar itself, it's a cute little nautical themed bar. Not my first time here and won't be my last.