Spencer, Iowa · Monday, March 15, 2010
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Restaurants

La Chiesa ready for first full weekend (12/19/09)
Husband-and-wife team Jeremy and Trisha Neppl know a healthy share of customers will come in early on to see the remarkable transformation of an 111-year-old church into a sophisticated Italian restaurant. They hope the food and service leads to many happy returns...
Muggabeans opens new coffee shop in Spencer Hospital (01/06/09)
Coffee lovers who have missed stopping at Muggabeans coffee shop formerly located in downtown Milford can look forward to visiting Muggabeans in its new location at Spencer Hospital. Owner Deb Coleman recently closed her Milford shop and opened Muggabeans in a new location, situated on the first floor of Spencer Hospital adjacent to the cafeteria...
Harkin in Spencer Thursday (08/06/08)
U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa has included Spencer in a series of stops in northwest Iowa during the August recess. The Cumm-ing Democrat will host a "Moving Iowa Forward-Cafe Stop" at 8:15 a.m., Thursday at Family Table restaurant in Spencer. The public is invited to attend...
Meet Your Neighbor: Chef Overbeck 'can't foresee doing anything else' (06/06/08)
Josh Overbeck answers to "Josh," "Joshua" if his mother says it, and "Chef." The 25-year-old has spent more than half his lifetime working in kitchens, fine-tuning his culinary skills. "I've been in kitchens pretty much all of my life," said the Northwood native who moved to Dickinson County four years ago. "I started as a dishwasher, moved up to a fry cook, then to a line cook, and have been running my own kitchen."...