Monga mizinda yambiri yomwe ili ndi yunivesiti yaikulu, Iowa City ilibe mipiringidzo yokhala ndi moyo wambiri, malo ophikira, ndi zokudyera zamtengo wapatali. Malo ambiri mumzindawu ndi ochezeka, koma Studio 13 (13 S. Linn St., 319-594-5198) ndi malo amodzi mumzinda umene kwenikweni amalipira ngongole ya gay. Kalekale amadziwika kuti Alley Cat, ndikujambula anzanu ambiri a hetero a m'deralo, komanso malowa ali kumsika, kuchoka ku yunivesite ya Iowa.
Sukulu 13 ili ndi ndondomeko yovomerezeka ya 19 ndi yakale (muyenera kukhala 21 kuti muzimwa), ndipo ili ndi zochitika zambiri kuti zinthu zisangalatse - kujambula, kanema, ndi zina zotero. Bowo litatsekedwa, gululo limathamangira kumalo osungirako, komwe kumakhala kusakanikirana komanso nthawi zina zimayenda kwa ora lina.
Mphindi 30 pamtunda wa kumpoto kwa Iowa City ku Cedar Rapids, Belle Basi Basi (3916 1st Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids, 319-363-3194) ndi chinthu china chachikulu chogonana cha usiku wamtundu umenewu. Ndi malo otchuka kuti azisewera ndikuwonetsa masewera kumapeto kwa sabata komanso zakumwa zabwino zakumwa sabata yonse.
Ku mzinda wa Iowa City, Deadwood Tavern (6 S. Dubuque St., 319-351-9417) ndi malo okalamba omwe amakhala ndi mipando ingapo, njira zapamwamba, ma tebulo, ndi malo osasangalatsa kuposa ma hormonally ambiri zojambula zogulitsa mipanda kuzungulira tawuni. Ngakhale si gay gala pa se, mudzawona anthu ambiri a GLBT muno usiku womwewo.
Malo ena omwe ali ndi gay omwe akutsatira ndi malo ozizira omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito polemba mabuku, Prairie Lights (15 S. Dubuque St., 319-337-2681), yomwe imatsegulidwa mpaka 9 koloko madzulo ambiri mpaka 6 pa Lamlungu. cafe yomwe imatulutsa chakudya chabwino, vinyo ndi mowa, ndi khofi ndi zakumwa za tiyi.
Iowa City ili ndi magulu ambiri oimba nyimbo, kuphatikizapo Sanctuary (405 S.
Gilbert St., 319-351-5692), omwe amadziwika ndi mablues komanso jazz yoyamba komanso yamaluwa. Malo okongola, ndi miyala yamtengo wapatali amathandiza pizzas, bar munchies, ndi saladi, ndipo mapulogalamu ake a mowa amalemba makina opitirira 130.
Ndipotu, uwu ndi mzinda waukulu wokwanira kudya. Kuti mupeze malo okongola otchuka a ku Basque, khalani ndi chakudya ku Devotay (117 N. Linn St., 319-354-1001), zomwe zakhala zikuyamikira kwambiri zakudya zopatsa pang'onopang'ono komanso zowonjezera buku la Kurt Michael Friese. Amagwiritsira ntchito zowonjezera zowonjezera monga momwe zingathere muzovala zamasipanishi zoterezi monga ma patatas bravas, chorizo cha sherry-glazed, masangweji a nkhuku a Basque, chakudya cha mwana wa nkhosa, ndi chikhalidwe cha paella.
Yina makumi awiri ndi limodzi (126 E. Washington St., 319-887-1909), yomwe imakhala ndi malo osungirako mabwinja ndi makoma a njerwa zoonekera, imapereka ndalama zina zamakono ku America. Yesani aplewood-kusuta Iowa Berkshire nkhumba kuwaza ndi nyemba zamasamba-nyemba zamasamba, ndi msuzi wofiira wa chimichurri msuzi. Pali mndandanda wautali wa vinyo, nayenso. Atlas (127 Iowa Ave., 319-341-7700) ndi malo odyera otsika ndi chipinda chogona pansi. Kukhitchini kumakhala mbali zazikulu zamakono, kuchokera ku salaji ya nkhuku ya Thai kuti ikhale yonyowa ndi msuzi wa safironi.
Otsitsirana ndi mafanizidwe a zakudya zachilengedwe amalumbirira ndi zakudya zatsopano, mikate, zokolola, ndi masangweji amtengo wapatali ogulitsidwa ku New Pioneer Co-op (22 S. Van Buren St., 319-338-9441), yomwe ili yabwino malo oti mutenge malo okongola kwambiri pamsewu. Masala olemera (9 S. Dubuque St., 319-338-6199) amapereka zakudya zokhala ndi zamasamba zokhala ndi zokongoletsera zaku India, kuphatikizapo zokoma masala dosa (mpunga ndi lentil zokometsera ndi mbatata ndipo zimagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi coconut chutney ndi mphodza za masamba). Mnyumba ya Hamburg Inn No. 2 (214 N. Linn St., 319-337-5512) ikhoza kuwerengedwa kuti ndi yotchipa, yowonjezera, koma yophika kwambiri chakudya. Kuyambira kumayambiriro kwa 1948, zakhala zopezeka m'matope okoma kwambiri komanso masangweji a ng'ombe ophika kwambiri omwe amawotchera. Iyenso imakhala chinthu chokhazikitsidwa monga malo otchuka omwe akuyankhidwa pulezidenti kuchokera kumbali zonse za kanjira.