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Reminiscing Cedar Rapids tearooms and tenderloins
Bill Quinby recalls Cedar Rapids loop eateries from Killian's Tearoom in a basement to Sprynel's tenderloins on 10th Street SE and the Rexall era at Armstrong’s, naming venues like Don Ross' Steak House and Joe and Cliffs. He ponders oldest fast-food roots with Maid-Rite and White Castle, and memories of Union Station.
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Cedar Rapids
U.S
Iowa
America
Killian
John
Herb Killian
Sprynel’s
10Th Street
Amoco
Firestone
17Th St
Sprynct’s
Gazette
Printer’s Devil
Spryncl’s
Brooklyn
Midwest
Skywriters
New York
Bloomington
Ind
White Castle
Marion
Lindale
Westdale
First Avenue
Don Ross
Third Avenue
Third Street
Baranchana
Tony Nassif
316 Grill
Second Avenue
Rexall
Armstrong’s
Joe and Cliffs
Eighth Street
Bill Quinby
NFL
Coe
Cedar Rapids Loop
Union Station
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland