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We at Iowa Starting Line are asking you, our readers, to help us choose the best location for our very first food guide in Iowa. We will be asking you to vote on your favorite restaurants, coffee shops, dessert havens, and more! Help us choose the first location for our Iowa food guide by selecting one city on the form below.
At Iowa Starting Line, we believe in putting you at the heart of our reporting. That said, we’d like you to choose the location of our very first Food Guide.
<p><span style=”color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-size: 14px”>What area would you prefer to participate in our first readers’ choice food guide in Iowa?</span></p>
- Cedar Falls
- Cedar Rapids
- Council Bluffs
- Des Moines
- Iowa City
- Mason City
- Waterloo
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