{"id":39,"date":"2025-04-28T13:10:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T13:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/simran\/?p=39"},"modified":"2025-04-28T13:10:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T13:10:51","slug":"best-places-to-eat-with-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/simran\/2025\/04\/28\/best-places-to-eat-with-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Places to Eat with Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>My parents just visited me over Easter weekend, so I thought I&#8217;d share some of my favorite places to go with them!<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong><em>Pullman Bar and Diner:\u00a0<br \/><\/em><\/strong>Pullman&#8217;s has really good food and is right downtown! I&#8217;ve only been for dinner, but I usually split a steak and fries with my mom and the banana foster bread pudding with my dad.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li><em><strong>Mickey&#8217;s Irish Pub:<br \/><\/strong><\/em>Is another restaurant that is downtown. It&#8217;s a super chill and nice place to grab a quick bite to eat. It also has a pretty large menu, so there are a lot of options.\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n<li><em><strong>Big Grove Brewery:<br \/><\/strong><\/em>Big Grove Brewery is a fun place to go, especially if it&#8217;s warm enough to sit outside. The food is also super good.<br \/>\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li><em><strong>Bluebird Diner:\u00a0<br \/><\/strong><\/em>Bluebird is super great for breakfast or brunch. It&#8217;s not necessarily downtown, but it&#8217;s just a walk away from the East side dorms, which is convenient. It&#8217;s usually pretty busy but I promise the food is worth the wait.\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n<li><em><strong>The Encounter Cafe:\u00a0<br \/><\/strong><\/em>Encounter is another great option for breakfast or lunch. I&#8217;ve never heard anyone say they&#8217;ve had a bad item off their menu. There&#8217;s usually a line, but it moves quickly, and there&#8217;s usually plenty of seating.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>I hope you enjoy my recommendations!<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My parents just visited me over Easter weekend, so I thought I&#8217;d share some of my favorite places to go with them! Pullman Bar and Diner:\u00a0Pullman&#8217;s has really good food and is right downtown! I&#8217;ve only been for dinner, but I usually split a steak and fries with my mom and the banana foster bread pudding with my dad.\u00a0 Mickey&#8217;s Irish Pub:Is another restaurant that is downtown. It&#8217;s a super chill and nice place to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":162,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/simran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/simran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/simran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/simran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/simran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/simran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/simran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions\/193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/simran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/simran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/simran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}