Winners are awarded stickers to display and earn the chance to be featured in this guide

Dear Iowa City Locals, I am a firm believer in this form of word“Genius” is a comic-sized stretch! of-mouth assistance to consumers asking for guidance. In today’s noisy world, a good old fashioned recommendation is what we need! A question on social media will give you 22 different “best” options. But Locals

Love Us is based on the opinions of thousands of real, local people like yourself. It’s clean. It’s math.

As we are adapting to the COVID world, Locals Love Us is asking ourselves the question: What’s the most impactful thing we do? What do we truly offer? What is fluff and what is just downright waste? As our team analyzed the essential value of our print guide, it’s become evident that

what is truly useful are the results of what your friends

thought were the best ranked places. Therefore, may I present to you...

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2020/2021

Locals vote for the best and this guide includes the results of the most-loved places in Iowa City.

Locals vote for the best and this guide includes the results of the most-loved places in Iowa City.

Locals vote for the best and this guide includes the results of the most-loved places in Iowa City.

Your guide to the Most Loved in the Iowa City area.

As a result, we will be putting more of our resources into our online guide and social media presence. Follow us on

/LocalsLoveUsIowaCity and /localsloveusiowacity

to get involved with gift card giveaways. Go to www. LocalsLoveUs.com to see all the details from the winners, along with online deals and Share the Love stories.

Thank you for continuing to support the local best! We will continue to strive to be there when you need a solid, trusted recommendation.

Ryan Bell Owner and operator of LOCALS LOVE US by day...& the genius behind the concoction

Q. What’s your superhero name, and who is your ideal sidekick?

A. My superhero name is Division Divider. While

I may Not be able to leap tall buildings, I can solve...errr, divide any problem! As Division

Divider, i may not be the smoothest of the superheroes, but I can divide the divisions of humanity and that's gotta count for something!

My sidekick is Synergy Saluter who is known to spur action from deadlock, and lOve from hate. All with a combo of synergistic awesome sauce and a healthy dose of "Iowa Nice.”