Local Restaurants & Dining
A restaurant (/ˈrɛstərənt/ or /ˈrɛstərɒnt/; French: [ʀɛs.to.ʁɑ̃] (
listen)) is a business which prepares and serves food and drinks to customers in exchange for money, either paid before the meal, after the meal, or with an open account. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services, and some only offer take-out and delivery. Restaurants vary greatly in appearance and offerings, including a wide variety of cuisines and service models ranging from inexpensive fast food restaurants and cafeterias to mid-pricedfamily restaurants, to high-priced luxury establishments. In Western countries, most mid- to high-range restaurants serve alcoholic beverages such as beer and wine. Some restaurants serve all the major meals, such as breakfast,lunch, and dinner (e.g., major fast food chains, diners, hotel restaurants, and airport restaurants). Other restaurants may only serve a single meal (e.g., a pancake house may only serve breakfast) or they may serve two meals (e.g., lunch and dinner).
MGTLocal USA Restaurants…Check out the local restaurants MGTLocal USA has to offer. At MGTLocal USA, we partner with the local restaurants to bring you the information you want & need. Do you love Italian food but can’t find that perfect restaurant with the best Italian dish? MGTLocal USA’s Restaurant & Dining Section allows only the best restaurants to sponsor this section. With the help of MGTLocal USA our restaurants section sponsors offer great coupons and specials 24 hours a day. Whether you are looking for Chinese, Italian, American, Japanese, Buffets, or Find Dining, MGTLocal USA has what you are looking for. And if we don’t, please help us out with your suggestions. At MGTLocal USA, we pride ourselves on being the best for local information and exposure. Most of our restaurants have printable COUPONS on the sub-pages of this section. If you are passionate about food and love trying new restaurants, MGT Local USA Restaurants & Dining has the newest and hottest local restaurants in the community.
MGTLocal USA’s Dining & Restaurants section is one of the most highly trafficked pages in the local community site. Restaurants are one of the top ten industries to be searched on the internet. And, here at MGTLocal USA, the restaurants and dining section is a top priority for visibility and accessibility. This is a prime example of the efficiency of concentrated and collaborated local search.
These restaurants know and understand the searches consumers are producing and that MGTLocal has created a unique venue for these sponsors to advertise their great brand of foods and beverages. You will find everything from Chinese, to Italian, to traditional American Cuisine. You can even find the newest restaurants for sushi or barbecue. The sponsors of this restaurants section have all contributed to the informative content pages and many have coupons which you may print right at your home computer. If you mention you found them on the MGTLocal USA dining and restaurants section, you may even find yourself enjoying some other discount as well. Of course, it depends on the restaurant and if they have elected to be part of the discount program for members of the MGTLocal USA site. Either way, we are sure you will be able to satisfy your search for the perfect restaurant. Cheers.
Altoona
Altoona is a city in Polk County, Iowa, United States and is a part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 14,541 at the 2010 census.
Altoona is home of Adventureland, an amusement park, Prairie Meadows, a horse racing track and casino, and a Bass Pro Shopsretail store, the first one in central Iowa.
Anthony Yant first settled in what is now Altoona in 1854, the same year that Gilbert T. Taylor settled there. The land was originally surveyed in 1847 and put up for sale by the US government in 1848, but it took six years to sell. After many different sales between different families, the Davis family ended up with the land on February 1, 1868.
The Davises hired surveyor Juian B. Bausman to lay out the city for them. He is also credited for giving the city the current name. Altoona is named for the Latin word for “high,” altus, after surveyor Julian B. Bausman discovered that Altoona was the highest point on the Des Moines Valley Railroad between Des Moines and Keokuk.[4]
The plot was recorded on July 30, 1868, and the Post office opened the next day. When the Rock Island Railroad came to Altoona in September of that year, they referred to Altoona as Yant, the city’s original name.