Long-running Maude's is at the quiet west end of downtown. The menu features a lot of seasonal specials, but you can always count on an artfully prepared assortment of burgers, caesar salad, blackened salmon, pastas and steaks. Many an Ames couple first came here on a date and then returned for their 25th anniversary.
Aunt Maude's
Iowa
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