Eastern Iowa Restaurants That Have Been Open 50+ Years [GALLERY]

There are quite a few Eastern Iowa restaurants that have stood the test of time!

With the help of Facebook users and Google, I decided to put together a list of restaurants here in Eastern Iowa have been around for 50 years or more. Some of them have relocated, renovated, rebranded, and even closed for a brief period, but they're all still going strong in the year 2024! Here are some of the area's longest-running restaurants:

• A&A Pagliai’s Pizza - 302 E Bloomington St, Iowa City
• The Airliner - 22 S Clinton St, Iowa City
• Baxa’s Sutliff Store & Tavern - 5546 130th St NE, Lisbon
• Bluff Lake Catfish Farm - 9301 95th Ave, Maquoketa
• Breitbach's Country Dining - 563 Balltown Rd, Balltown
• Bully's Angle Inn - 505 Highway 151 W, Walford
• Canteen Lunch in the Alley - 112 2nd St E, Ottumwa
• Country Kitchen - 699 7th Ave, Marion
• D+K Hickory House - 315 Park Rd, Waterloo
• Dairy Queen - 3304 1st Ave NE, Cedar Rapids
• Darrell's A Family Tradition - 225 S Main St, Monticello
• Hamburg Inn No. 2 - 214 N Linn St, Iowa City
• Hilltop Tavern - 1100 North Dodge St, Iowa City
• Home Town Cafe/Catering - 508 Washington St, Millersburg
• Joe's Place - 115 Iowa Ave, Iowa City
• Leo's Italian Restaurant - 29 S Frederick Ave, Oelwein
• Leonardo's - 2228 16th Ave SW, Cedar Rapids
• Lincoln Cafe - 1214 8th Ave, Belle Plaine
• Little Bohemia - 1317 3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids
• Lucky 6 Lanes - 2192 Highway 6 Trl, Marengo
• Mabes Pizza - 110 East Water St, Decorah
• Moracco Supper Club - 1413 Rockdale Rd, Dubuque
• Morg's Diner - 520 Mulberry St, Waterloo
• Naso's - 453 7th Ave, Marion
• Ox Yoke Inn - 4420 220th Trail, Amana
• Papa Juan's - 5505 Center Point Rd NE, Cedar Rapids
• Ronneburg Restaurant - 4408 220th Trail, Amana
• Rube's Steakhouse - 118 Elm Street, Montour
• Star Bar -  303 Church St, Fairfax
• The Starlite Room - 3300 1st Avenue NE, Cedar Rapids
• Steamboat Gardens - 1740 Falls Ave, Waterloo
• Taylor’s Maid-Rite - 106 S 3rd Ave, Marshalltown
• Tommy's Restaurant - 393 Edgewood Rd NW, Cedar Rapids