For the last 11 months, we have spent every Tuesday enjoying lunch with a group of KHAK listeners at an awesome local restaurant. 11 months means 11 different restaurants! Here are all the restaurants we visited in 2024:

A Look Back at Listener Lunch 2024

It's been an amazing year of Listener Lunch! Here are things we ate at all 11 restaurants in 2024!

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We take a break from Listener Lunch in December because of the holidays, but we will be back to kick off the new year in January! We typically announce the first restaurant of the year a couple of weeks ahead of time, so be on the lookout for an announcement in mid to late December.

All of the 2024 lunch entries have been deleted, which means we will start fresh in 2025. HOT TIP: the earlier you enter for lunch, the better your chances of winning, because once you're in, you're eligible to win the entire YEAR. We will usually start the year with around 30 entries, but by November, we have anywhere from 300 to 400 entries. We can't wait to meet you and your coworkers in 2025!

Speaking of local restaurants, you can check out a list of 15 Iowa eateries that I've eaten at this fall HERE.

Iowans Name Their Favorite Small Town Restaurants

I asked Iowans on Facebook what their favorite small town Eastern Iowa restaurant is, and there were some great suggestions! According to Google, a town is considered "small" when it has 5,000 people or less. Our list includes restaurants in towns that have a population of 7,000 or less, and some of them have MUCH less! Here are 20 recommendations from folks in Eastern Iowa:

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