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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — After about two years, it’s Aauf Wiedersehen to the German concept at 1674 Richmond Road. Owners broke the news on Monday: Cypress Hall of Dongan Hill will close by the end of July. The final day of service will be June 29. Booked parties and deposits, plus gift cards will be honored, Cypress Hall brass told the Advance/Silive.com. “It just wasn’t where we needed it to be

Television icon and IndyCar team owner David Letterman spent some time in downtown Des Moines ahead of the doubleheader IndyCar race at Iowa Speedway in Newton on Saturday. Letterman, who hosted the “Late Show with David Letterman” from 1993 to 2015, is in central Iowa for the IndyCar Hy-Vee Homefront 250 and Hy-Vee One Step 250 at the speedway. Letterman co-owns Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

One of Oak Park’s goals when it opened was to carry at least 500 wine labels, maybe growing that number to 1,000 within the first year with 7,000 bottles on hand to pair with the new American food on the menu. The restaurant leadership also wanted to earn a goblet, the equivalent of a star, from Wine Spectator in their first year. Many on the team passed an introductory sommelier course, a two