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Review by BY TOM PERRY • REGISTER STAFF WRITER • January 24, 2008

Scene: Open and airy, DuBay's is casual yet sophisticated. The lounge is roomy if there is a wait for a table, and it's smoke-free through dinner. It also has Wi-Fi, if a laptop must be opened during lunch, happy hour or dinner.

If you've been in this bar in its previous incarnations, especially the 25th Street Cafe, the dark wood, dim lighting and modern art feels familiar.

A black bar stretches to the front window, where you can look out at students walking through Drake's campus. My boyfriend and I took seats at the bar right in front of a huge flat screen TV showing a Cubs game.

High top tables and cushy booths fill the rest of the bar, which opens into a restaurant serving Cajun food.

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Wonderful food, comfortable atmosphere - FerrariGuyDSM - Aug 5, 2007

Awesome food, great desserts, I just love this place, the people are plesant and having a local neighborhood restaurant that is fine dining is ...

From http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007706140359

Datebook Diner: DuBay nearly among D.M.'s elite
By W.E. MORANVILLE
DATEBOOK DINER

June 14, 2007

"I felt like a walking comment card since this place opened," our personal, professional and quick-witted server said with a laugh (and just the right tone) as we gave her some feedback on a salad at DuBay's.

Well, send the notes back to the kitchen, I wanted to say, because a pretty good restaurant could be a very good one with some fine-tuning.

From http://www.activediner.com/Dubay's-Cocktails-&-Fine-Dining/restaurant/Des-Moines/IA/US/profile/751320

From http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g37835-d660977/Des-Moines:Iowa:Dubays....