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Key West meets Northwest Iowa: No shirt, no shoes, no problem-o at Barefoot Bar
It's early May and Debbie Parks said the palm trees are already swaying away at the Barefoot Bar.
Jun 9, 20152 min read


Barefoot Bar the remedy for Full Moon Fever
OKOBOJI, Iowa | When the full moon rises above East Lake Okoboji, the place to be is the Barefoot Bar, a slice of Florida with its palm trees and tiki hut bars and restrooms … and Full Moon Parties every summer month, no matter what day of the week it is. So say Butch and Debbie Parks, owners of the once-kind-of-a-secret bar located behind Parks Marina at Okoboji that is entering its second decade. “It’s the one thing that has made us famous,” Debbie said of the parties. “We
Jun 17, 20134 min read
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