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10 Unique Iowa Pizza Places Serving Wildly Creative Pies You Have To Try
Who decided pizza has to stick to the usual toppings? I’ve always been happy with a good pepperoni pie, but some of Iowa’s more adventurous pizzerias have me questioning why I’ve played it safe for so long. I’ll admit that putting macaroni and cheese on pizza sounded...
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Taste The House-Smoked Barbecue And Big Sundaes That Made This Family-Owned Ames, Iowa Joint A Longtime Favorite
Some restaurants chase trends, and some just keep the smoker going for more than fifty years. In Ames, Iowa, one family-owned spot has done exactly that since 1970, and its parking lot on a Friday evening tells the whole story. College students who ate here decades ago now bring their...
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Where to find old-school supper club dining in Des Moines
The Midwest supper club has always been more than a restaurant with low lights, stiff drinks and sizzling steaks. While Iowa never developed Wisconsin's dense supper‑club map, Des Moines has long embraced the spirit with neighborhood institutions with loyal regulars, retro charm and menus built around steak, seafood, pasta dishes and comfort food. While there's no one definition of a supper club, some of the telltale signs include dim, moody lighting with interiors that feel cozy, retro and unhurried. Wood-paneled walls, vinyl booths and vintage neon signs often decorate these spaces. A good supper club treats the bar as a main social hub. Diners often wait for a table here with a cocktail in hand. Often a supper club offers steaks, walleye, a prime rib night, pastas, a relish tray and ice cream drinks such as a Grasshopper, Pink Squirrel or Golden Cadillac. Of course, not all of these elements are necessary. Some supper clubs from the past include Sam & Gabe’s, a long-running local favorite known for fine dining, Italian-American dishes and supper club flair, with past locations in Clive and Urbandale. Silhouette Restaurant was a staple from the mid-1950s to 1970 at Douglas Avenue and Merle Hay Road,
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Great White Buffalo delivers big flavor in Adel
Some dining venues attempt to cater to everyone and often get lost in an overloaded menu based on quantity rather than quality. Yet, one new spot with “just right” menu offerings in Adel knocks it out of the park. Great White Buffalo Public House opened in February 2025...
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Des Moines Hands La Mie $200,000 to Escape Skywalk, Land Street-Level Spot
Griffin Building — Planned Grant-Funded Street-Level Storefront. La Mie, the popular bakery tucked into the skywalk at Two Ruan Center, is moving to street level — and Des Moines taxpayers are helping foot the bill. The Des Moines City Council voted Monday to award the bakery $200,000 in city funding to help it relocate to the Griffin Building at Seventh and Locust streets, a storefront that formerly housed a Kum & Go convenience store.
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10 Birthday Dinner Restaurants in Des Moines
Indulge in premium cuts of steak, fresh seafood, handcrafted cocktails, and decadent desserts at these birthday dinner destinations in and around Des Moines. The post 10 Birthday Dinner Restaurants in Des Moines appeared first on Fabulous Iowa .