Also missed in the shuffle of this busy weekend that just past was the opening of downtown Des Moines’ newest restaurant. The place is called Dos Rios, and you can find it right by Spaghetti Works on Court Ave.
I’d like to add the new construction looks great! This place is a very nice [...]

by Jo Hill
Not sure if this meat market is actually considered to be in Downtown Des Moines, but if not it should be.

This small market is well worth the walk or drive to see what is there. If you leave the bike path along the river at Indianola Road and walk South [...]

During the last week or so the Des Moines Register has reviewed a great new restaurant, a cool place to grab lunch, and another club/restaurant/Smithson project.
Here’s a little bit about downtown’s newest lunch spot.
A little lunch eatery named the Funky Pickle opened last month on the corner of Seventh Street and Grand Avenue in downtown [...]

One thing we want to do a better job of focusing on is the great selection of restaurants that downtown Des Moines has to offer. We’ve only covered a few, and the selection of places to eat is huge downtown! A big thanks to Tammy Bickford for writing this review of El Azteca.
El [...]

The Des Moines Register has two reviews up for a couple downtown eateries. I’m going to put up the highlights and see if we can’t do a little better here.
First up, Gateway Market Cafe.
Not surprising this joint got rave reviews. I’m going to highlight the most important part, which those of you that [...]

By Jo Hill

What? A small business in downtown Des Moines for a hundred years? And in the small location for about sixty years? With all the new businesses and places being being redone and rebuilt, I hadn’t thought any restaurant had been around that long, but King Ying Low has. It was started in 1907, [...]

I’ve told you before about a little “survey” that I sent out to downtown residents if you recall. Here’s some of the results!
What I sent out were 10 questions. I’m going to keep each of these short and sweet, so I’ll put up the answers to each question in a different article.
The first [...]

I was glancing through the Register today and saw that they had write-ups on two of downtowns (well, one East Village) newest MUST SEE places.  The Grand Piano Bistro in the East Village and Azalea, which is in The Kirkwood.
Azalea
Grand Piano Bistro
Have you been to either of these places?  If you have share your experience [...]

For too many years when Friday or Saturday night would roll around and it was time to go out to eat downtown Des Moines was all but forgotten.
There was Spaghetti Works, Nacho Mamma’s (keyword, was), Court Ave Brewing, Buzzard Billy’s, Johnny’s Hall of Fame and a few other select joints, that was it.  After 2 [...]

I can’t tell you how excited I am about this.  I love BBQ, and I love learning about it.  Now Des Moines has a big festival of it’s own headed this way.  Check it out.
BBQ FEST
Cheap to get in, some concerts as well, this should be a great time!