Best Des Moines Restaurants?

[tellmac]

How about Mc' D's.

 

[GoCubsGo]

I get 90% of my meat at B@B and your crazy if you think it is brown. It's the freshest you can get. They are cutting it off the cow as you order it. You must have had a bad day there. Also the have pepper cheese balls.

Must have. It literally looked like everything had been sitting out for over a week. I'm willing to give it another shot at some point, but it will take some time before my gag reflex has subsided.

 

[alarson]

I cant believe how poor of pizza options there are in DSM, F & O's is ok but nothing has wowed me here

Agreed. Got spoiled living in ames, the des moines options kinda suck.

 

[TxCycloneFan]

Always trying to push your Tasty Tacos agenda. Never been so damn underwhelmed in my life.

Blasphemy! Mods, ban this joker!

 

[Cyrok]

Blasphemy! Mods, ban this joker!

I love Tasty Tacos and my girlfriend hates it. Guess there are strong reactions to it.

 

[TxCycloneFan]

I love Tasty Tacos and my girlfriend hates it. Guess there are strong reactions to it.

Well don't marry her if she doesn't know great tacos, imagine how she will raise the children.

 

[ken]

I highly recommend the Steak Deburgo at Sam and Gabes. Get the Bruschetta as an appetizer.

 

[Hawkcigar]

I'm going to make a note to try some of these places. Every time I come to the Des Moines area to visit friends in Urbandale, it's always Legends and/or Okoboji Bar and Grill. Underwhelming...

 

[ajk4st8]

Sorry...but that is your curse for settling for suburbia. Which is fine. However, if you're going to choose to live in the land of beige houses, strip malls, and chain restaurants, you can't expect to enjoy the variety found in a city. I liken' this to the single guy who leaves college and buys (or rents) a townhome in Ankeny and then ******* about the lack of night life.

I think you need to see someone about this topic. This is about the 10th time you've posted this on CF. Do you need to talk to someone?

 

[CyBroncos]

Sorry...but that is your curse for settling for suburbia. Which is fine. However, if you're going to choose to live in the land of beige houses, strip malls, and chain restaurants, you can't expect to enjoy the variety found in a city. I liken' this to the single guy who leaves college and buys (or rents) a townhome in Ankeny and then ******* about the lack of night life.

Blah, blah, blah. I love how some people treat downtown Des Moines like it's downtown Chicago or Manhattan. If settling for "suburbia" means living in a decent house in a nice neighborhood with plenty of shopping and eating options around me and laid back bars to go have a drink, I'll take it. You can have the overcrowded drunken idiot scene on Court Avenue. And if I want to go eat at one of the restaurants downtown, there's this thing called the Interstate that can get me there in less than 15 minutes

 

[Cyfan4good]

Seafood: Long John Silvers in Ankeny

The chicken planks aren't bad either. The hush puppies, to die for!:twitcy:

 

[HerkyKiller]

Best Asian food I've ever had has to come from shang yuen on Merle Hay and Hickman.

 

[Cyforce]

The chicken planks aren't bad either. The hush puppies, to die for!:twitcy:

I recommend the spicy red sauce with the chicken planks.

 

[cycloner29]

more like lard puppies!!

 

[tplumm]

A few of my favorites that I don't think were mentioned.

Steaks - Nicks Bar and Grill and Flemings.

Thai - Cool Basil

 

[brianhos]

Dont know if this has been mentioned, but Centro is delicious.

Went there last night. Tomato Basil soup is incredible.

 

[HerkyKiller]

Went there last night. Tomato Basil soup is incredible.

Is that all you got?

All their food is delicious.

 

[jbindm]

Anyone try Baru 66 yet?

Yeah, I've been there a couple times. It's pricey, but the food is absolutely fantastic. Whatever you do, save room for the dessert sampler platter.

 

[dukeebear]

Anybody ever been to Sam's Egg Roll in South Des Moines.... Best Chinese I have ever had..... everything is made fresh right in front of you...get the angry chicken and say hi to Cookie Monster

 

[capitalcityguy]

Blah, blah, blah. I love how some people treat downtown Des Moines like it's downtown Chicago or Manhattan. If settling for "suburbia" means living in a decent house in a nice neighborhood with plenty of shopping and eating options around me and laid back bars to go have a drink, I'll take it. You can have the overcrowded drunken idiot scene on Court Avenue. And if I want to go eat at one of the restaurants downtown, there's this thing called the Interstate that can get me there in less than 15 minutes

Wow. Who "treats" downtown DM like downtown Chicago or Manhatten and while you're at it, can you explain what that looks like? This is a new one to me.