The Rook Room Game Lounge & Cafe announced its grand opening will be May 31 at 7 a.m. at 300 S.W. Fifth Street, in downtown ...

Steam wafts from the big bowl of noodles before me while Yoko Tanaka, the executive director of the Japan America Society of ...

Driving the news: Plans to redevelop the former restaurant site are still on track despite a fire that damaged the building ...

Scott Anderson, who was a partner in several Des Moines metro restaurants and bars, was convicted in Kansas of federal fraud ...

This list of eight of the more interesting cocktail bars in the Des Moines metro includes newcomers and old standbys alike.

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Upper Iowa University and William Penn University also have satellite facilities within the area. Des Moines plays host to a growing number of nationally-acclaimed cultural events, including the ...

Des Moines area restaurant fans love to know what's new ... For example, the bison and the squash on the menu are sourced from Iowa farms, he said. Try a soup trio, grilled chicken rigatoni ...

The Ultimate Fighting Championship will return to the Hawkeye State for the first time in about a quarter century with UFC on ESPN 67 this Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa.