Where To Eat

Des Moines is a food lovers paradise! All of these restaurants are within a 1 mile radius of the event venue:

• HoQ Restaurant HOQ 
• Alba Restaurant Alba Restaurant
• Bar Nico BAR NICO 
• Ceviche Bar 
• The Iowa Taproom
• Quinton’s Quinton's Bar and Deli Iowa
• Clyde’s Fine Diner 
• Lucca Homepage 
• Buzzard Billy’s 
• Open Sesame
• Zombie Burger 
• Olympic Flam Restaurant 
• Coa Cantina 
• RRackSS Fine BBQ & Bistro 
• The Republic On Grand Craft Cocktails & Artisanal Food
• Fresko Fresko
• The Breakfast Club 
• The Royal Mile 
• Hessen Haus 
• Django
• Splash Seafood Bar & Grille
• Americana 
• RoCA
• Miyabi 9 
• Akebono 515 
• The Stuffed Olive 
• The Continental 
• Tupelo Honey 
• Zavy Kitchen 
• Bubba 

As Seen on TV Restaurants

• Fongs Pizza (crab rangoon pizza) - Food Network's The Best Thing I Ever Ate, Good Eats
• Jethro's BBQ (BBQ) - Man Vs. Food
• Mi Patria (Hornado con Mote, carne asada and sweet plantains) - Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 
• High Life Lounge (broasted chicken, bacon wrapped tots) - Man vs. Food, Cheap Eats 
• Machine Shed (biscuits and gravy, cinnamon rolls) - Food Paradise, United States of Bacon 
• Eatery A (cioppino, wood-fired pizzas) - Cheap Eats  
• Smitty’s (tenderloins) - Man vs. Food, The Today Show  
• Maid-Rite (loose meat sandwiches) - Food Paradise  
• B&B Deli (tenderloin) - Bizzare Foods America  
• Smokey D’s BBQ (BBQ) – Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives  
• Flying Mango (BBQ) - Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives  
• Zombie Burger (Walking Ched burger) - The Today Show, United States of Bacon 
• Cactus Bob’s (BBQ) - Man vs. Food, Outrageous Food  

Things To Do In & Around Des Moines

• State Capitol Building
• Pappajohn Sculpture Park
• Des Moines Art Center
• Greater Des Moines Botanical Gardens
• East Village
• State Historical Museum