The Deadly Dirge of Des Moines Ghost Tour
Uncover the eerie secrets of Des Moines with our captivating ghost tour, where you'll wander through the city's most haunted and historic sites under the cover of night.
Bauder Pharmacy Soda Fountain is a diner restaurant in The Avenues, Des Moines.
Editorially verified June 26, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Why locals love it: A working 1905 soda fountain that time has forgotten to commercialise
Uncover the eerie secrets of Des Moines with our captivating ghost tour, where you'll wander through the city's most haunted and historic sites under the cover of night.
Address: 3802 Ingersoll Ave, Des Moines, IA 50312
Iowa's most ambitious restaurant: rotating vegetable-forward tasting menus with Southeast Asian spice work in a quiet Ingersoll Avenue room visitors overlook.
Why locals love it: Iowa's most ambitious restaurant that most food travellers have never heard of
La Mie produces croissants, rustic sourdoughs and European pastries that compare to the best in Chicago or Minneapolis, in a neighbourhood retail format
Why locals love it: One of the Midwest's finest French bakeries in a residential suburb
Iowa's most ambitious restaurant: rotating vegetable-forward tasting menus with Southeast Asian spice work in a quiet Ingersoll Avenue room visitors overlook.
Why locals love it: Iowa's most ambitious restaurant that most food travellers have never heard of
Founded in 1912 and still occupying the same south-side block, Graziano Brothers is probably Des Moines' most culturally significant food business and one
Why locals love it: The south-side Italian-American heritage store that food tourism ignores
USA Today's #1 brewpub in America 2025 hides on a residential Sherman Hill block; the German-influenced lagers are some of the best produced in the Midwest.
Why locals love it: National #1 brewpub hiding in a residential neighbourhood
Most Des Moines coverage skips Noce entirely: the basement jazz club books national touring acts in an intimate room with a quality cocktail and wine list.
Why locals love it: World-class jazz in a city not known for its music scene
La Mie produces croissants, rustic sourdoughs and European pastries that compare to the best in Chicago or Minneapolis, in a neighbourhood retail format
Why locals love it: One of the Midwest's finest French bakeries in a residential suburb