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.
Noce Jazz Club is a bar restaurant in Downtown, Des Moines.
Editorially verified June 26, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Why locals love it: World-class jazz in a city not known for its music scene
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: 1326 Walnut St, Des Moines, IA 50309
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
Bauder Pharmacy has run a working soda fountain on Ingersoll Avenue since the 1920s, where cherry phosphates are still mixed from syrup and carbonated water.
Why locals love it: A working 1905 soda fountain that time has forgotten to commercialise
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