Tacopocalypse appeared in Season 22, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Fish, Fries and Feet,” which aired January 16, 2015, as a Des Moines Asian fusion taco operation building creative taco combinations with Korean, Vietnamese, and Southeast Asian flavor profiles applied to the street taco format that earned a devoted following in a Des
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Iowa, Restaurants, Season 22Flying Mango on Hickman Road in Des Moines has been one of the city’s most celebrated Southern, BBQ, and Cajun-Creole restaurants since it opened, building a menu around the slow-smoked meats, gumbo, and the Southern comfort food traditions that earn a Midwest restaurant its destination reputation in a market where this cooking quality is genuinely
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Barbecue, Iowa, Restaurants, Season 22, SouthernGeorge The Chili King appeared in Season 21, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Oldies But Goodies,” which aired December 12, 2014, as a Des Moines diner and chili institution that had been serving the city’s community for decades with the scratch-made chili and diner comfort food that earns a neighborhood restaurant its multigenerational
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Diner, Iowa, Restaurants, Season 21Mi Patria on 22nd Street in West Des Moines has been bringing the authentic cooking traditions of Ecuador to the Des Moines metro since it opened, serving the seco de pollo, llapingachos, and the slow-cooked Ecuadorian comfort food that earns a Midwest restaurant its destination reputation in a market where South American cooking of this
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Iowa, Restaurants, Season 21Smokey D’s BBQ on NW 2nd Street in Des Moines has been building a reputation as one of the Midwest’s premier competition and restaurant BBQ operations since Darren Warth opened it, bringing the low-and-slow smoked meats and championship pit technique that has earned Smokey D’s a trophy case full of competition titles to a restaurant
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Barbecue, Iowa, Restaurants, Season 21Patton’s Restaurant and Catering appeared in Season 21, Episode 11 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Chicken Chowfest,” which aired November 28, 2014, as a Des Moines soul food and Southern comfort food restaurant serving the fried chicken, collard greens, and slow-cooked Southern plates that earned a devoted following in a Midwest city that appreciated having
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Iowa, Restaurants, Season 21, SouthernDixie Quick’s Magnolia Room was originally featured in the Omaha, Nebraska area before relocating to Council Bluffs, Iowa, just across the Missouri River. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Where the Locals Eat,” which aired August 4, 2008, as an eclectic Southern and Cajun kitchen that brought bold, unexpected
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