Back to the Biz Zenko Tea opened at 2701 Ingersoll over the weekend professing, "We're not just another boba spot." Huge things are coming to their hood with the MoJo retro motel readying for an opening, a new French restaurant coming to the same building as Zenko, and a Latino cafe and bakery to Grand Avenue south of the motel.
Iowa's Kim Reynolds, along with the governors of Idaho, Utah, Nebraska, Arkansas and Indiana, became the first to sign state laws that ban junk food drinks from SNAP benefits.
Deals today • Hy-Vee Market Grilles are running a breakfast special Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. of three choices of two eggs, two strips bacon, two sausage links, two pancakes or two slices toast for $5 through Aug 3.
• Beaver Tap (4050 Urbandale Ave., Des Moines) has $8 omelets and $10 hot beef sandwiches, or Mexican bowls on Mondays.
• Johnny's Italian Steakhouses have a chicken de Burgo special on Mondays before 4 p.m., $14 including beverage. • Felix & Oscar's is celebrating its 50th anniversary with buffets all July. $18 or two for $30. Kids $10, under 4 free. Monday is a pizza, salad and wings bar. • Smoking Goat Pub (3015 Merle Hay Road, Des Moines) hosts Shelby Smokehouse Soul Food on Mondays, 5-9 p.m. • Haiku (1350 31st St., Des Moines) offers free egg drop soup and crab Rangoon with lunch entrees today. • Gilroy's (1238 Eighth St., West Des Moines) has a $5 burger deal after 5 p.m. • G Mig's (126 Fifth St., Valley Junction) has $11 smashburgers today with a side. • The Station on Ingersoll (3124 Ingersoll Ave., Des Moines) has a Monday special Graziano grinder with a side for $12. • The Continental (407 E. Fifth St., Des Moines) offers a Monday special double smashburger and shoestring fries - $12. • Bad Dog Burgers include three 1/3-pound patties, six pieces of bacon, choice of cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickle and onion for $10.95 on Mondays at Kathy’s East 14th Street Tavern (3418 E. 14th St., Des Moines). • Jethro's in Altoona and West Des Moines has a Monday mac and cheese special called hog wild this week.
• Angry Goldfish (2301 S.W. Ninth St., Des Moines) has specials on chicken Parmesan and lasagna today, $11.50 with garlic bread and salad.
• Eastside Eddie’s (3517 E. 26th St., Des Moines) Monday special is a burger with domestic beer, soft drink or well drink for $10. Those are good, generously sized burgers.
• Centro (1003 Locust St., Des Moines) offers half-price pizza and Peronis on Monday.
• Hy-Vee Market Grilles are offering a Monday special meat loaf dinner with green beans, mashed potatoes and gravy for $8.
• Who's on First (810 E. First St., Ankeny) has steak night on Monday, and it's an 8-ounce filet with salad, mashed potatoes and beans for $22.95
• Pelican Post (265 50th St., West Des Moines) has a special today on hot beef sandwiches, $10.95 until 4 p.m.
• Tito’s Lounge (3916 Urbandale Drive, Urbandale) offers all-you-can-eat wings Mondays.
• Monday brings prime rib specials to both Chicago Speakeasy (1520 Euclid Ave., Des Moines) and Christopher's (2816 Beaver Ave., Des Moines).
• Johnny's Hall of Fame (302 Court Ave., Des Moines) has $12 burger baskets on Mondays and Fridays.
• Urban Cellars (640 S. 50th St., West Des Moines) offers $60 wine dinners for two on Mondays including two entrees with soup or salad, a dessert and a bottle on wine.
• Club 2000 (422 Indianola Road, Des Moines) has a burger basket with fries deal Mondays for $9.
• Red Lobster's Monday special is lobster and shrimp scampi with a side for $20.
• Paula's (524 Elm St., Valley Junction) has a Monday special homemade tuna, chicken or egg salad sandwiches on croissants for $12.50.
• Destination Grille (2491 E. First St., Grimes) has a Monday steak night special, sirloins and truffle fries for $18.
• Chuck's (3610 Sixth Ave., Des Moines) offers $14 calzone specials with up to three ingredients on Mondays.
• Price Chopper delis offer two-piece, bone-in fried chicken dinners, with two sides and a roll, for $6 on Mondays.
• Fareways have specials through Saturday on pork butts at $1.99/pound, deli-sliced smoked pork loins at $5.99/pound and boneless charcoal steaks for $5.88/pound.
— Jim Duncan, jd91446@aol.com |