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"What's the best restaurant near you? Check out USA TODAY's 2025 Restaurants of the Year."
After the positive feedback from our inaugural USA TODAY Restaurants of the Year and Bars of the Year stories published last year, our extensive team of dining writers has once again collaborated...
"Eater: The 36 Best Restaurants in Des Moines, Iowa"
Iowa isn’t just about fried food on a stick, loose meat Maid-Rite sandwiches, and butter cow photo ops at the Iowa State Fair. One visit will tell you there’s more to the Hawkeye State than corn...
"Oak Park's farmers market plans to return in 2025 with produce, products from its vendors"
This isn’t a normal farmers market with a collection of arts and crafts, produce, and food vendors. Eleven months after the restaurant opened, owner Kathy Fehrman and her team shared their own...
"Des Moines Is More Than Corn Fields and the State Fair — Here’s What We Love About This Midwest Capital"
For a year before the debut of Kathy Fehrman’s seasonal modern-American restaurant, the Oak Park management team tested and perfected recipes, all studied for and passed their level one sommelier...
