The Home Plate Diner

The Home Plate Diner Menu

(515) 266-1200
3900 E 14th St, Des Moines, IA 50313
$$$$$

Soup & Salad


Soup of the Day
$3.79-5.49
Available after 10:30am. a steaming portion of our homemade soup of the day
Chili
$3.79-5.49
Fresh ingredients simmered just way mom always made it
Soup & 1/2 Sandwich
$7.99
A cup of the soup of the day or chili and a 1/2 sandwich. Your choice of ham, turkey, or roast beef on white, wheat, marble rye, or sourdough. Make it a whole sandwich for $1.99 more
Chicken Tender Salad
$9.49
Fried chicken tenders on a bed of garden fresh greens
Chef's Salad
$9.49
Almost everything you could throw into a bowl and still call it a salad
Vegetarian Salad
$8.49
Nothing but veggies in this one
Taco Salad
$9.49
The classic salad with taco meat, tomatoes, & onion
Soup & Salad
6.99
The soup of the day or chili with a dinner salad

$Warm Up Tosses


Smothered Chips
$6.99
Our homemade potato chips covered in cheddar cheese & bacon
Jalapeno Poppers
$7.49
Six fresh jalapeno pepper halves filled to the max with rich cream cheese and surrounded in a light potato breading
Chicken Wings
$8.79
A full pound of wings covered with your choice of sauce, buffalo, St. louis, or bar-b-que style
Mozzarella Cheese Sticks
$6.99
Chili Cheese Fries
$6.59
Toasted Ravioli
$7.99
Eight ravioli dusted with parmesan and romano cheeses and a side of marinara
Onion Rings
8.99
Sweet onions batter dipped and fried to perfection

$Baked Potatoes

Available after 10:30 am, extra: onion, banana peppers, jalapeno peppers $0.50 each, bacon bits, roast beef, or ham $1.00 each
Loaded Baked Potato
$5.99
Topped with cheese, bacon, bits sour cream, & chives
Broccoli & Cheese
$5.49
Butter
$3.99
Chili & Cheese
6.49

$Burgers

Served with your choice of homemade chips of ries. Lettuce and tomato available upon request. Make your burger a double for only $3.49 more. Add cheese for $0.50 and choose from american, swiss, pepperjack or provolone. Upgrade your fries or chips to onion rings for $1.49 or a side salad for $1.99. Add 2 slices of cheese for $1.00
Hamburger
$7.99
A juicy 1/3 burger made to order
Cheeseburger
$8.49
A juicy 1/3 lb. burger topped with your choice of cheese
Taco Burger
$7.99
Seasoned ground beef with lettuce, tomato & shredded cheddar
Bacon Cheeseburger
$9.49
Our 1/3 lb. burger cooked to your liking, served on a toasted bun
Half' O Pounder
$9.99
Add 3 strips for bacon for $1.99, 8 oz. of lean flavorful and juicy ground steak
Patty Melt
8.99
A seasoned beef patty topped with sauteed onions and cheese

$Sandwiches

Extra meat $3.99
Hot Beef
$8.49
Served open face
Hot Turkey
$8.49
Served open face
Hot Meatloaf
$8.49
Served open face, get a 1/2 sandwich for $7.49
Chicken Breast
$9.49
Enjoy grilled or fried
BLT
$7.99
Bacon, lettuce, tomato & mayo on toasted white bread
French Dip
$8.99
Sliced roast beef piled high on a grilled hoagie bun served with a side of au jus
Sloppy Joe
$7.99
An all time favorite
All Star Hot Dogs
$8.99
2-1/4 lb. all beef hot dogs
Ham & Cheese Sandwich
$7.99
Served hot or cold
Philly
$9.49
Steak or chicken thinly sliced steak or chicken with onions, peppers & cheese
Classic Pork Tenderloin
$9.99
Breaded tenderloin so big, we call it the big foot
Prime Rib Sandwich
$10.99
Our famous, slow cooked prime rib served opened faced on a hoagie roll with au jus
Graziano's Italian Sausage Sandwich
$9.49
Covered with marinara & mozzarella cheese
Ham, Swiss, and Chicken Sandwich
$9.99
Boneless chicken breast with ham, and swiss, topped with garlic & herb mayo
Turkey Club
$9.49
Featuring turkey, bacon, cheese, lettuce, tomato and mayo on toasted white bread
Grilled Cheese & Soup of the Day
$7.49
A grilled cheese on your choice of bread temaed with a cup of soup
Reuben
8.99
Classic corned beef with sauerkraut and 1000 island dressing on marbled rye

$Minor League Appetities

Kids 8 and younger or senior 65 and older. Lunches and dinners are served with fries. Beverage not included
Egg and Toast
$2.49
Kiddle Pancake
$2.25
Egg, Toast, and Bacon
$3.29
Breakfast Combo
$4.79
Burger
$3.99
Cheeseburger
$4.49
Corn Dog Nuggets
$3.99
Chicken Tender
$3.99
1 Chicken tender
Fried Chicken Leg
$3.99
1 Chicken leg
Grilled Cheese Sandwich
$3.99
Home Run Hot Dog
$3.99
French Toast
$2.25
Mac & Cheese
2.99

$Desserts

Ask your server about any special desserts we may have today
Slice of Pie
$2.99
Shake or Malts
$3.99
Root Beer Float
$3.79
Slice of Cake
$3.99
Scoop of Ice Cream
1.99

$Sides


Golden French Fries
$2.99
Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
$2.99
Homemade Coleslaw
$2.49
House Dinner Salad
$3.49
Applesauce
$2.49
Cottage Cheese
$2.49
Vegetable of the Day
$2.99
Homemade Chips
2.49

$Drinks


Coffee or Hot Tea
$2.09
Juice
$1.59-2.99
Orange, apple, tomato
Coca-Cola Products
$2.29
Cappuccino
$1.99
White or Chocolate Milk
$1.79-2.99

Dinner

Served with your choice of two sides & dinner roll
Homemade Meat Loaf
$11.99
Made just like mother used to make it
Pork Chops
$12.99
Two loin chops seasoned and slow grilled
8 oz. Sirloin Steak
$13.49
Center cut sirloin, seasoned and cooked just right
12 oz. Ribeye Steak
$17.99
Arguably the most flavorful tender cut. Seasoned and prepared the way you like it
Chicken Fried Steak
$10.49
Breaded steak fried and smothere in country gravy
Grilled White Fish
$11.99
Flame Grilled Whitefish
Catfish Dinner
$12.99
An 8oz. catfish fillet
All you Can Eat Catfish
$19.99
Delicious flake white fish breaded and cooked to a nice golden crunch
Fish N Chips
$11.49
Delicious flaky white fish breaded and cooked to a nice golden crunch
Fried Shrimp
14.99
Eight large butterfly shrimp

$Prime Rib Dinner

Served with a dinner salad and large baked potato
Queen Cut
$18.99
King Cut
22.99

$Fried Chicken

Only the best-ever fried chicken. Your love our tender and juicy house specialty chicken. please allow 20-25 minutes for cooking
Chicken Tenders
$9.99
Four plump tenders and a side of your choice
Fried Chicken Legs
$10.49
Four tasty chicken legs served with your choice of 2 sides
Two Price Fried Chicken Snack
$8.99
All white meat and $1.00
Fried Chicken
$12.49
Half a juicy chicken, leg, thigh, wing with breast, served with your choice of 2 sides

Breakfast Menu

All breakfast items come with hashbrowns and your choice of toast white, wheat, marble rye or biscuit
3 Eggs
$8.99
With choice of bacon, sausage links, or sausage patties
3 Egg with Pork Chop or Chop Steak
$10.99
3 Egg with Prime Rib
$12.99
2 Egg
$7.99
With your choice of bacon, sausage, links, or sausage patties
2 Eggs with Ham or Corned Beef
$8.99
2 Eggs with Pork Chop or Chop Steak
$9.99
2 Eggs with Prime Rib
$11.99
Double Play
$8.49
Two sausage patties, topped with two eggs, smothers with chili and topped with cheddar cheese
Chicken Fried Steak
$9.99
Hash browns topped with onions, mushrooms, green pepper and sausage, two eggs, cheddar and mozzarella then smother it all with pepper gravy
Bases Loaded Hashbrowns
$9.49
Hashbrowns topped with onins, mushrooms, green pepper and sausage, two eggs, cheddar and mozzarella then smother it all with pepper gravy
1/2 Bases Loaded Hashbrowns
$8.49
Sirloin Steak & Eggs
$11.49
Dueces Are Wild
$9.99
2 Eggs, 2 sausage links, 2 bacon strips, and ham
3 Eggs With Ham or Corned Beef
9.99

$Omelets

All three omelets are served with hashbrowns and choice of toast, white, wheat, or marble or biscuit
Three Meat
$10.99
Ham, bacon, & sausage
Western
$9.49
Ham, green, pepper, mushroom, & onion
Taco
$8.99
Taco, meat, tomato, onion
Sausage & Cheese
$8.79
Ham & Cheese
$8.79
Cheese Only
$7.29
Veggie
$9.49
Mushrooms, onion, green peppers
Philly Cheese Steak
9.99
Thinly sliced steak, peppers, & onions

$A La Carte Breakfast Items


Bacon, Sausage Patties or Links
$3.99
Ham
$4.99
Hashrbrowns
$2.99
Loaded Hashbrowns
$4.99
Sausage Gravy
$2.49
Country Gravy
$2.19
Toast
$2.29
White, wheat, rye, sourdough
Biscuit
2.29

$Specialty Breakfast


In the Dogout
$7.49
Two eggs, hashbrowns, 1/2 order biscuits & gravy
Biscuit & Gravy
$6.99-4.99
French Toast
$6.49
French Toast with Sausage or Bacon
$7.49
French Toast with Ham
$7.99
World Serios Sandwich
$8.99
Two eggs with ham, bacon, and american cheese on sour dough bread and a side of hashbrowns
Pancake Sandwich
$5.99
Two pancakes with two eggs
Pancakes
$5.29-2.99

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