Appetizers
Individual Home-Made Onion Rings
$3.50
Sliced thin, lightly breaded and cooked to order.
Regular Home-Made Onion Rings
$8.00
Sliced thin, lightly breaded and cooked to order.
Large Home-Made Onion Rings
$9.50
Sliced thin, lightly breaded and cooked to order.
Toasted Ravioli
Home-made with our Italian meat stuffing, served with red sauce.
Home-Made Toasted Cheese Sticks
Mozzarella sticks, double-rolled in our own special breading, served with delicious pasta sauce. None better!
Meatball Marina
$6.50
4 generous meatballs with sauce, cheese and just a tiny kick!
Grinder Cheese Dip and Chips
$8.50
Our famous grinder meat mixed with melted cheddar cheese and served with corn tortilla chips.
Garlic Cheese Bread
$5.00
A Tavern tradition! Garlic butter spread on our freshly made, freshly baked hoagie roll, topped with mozzarella cheese and toasted to perfection.
Garlic Bread
$3.00
Garlic butter spread on freshly made and freshly baked Italian bread. Simply delicious.
Large Onion Rings
$9.50
Individual Onion Rings
1.75
$Salads
Classic Dinner Salad
$3.00
Caesar Salad
$4.25
Green salad with Caesar dressing and cheese.
Grilled Chicken Salad
$10.00
Grilled chicken breast on a bed of lettuce with carrots and homemade croutons.
Crispy Chicken Salad
$10.00
Crispy chicken breast on a bed of lettuce served with homemade croutons.
Cesar Salad
$9.00
Fresh Romain lettuce with Caesar dressing and topped with shredded cheese, and home-made croutons.
Grilled Chicken Cesar Salad
$10.00
Grilled chicken breast with fresh Romain lettuce with Caesar dressing and topped with shredded cheese, and home-made croutons.
Taco Salad
$9.00
Our ground chuck beef cooked and seasoned with our special spice recipe, served in a 10" taco shell basket, then filled with lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, black olives and sour cream.
Crispy Chicken Salad
$10.00
Crispy chicken breast on a bed of lettuce, and our home-made croutons.
Chef's Salad
10.00
Turkey, ham, mozzarella and American cheese, tomatoes, and our home-made croutons on a bed of fresh lettuce.
$Thin Crust Pizza
Since 1950, the Tavern has been making 1 of the Des Moines area's original and most-loved pizzas, featuring our famous thin crust, special cheese and the finest topping available.Cheese Pizza
To add extra toppings for an additional charge.
Specialty Thin Crust Pizzas
Since 1950, the Tavern has been making 1 of the Des Moines area's original and most-loved pizzas, featuring our famous thin crust, special cheese and the finest topping available.The Works Pizza
Pepperoni, sausage, green peppers, mushrooms and onions.
The Meat-Eater Pizza
Pepperoni, sausage, Canadian bacon and ground chuck.
BBQ Chicken Pizza
A delightful combination of roasted chicken, sliced onions and our own tangy BBQ sauce.
Taco Fiesta Pizza
A true festival of home-made flavor, taco meat(ground chuck), specially seasoned with our own exclusive spice recipe, shredded lettuce, cheddar cheese, tomatoes, taco chips and our amazing fiesta sauce.
Taco Fiesta Grande Pizza
Served with sour cream and black olives.
Cheese Supreme Pizza
This pizza is a must for cheese lovers. It blends mozzarella, American, hot pepper, and Swiss cheese taking it from the ordinary to the extraordinary. You'll love it!
Spinach Alfredo Pizza
Made with TLC, this pizza uses our Alfredo sauce as the base. Our spinach is sauteed in garlic and olive oil, blended with cheese, then baked to perfection.
Chicken Alfredo Pizza
Roasted chicken and sliced onions combined with Alfredo sauce creates a great flavor profile.
Bavarian Pizza
A perfect blend of ham or ground chuck and sauerkraut, complemented by our delicious pizza sauce.
Vegetarian Pizza
Green peppers, sliced onions, mushrooms, black or green olives.
Hawaiian Pizza
The flavors that are created with Canadian bacon, pineapple, our pizza sauce and cheese really make you think of the great foods of the tropics.
Italian Grinder Pizza
A unique blend of our own Italian sausage, red sauce and seasonings, topped with mozzarella cheese. It's as good as the authentic Grinder sandwich.
Special Grinder Pizza
Green peppers, onions, and mushrooms available on request.
Grinder Sting Pizza
Italian Grinder with jalapeño peppers and hot pepper cheese.
Italian Philly Steak Pizza
Tender marinated Italian roast beef, peppers and onions.
Meatball Pizza
Italian meatballs and our pasta sauce and topped with mozzarella cheese.
Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza
For that real cheeseburger flavor, this pizza features a ketchup or mustard sauce.
Cheeseburger Pizza
Ground chuck, sliced onions, pickles and American cheese with the Tavern's ketchup or mustard sauce.
Italian Special Pizza
Mama mia! Enjoy the Tavern's own Italian sausage, mushrooms, onions, sweet roasted red peppers and capicola.
Honey Garlic Pizza
Calzones
Stuffed pizza folded and baked.Cheese Calzone
$9.50
Add toppings for an addditional charge.
The Works Calzone
$12.50
Pepperoni, sausage, green peppers, mushrooms and onions.
The Meat Eater Calzone
$12.50
Pepperoni, sausage, Canadian bacon, and ground chuck.
BBQ Chicken Calzone
$12.50
A delightful combination of roasted chicken, sliced onions and our own tangy BBQ sauce.
Taco Fiesta Calzone
$12.50
A true festival of home-made flavor, taco meat(ground chuck), specially seasoned with our own exclusive spice recipe, shredded lettuce, cheddar cheese, tomatoes, taco chips and our amazing fiesta sauce.
Taco Fiesta Grande Calzone
$12.50
Served with sour cream and black olives.
Cheese Supreme Calzone
$12.50
This pizza is a must for cheese lovers. It blends mozzarella, American, hot pepper, and Swiss cheese taking it from the ordinary to the extraordinary. You'll love it!
Spinach Alfredo Calzone
$12.50
Made with TLC, this pizza uses our Alfredo sauce as the base. Our spinach is sauteed in garlic and olive oil, blended with cheese, then baked to perfection.
Chicken Alfredo Calzone
$12.50
Roasted chicken and sliced onions combined with Alfredo Sauce creates a great flavor profile.
Bavarian Calzone
$12.50
A perfect blend of ham or ground chuck and sauerkraut, complemented by our delicious pizza sauce.
Vegetarian Calzone
$12.50
Green peppers, sliced onions, mushrooms, black or green olives.
Hawaiian Calzone
$12.50
The flavors that are created with Canadian bacon, pineapple, our pizza sauce and cheese really make you think of the great foods of the tropics.
Italian Grinder Calzone
$12.50
A unique blend of our own Italian sausage, red sauce and seasonings, topped with mozzarella cheese. It's as good as the authentic Grinder sandwich.
Special Grinder Calzone
$12.50
Green peppers, onions, and mushrooms available on request.
Grinder Sting Calzone
$12.50
Italian Grinder with jalapeno peppers and hot pepper cheese.
Italian Philly Steak Calzone
$12.50
Tender marinated Italian roast beef, peppers and onions.
Meatball Calzone
$12.50
Italian meatballs and our pasta sauce, topped with mozzarella cheese.
Bacon Cheeseburger Calzone
$12.50
For that real cheeseburger flavor, this pizza features a ketchup and mustard sauce.
Cheeseburger Calzone
$12.50
Ground chuck, sliced onions, pickles and American cheese with the Tavern's ketchup and mustard sauce.
Italian Special Calzone
$12.50
Mama mia! Enjoy the Tavern's own Italian sausage, mushrooms, onions, sweet roasted red peppers and capicola.
Honey Garlic Calzone
$12.50
Veggie Calzone with Black Olives
$8.95
Stuffed pizza folded and baked.
Sausage Calzone
$9.95
Stuffed pizza folded and baked.
Pepperoni Calzone
8.95
Stuffed pizza folded and baked.
$Sandwiches
Served with french fries or Cottage cheese. Substitute onion rings, regular salad, Caesar salad for an additional charge.Breaded Pork Tenderloin Sandwich
$10.25
The Tavern's version of this classic Iowa favorite.
Italian Meatball Sandwich
10.50
Served with provolone cheese. Delicious meatballs dressed with our pasta sauce and served on our fresh hoagie roll.
$Grinders
Served with french fries or Cottage cheese. Substitute onion rings, regular salad, Caesar salad for an additional charge.The Italian Grinder
$10.00
Home-made Italian sausage simmered in a special sauce topped with mozzarella cheese and oven baked on a fresh hoagie bun.
The Special Grinder
$10.25
Add green peppers, onions and mushrooms.
The Sting Grinder
10.25
Served with jalapeno peppers and hot pepper cheese. Add sweet roasted or hot fried peppers for an additional charge.
$Hot Hoagies
Served cold on request. All include melted cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, onions and our special sauce on a home-made toasted hoagie roll. Served with french fries or Cottage cheese. Substitute onion rings, regular salad, Caesar salad for an additional charge.Turkey and Cheese Hot Hoagie
$10.50
Ham and Cheese Hot Hoagie
$9.50
Italian Club Hot Hoagie
$10.25
Capicola, salami, ham.
Tavern Club Hot Hoagie
$10.50
Turkey, canadian bacon and pepperoni.
BLT Hot Hoagie
$10.50
Reuben Hot Hoagie
$10.50
A tavern classic! Corned beef brisket, swiss cheese, sauerkraut and our creamy Parmesan dressing on rye bread, toasted to perfection.
Chicken Paremesan Hot Hoagie
10.25
Italian breaded chicken breast covered in pasta sauce topped with provolone.
$Towering Tavern Burgers
Served with french fries or Cottage cheese. Substitute onion rings, regular salad, Caesar salad for an additional charge.Bacon Mushroom Swiss Burger
$10.50
Mushrooms, crispy bacon and Swiss cheese.
BBQ Bacon Cheddar Burger
$10.50
Served with crispy bacon, cheddar cheese and BBQ sauce.
Bacon Cheese Burger
$10.00
Served with crispy bacon and American cheese.
Cheeseburger
$9.50
Made with American cheese.
Classic Hamburger
9.00
In addition to lettuce, tomato and pickle, all Tavern burgers are topped with our fantastic onion rings!
$Broasted Chicken
"Broasting" is a franchised pressure-cooking process that produces the juiciest, most flavorful fried chicken you've ever tasted. Our chicken is always fresh, never frozen and the lite broaster breading completes the flavor profile of this special process.Pasta
We can make it Arrabiata (hot) on request. Any pasta dish can be made to order with the following sauces: Alfredo sauce, Barcelona sauce or Italian red sauce. Extras for an additional charge. Served with salad and 1 slice of garlic bread. Substitute Caesar salad for an additional charge.Pasta Dinner with Red Sauce
$11.50
Choose from spaghetti, penne, cavatelli, angel hair or fettuccine noodles. Add sauces for an additional charge.
Baked Cavatelli with Cheese and Red Sauce
$12.50
Italian Lasagna
Pure authentic Italian bliss - sauce, noodles, meat, spices and mozzarella cheese. Simply the Best!
Chicken Parmesan
$13.50
It's the home-made breading that makes our version of this classic so delicious! It is breaded, and served over fettuccine noodles with salad and garlic bread.
Fettucine Alfredo
$13.95
Served with salad and 1 slice of garlic toast.
Chicken Alfredo Pasta
$14.95
Served with salad and 1 slice of garlic toast.
Penne Ziti-Rigati with Barcelona Sauce
11.95
Pasta tubes tossed with Barcelona sauce (a savory blend of own Alfredo sauce and homemade Italian sausage). Served with salad and 1 slice of garlic toast.
$Summer Menu
Kid Stuff
All kids meals come with soft drink.Kids Pepperoni Cheese Melt
$7.00
On fresh-baked hoagie bread.
Kids Grilled Cheese Sandwich
$7.00
Comes with french fries.
Kids Pasta
$7.00
Spaghetti or cavatelli noodles. Comes with garlic bread.
Kids Chicken Strips
7.00
Comes with french fries.
$Desserts
Making authentic Italian gelato.Beverages
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