Here are seven other Des Moines-area restaurants we'd recommend for the USA TODAY Restaurant of the Year list in 2025.

No one knows restaurants like food writers, and the USA TODAY Network has more than 100 across the country. For the 2025 USA TODAY Restaurants of the Year list, we collaborated to nominate honorees ...

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